Hampton Lovett

13°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 10° · 50% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:33

12h 57m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

31 reported · July 2026▲ 35% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences19
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Other crime2

Neighbourhood team: Droitwich Town West and Rural West · West Mercia

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

157 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

109 food businesses within 2 miles

• 84 rated 4–5 ★ (68 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Droitwich Spa (2.3 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,015 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across Wychavon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£950 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £667
• 2 bed £868
• 3 bed £1,070

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 159.9p · Esso (9.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · ESSO (11.6 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Lidl - Droitwich (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches1
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,492 residents in Wychavon · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,373 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,210)

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

70 schools · 15,497 pupils

50 primary · 4 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wychavon

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
• 7 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

284 applications decided

89.8% granted · 255 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 26
• LD 8
• Grn 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

60 jobs advertised · £42,052 avg

e.g. Despatch Shift Lead, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£718 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,083 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,075 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• 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 Droitwich and Evesham:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing1,949 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership397 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership292 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Westwood House · 1.8 km

  Westwood House is a stately home in the civil parish of Westwood, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It has been subdivided into twelve self-contained apartments. The house has origins as an Elizabethan banqueti…

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  Westwood, Worcestershire · 1.8 km

  Westwood is a civil parish in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England. The parish consists of Westwood Park, the grounds of Westwood House, near Droitwich Spa. In 2021 the parish had a population of 78. It shares a…

• Westwood Priory · 1.9 km

  Westwood Priory was a priory of Benedictine nuns founded in 1153, near Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. It was a daughter house of Fontevraud Abbey, seized by the English crown in 1537 during the Dissolution of t…

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  Droitwich Spa High School · 2.2 km

  Droitwich Spa High School is a secondary school and specialist Sports College with academy status in Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England. It serves the town of Droitwich Spa and the surrounding villages with 1395 s…

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  Droitwich Spa railway station · 2.3 km

  Droitwich Spa railway station serves the town of Droitwich Spa in Worcestershire, England. It is located just to the south-west of Droitwich Spa Junction of the Worcester to Leamington Spa Line and the Worcester to Bi…

• RGS Dodderhill · 2.4 km

  RGS Dodderhill is an all girls private school on the outskirts of Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire, England. For girls aged 9-16, RGS Dodderhill offers a focused, academically ambitious environment designed around how gi…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)