Romsley

7°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 10° / 6° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

135 reported road collisions (2025)

44 killed or seriously injured · 188 casualties · 13.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

79 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (56 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Old Hill (5.7 km)
• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£332,683 average▲ 1.2% YoY

Across Bromsgrove · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£992 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £717
• 2 bed £899
• 3 bed £1,091

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,249 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (5.9 km)

23 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

45 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Moto Frankley Northbound Services (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Yule Be Glad You Picked This Up· 4 Nov 2026
• Got views? Then we’ve got questions for you· 2 Nov 2026
• Sanders Park car park extension opens in time for Half Term· 28 Oct 2026
• Next Stop: Christmas!· 28 Oct 2026
• Rubery Switches On Christmas· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Bromsgrove Council

99,183 residents in Bromsgrove · 457/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,414
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,544
• Net moves+870

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 266 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,479 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (22% of 43,180)

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

43 schools · 18,149 pupils

25 primary · 6 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bromsgrove

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

• Within the Green Belt
• 4 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

135 applications decided

90.4% granted · 122 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 11
• LD 6
• Oth 8

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

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

5,310 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£843 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,466 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 40,698 certificates

11.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

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

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in B62

• Lapal Medical Practice
• Feldon Lane Practice
• Clement Road Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bromsgrove:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth221 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND219 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks193 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills191 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases177 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

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

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  Romsley, Worcestershire · 0.2 km

  Romsley is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, on the east side of the Clent Hills about 4 miles south of Halesowen. In 2001 it had a population of 1,601.

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  Hunnington · 1.1 km

  Hunnington is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire, England, close to the border with West Midlands, and just south of Halesowen. According to the 2001 census the parish had a popula…

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  Dowery Dell Viaduct · 1.3 km

  Dowery Dell, between Rubery and Halesowen in Worcestershire, was a 234 yards (214 m), nine span lattice steel, single-track railway viaduct that carried the Halesowen to Longbridge railway. A 10 mph speed limit was in…

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  Hunnington railway station · 1.3 km

  Hunnington railway station was a railway station in the village of Hunnington, near Halesowen, England, on the Great Western Railway and Midland Railway's joint Halesowen Railway line from Old Hill to Longbridge.

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  Uffmoor Wood · 1.3 km

  Uffmoor Wood is a semi-natural woodland in Worcestershire, in the English Midlands. It was acquired by the Woodland Trust from brushmaker, L G Harris & Co in 1985/86. The wood has an area of 84.84 hectares, and grid r…

• Illey Pastures · 1.9 km

  Illey Pastures is a 3.5-hectare (8.6-acre) biological site of Special Scientific Interest in the West Midlands. The site was notified in 1989 under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is close to the village of…

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