Far Forest

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• Today: 11° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:35

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US 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

3 reported · August 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Bewdley and Rural · 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)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 rated 4–5 ★ (4 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

£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: 159.9p · Esso (9.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (9.1 km)

5 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)

• 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
• 3 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

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)

4,085 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £31,002 avg

e.g. LD Night time Residential Worker, Children's Support Worker – Flexible Hours, Class 2 Driver (C) Days

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in DY14

• Cleobury Mortimer Surgery
• South East Shropshire Pcn

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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  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)