Martley

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 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: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

12 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

• Burglary5
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Martley and Tenbury · 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)

4 food businesses within 2 miles

• 3 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 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 · Asda (6.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (6.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: National Trust-the Oast House (7.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

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
• 43 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

Dame Harriett Baldwin

Conservative

West Worcestershire

Source: UK Parliament

Independent / Green / Conservative / Liberal Democrat coalition

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,705 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

2 jobs advertised · £32,448 avg

e.g. Invigilator, Healthcare Assistant

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 23% · Imports 5%

182 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

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

2 GP surgeries · 0 pharmacies in WR6

• Great Witley Surgery
• Knightwick 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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  Martley · 0.2 km

  Martley is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of the English county of Worcestershire. It is approximately nine miles north-west of Worcester. The population of the village is approximately 1,200…

• The Chantry School · 0.4 km

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  Berrow Green · 1.9 km

  Berrow Green is a village in Worcestershire, England. It lies within the civil parish of Martley, which in 2021 had a population of 1,386.

• Horsham, Worcestershire · 2.4 km

  Horsham is a hamlet in Worcestershire, England. Remains of an old Iron Age fort are located within the village. The village is named after the market town of Horsham in West Sussex.

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  Ham Castle · 2.8 km

  Ham Castle is located in Worcestershire at the bottom of a wooded escarpment, within the parish of Clifton-upon-Teme, about 1 mile (1.6 km) east of the village of Clifton-upon-Teme and 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Great…

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  Doddenham · 3.2 km

  Doddenham is a hamlet and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district in the county of Worcestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)