Cookley

11°COvercast

• Today: 14° / 4° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:39

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

37US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

27 reported · August 2026▼ 23% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences15
• Criminal damage & arson4
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Kidderminster North · West Mercia

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

111 reported road collisions (2025)

36 killed or seriously injured · 147 casualties · 10.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

64 food businesses within 2 miles

• 54 rated 4–5 ★ (43 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Blakedown (3.8 km)
• 9 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£233,740 average▲ 0.3% YoY

Across Wyre Forest · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£825 average monthly rent▼ 2.4% YoY

• 1 bed £584
• 2 bed £741
• 3 bed £897

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.1 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,416 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (11.3 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 9 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Manor House of Whittington (2.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches12
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

101,610 residents in Wyre Forest · 520/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK4,949
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,790
• Net moves+1,159

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 118 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,512 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 49,150)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

41 schools · 13,746 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 19 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (100%)

36 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wyre Forest

578 CQC-registered services

• Care homes181
• GP practices88
• Dentists126
• Homecare agencies114
• Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 9 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

135 applications decided

92.6% granted · 125 granted, 10 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Mark Garnier

Conservative

Wyre Forest

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 3
• Con 18
• Grn 1
• Ref 1
• Oth 10

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools3
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£23,311 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 46,247 certificates

15.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 4%

194 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 79.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Worcestershire): 63.1 women · 63.3 men

56% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

6 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in DY10

• Kidderminster Medical Centre
• Stanmore House Surgery
• The Church Street Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wyre Forest:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth205 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks177 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases167 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND164 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills156 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Cookley · 0.5 km

  Cookley is a village in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England, a few miles to the north of Kidderminster. Also, a few miles south-west of Stourton, Staffordshire and is close to the villages of Kinver an…

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  Lea Castle, England · 0.9 km

  Lea Castle is a ruined Grade II listed Neo Gothic mock castle mansion near Wolverley, England.

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  Caunsall · 0.9 km

  Caunsall is a village in Worcestershire, England a few miles to the north of Kidderminster and close to the villages of Kinver, Cookley and Wolverley. It lies on the River Stour, and the Staffordshire and Worcestershi…

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  Wolverley · 1.2 km

  Wolverley is a village; with nearby Cookley, it forms a civil parish in the Wyre Forest District of Worcestershire, England. It is 2 miles north of Kidderminster and lies on the River Stour and the Staffordshire and W…

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  Blakeshall · 1.5 km

  Blakeshall is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England. It is one of the ancient townships of the manor of Wolverley, whose extent was similar to that of the modern civil parish of Wolverley and Cookley. The Wolverley and…

• Heathfield Knoll School · 1.6 km

  Heathfield Knoll School and Nursery is a small, independent, non-denominational day school and nursery in Wolverley, near Kidderminster in Worcestershire, England, for boys and girls aged three months to 19 years.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)