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Eardiston

Eardiston is a village in Worcestershire, England. It has 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is not listed. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly burglary. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Eardiston area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Malvern Hills area is around the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 79,487 residents at roughly 138 people per km².

Council
Malvern Hills
County
Worcestershire
Constituency
West Worcestershire
Police force
West Mercia
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 105th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Home affordability34
Affordable rents61
Good schools64
Life expectancy57
Low deprivation59
Employment78
Low council tax46

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

23°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 15° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 24° / 14° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:32

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

109 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 133 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£350,906 average 8% YoY

Across Malvern Hills · to 2026-06

Detached£504,640
Semi-detached£317,690
Terraced£250,878
Flat£182,247

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£943 average monthly rent 8.8% YoY

  • 1 bed £694
  • 2 bed £875
  • 3 bed £1,081

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

Affordability

9.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.4 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (5.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (5.8 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 13 kW
  • Nearest: The Manor Arms (5.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

79,487 residents in Malvern Hills · 138/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 56%
  • 65+: 28%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Around the average in England

Ranked 187 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,451 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 38,850)

A £1,634
B £1,906
C £2,179
D £2,451
E £2,996
F £3,540
G £4,085
H £4,902

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

Schools

49 schools · 10,949 pupils

35 primary · 5 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 21 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

40inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Dyson Perrins CofE AcademyGood
  • Hanley Castle High SchoolGood
  • Tenbury High Ormiston AcademyGood
  • The Chantry SchoolGood
  • The ChaseGood

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Malvern Hills

Care & health services

579 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes180
  • GP practices90
  • Dentists126
  • Homecare agencies114
  • Hospitals & hospices26

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 10 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Worcestershire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

185 applications decided

83.2% granted · 154 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative

West Worcestershire

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Independent / Green / Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

  • Con 6
  • LD 5
  • Grn 6
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 13

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Local economy

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,076 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

40% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,058 certificates

17.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Solar 21% · Nuclear 13% · Imports 4%

226 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.9
  • Feeling worthwhile8.2
  • Happiness yesterday8.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

Notable places nearby

  • Eardiston · 0.0 km

    Eardiston is a village in Worcestershire, England. It is located within the civil parish of Lindridge, which had a population of 760 in 2021. The village of Eardiston lies in the valley of the river Teme between Great…

  • Frith Common · 1.5 km

    Frith Common is a village in Worcestershire, England.

  • Lindridge · 2.1 km

    Lindridge is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the north of the county of Worcestershire, England, near the Shropshire border and the town of Tenbury Wells. The parish is extensive, and inclu…

  • Stockton on Teme · 2.2 km

    Stockton on Teme is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District in the county of Worcestershire, England. It is close to the River Teme and is noted for its 12th century Norman church with an unusual circ…

  • Hunthouse Wood · 2.2 km

    Hunthouse Wood is a nature reserve of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, situated near the villages of Clows Top and Mamble, in Worcestershire, England.

  • Stanford on Teme · 2.5 km

    Stanford on Teme is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanford with Orleton, in the Malvern Hills district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 144.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Eardiston?
Eardiston is a town in Worcestershire, England, in the Malvern Hills local authority.
How deprived is Eardiston?
The Malvern Hills local authority, which includes Eardiston, is around the average in England on the IoD2019.