Feckenham

8°CCloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:35

9h 28m 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

• 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

55 reported road collisions (2025)

16 killed or seriously injured · 69 casualties · 6.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 8 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Redditch (6.8 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£247,042 average▼ 1.7% YoY

Across Redditch · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£976 average monthly rent▲ 11.1% YoY

• 1 bed £681
• 2 bed £881
• 3 bed £1,053

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

6.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.9 times median annual pay (7.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,025 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

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Redditch (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,037 residents in Redditch · 1,604/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 62%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK3,626
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK3,794
• Net moves−168

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 148 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,463 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (32% of 37,950)

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

36 schools · 12,314 pupils

19 primary · 5 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 10 of 13 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (77%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Redditch

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

• In a conservation area (Feckenham)
• Within the Green Belt
• 61 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

51 applications decided

94.1% granted · 48 granted, 3 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Chris Bloore

Labour

Redditch

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 13
• Con 4
• Ref 7
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

3,385 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£713 median full-time weekly pay

3.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,696 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 36,627 certificates

12.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Wind 28% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.6 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

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

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in B96

• The Ridgeway Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Redditch:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing349 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth214 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND187 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills133 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks111 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Feckenham · 0.1 km

  Feckenham is a village and civil parish in the Redditch district in Worcestershire, England. It lies some 4 miles (6 km) south-west of the town of Redditch and some 11 miles (18 km) east of the city of Worcester. It h…

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  Redditch (constituency) · 1.4 km

  Redditch is a constituency in Worcestershire, England, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Chris Bloore of the Labour Party.

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  Rugby (constituency) · 1.4 km

  Rugby is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by John Slinger, of the Labour Party.

• Ham Green, Worcestershire · 1.8 km

  Ham Green is a hamlet outside Redditch, Worcestershire. It lies in between the villages of Feckenham, Callow Hill, Elcocks Brook & Cruise Hill. As of mid-2020, Redditch has a total population of 85568.

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  Ham Green Hoard · 1.8 km

  The Ham Green Hoard is a hoard of silver coins dating from between 1554 and 1661–62. It is in the collection of the Museums Worcestershire and is on display at The Commandery.

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  Bradley Green, Worcestershire · 2.0 km

  Bradley Green is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It forms the civil parish of Stock and Bradley with its neighbouring village, Stock Green. The parish's population was 327 in 2021.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)