Far Forest

16°CSunny

• Today: 23° / 16° · 79% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:31

12h 53m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026▼ 64% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Bewdley and Rural · West Mercia

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

127 reported road collisions (2024)

44 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 12.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Northwood Halt (5.6 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£232,448 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Wyre Forest · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£823 average monthly rent▼ 2.3% YoY

• 1 bed £583
• 2 bed £740
• 3 bed £895

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (8.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Wharton Park Golf & Country Club (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7

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)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 114 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

40 schools · 13,746 pupils

27 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

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

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

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

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

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

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

77 applications decided

96.1% granted · 74 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,125 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

2 jobs advertised · £9,341 avg

e.g. Children's Support Worker – Flexible Hours, Catering Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£693 median full-time weekly pay

3.3% 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

Life expectancy: 81.9 yrs women · 79.8 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wyre Forest:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office485 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s413 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership356 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test297 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership247 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

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

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  Far Forest · 0.1 km

  Far Forest is a small village in north Worcestershire, England, approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of Bewdley, and next to the border with Shropshire.

• Fingerpost, Worcestershire · 1.0 km

  Fingerpost is a hamlet and road junction in north Worcestershire, England, approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Bewdley.

• Wyre Forest railway station · 1.4 km

  Wyre Forest railway station was a station to the north of Far Forest, Worcestershire, England. The station which served the Wyre Forest was opened in 1869 and closed in 1962.

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  Wyre Forest · 2.7 km

  Wyre Forest is a large, semi-natural woodland and forest measuring 26.34 square kilometres (10.17 sq mi) which straddles the borders of Worcestershire and Shropshire, England. Knowles Mill, a former corn mill owned by…

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  Bliss Gate · 2.7 km

  Bliss Gate is a village in Worcestershire, England. It had many attractive tourist landmarks such as the Bliss Gate Inn and a village board for Rock village. It lies within the civil parish of Rock, which had a popula…

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  Clows Top · 3.0 km

  Clows Top is a village in north Worcestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)