Hanley Castle

10°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 5° · 32% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:37

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 5.9 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.4% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Upton · West Mercia

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

109 reported road collisions (2025)

41 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Great Malvern (6.5 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£349,550 average▲ 4.3% YoY

Across Malvern Hills · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£946 average monthly rent▲ 8.8% YoY

• 1 bed £696
• 2 bed £878
• 3 bed £1,084

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

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

1,170 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: 173.9p · ESSO (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · ESSO (11.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: New Street (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

79,487 residents in Malvern Hills · 138/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,960
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK4,423
• Net moves+1,537

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 179 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,451 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

48 schools · 10,778 pupils

35 primary · 5 secondary · 8 other

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

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

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

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
• 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

178 applications decided

83.7% granted · 149 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Independent / Green / Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

3 jobs advertised · £40,750 avg

e.g. Post 16 SEN Teacher, Post 16 SEN Teacher - with IT, cook

Source: Adzuna

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

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

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

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

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in WR8

• Upton Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks448 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing414 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills234 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately173 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND166 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Hanley Castle · 0.5 km

  Hanley Castle is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, between the towns of Malvern and Upton upon Severn and a short distance from the River Severn. It lies in the administrative area of Malvern Hill…

• Hanley Castle High School · 0.8 km

  Hanley Castle High School is a non-selective mixed secondary school and sixth form centre located in the village of Hanley Castle, 1.4 miles (2.2 km) from the small town of Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire. It was fo…

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  Hanley Castle (castle) · 1.4 km

  Hanley Castle was a Norman castle that stood to the south of the present-day site of the village of Hanley Castle, which lies 2 km north of Upton-upon-Severn, in the county of Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom..

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  Severn Stoke · 2.1 km

  Severn Stoke is an English village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills District, in the south of the county of Worcestershire, alongside the A38 trunk road. It had a population of 676 in 2021.

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  The Rhydd · 2.3 km

  The Rhydd is an English country house and hamlet, alongside the River Severn, near the village of Hanley Castle, Worcestershire, about halfway between Malvern and the small town of Upton-upon-Severn. The house is now…

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  Battle of Upton · 2.3 km

  The Battle of Upton was fought on 28 August 1651 when a New Model Army detachment under the command of Colonel John Lambert made a surprise attack on Royalists defending the river Severn crossing at Upton-upon-Severn,…

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