Queenhill

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 23° / 11° · 62% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:33

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

109 reported road collisions (2024)

38 killed or seriously injured · 133 casualties · 13.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

3 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ashchurch for Tewkesbury (7.7 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£350,906 average▲ 8% YoY

Across Malvern Hills · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£943 average monthly rent▲ 8.8% YoY

• 1 bed £694
• 2 bed £875
• 3 bed £1,081

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

8 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: New Street (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4

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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 187 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

49 schools · 10,949 pupils

35 primary · 5 secondary · 9 other

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

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

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

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
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

185 applications decided

83.2% granted · 154 granted, 31 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,680 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£766 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

95% low-carbon electricity

Wind 67% · Nuclear 15% · Solar 12% · Gas 5%

20 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.2 yrs women · 81.5 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in West Worcestershire:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership389 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership380 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing373 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office342 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s252 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Queenhill · 0.0 km

  Queenhill is a civil parish and hamlet in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is one of three parishes administered by the Parish Council of Longdon, Queenhill and Holdfast.

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  Bredon School · 1.0 km

  Bredon School, formerly Pull Court, is a private school in Bushley, Worcestershire, England. The house was built for the Reverend Canon E. C. Dowdeswell by Edward Blore between 1831 and 1839. The site is much older an…

• Holdfast, Worcestershire · 1.1 km

  Holdfast is a civil parish in the Malvern Hills District of the county of Worcestershire, England. It is one of three administered by the Parish Council of Longdon, Queenhill and Holdfast. It lies on the west bank of…

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  Ripple railway station · 1.6 km

  Ripple railway station was a station on the Midland Railway between Great Malvern and Evesham. It opened on 16 May 1864 by the Tewkesbury and Malvern Railway and was closed 14 August 1961.

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  Ripple, Worcestershire · 1.8 km

  Ripple is a village and civil parish in the county of Worcestershire, England. Ripple is one of the most southerly parishes in the county and is situated on the A38 road with the River Severn as its western boundary.…

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  Battle of Ripple Field · 1.9 km

  The Battle of Ripple Field, fought on 13 April 1643, was an engagement in the First English Civil War. In the battle, a Royalist cavalry force led by Prince Maurice routed Parliamentarian cavalry and infantry forces l…

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