Rowney Green

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:07Sunset 16:35

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

2 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Burglary1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Alvechurch and Wythall · West Mercia

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

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)

51 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (35 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Alvechurch (2.2 km)
• 3 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: 155.9p · BP (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (10.9 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

35 charging locations within ~8 km

• 14 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Tanyard Lane, Alvechurch (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches19
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Council moves to support residents under new planning rules· 19 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
• 9 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

Bradley Thomas

Conservative

Bromsgrove

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative / Independent coalition

• Lab 6
• Con 11
• LD 6
• Oth 8

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

• Parks & greens2

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

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: 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

0 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in B48

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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  Rowney Green · 0.3 km

  Rowney Green is a village in the Bromsgrove District of Worcestershire. Today the village consists of over one hundred homes, a village hall, a chapel, several horse riding stables and a couple of farms. The populatio…

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  A441 road · 1.1 km

  A441 is an A-road in England which runs from central Birmingham to Cookhill, Worcestershire.

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  Alvechurch F.C. · 1.4 km

  Alvechurch Football Club is a football club based in Alvechurch, Worcestershire, England. They are currently members of the Southern League Premier Division Central and play at Lye Meadow.

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  Alvechurch · 2.0 km

  Alvechurch is a village and civil parish in the Bromsgrove district in Worcestershire, England. It is located in the valley of the River Arrow. The Lickey Hills Country Park is 3 miles to the northwest. It is 11 miles…

• Alvechurch Church of England Middle School · 2.1 km

  Alvechurch Church of England Middle School is a coeducational Church of England middle school located in the village of Alvechurch in Worcestershire, England. As of 2020 it had around 430 pupils from ages 9 to 13.

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  Bordesley, Worcestershire · 2.2 km

  Bordesley is a village north of Redditch, in Worcestershire, England. Bordesley primarily comprises houses alongside the A441 Birmingham Road between Redditch and Alvechurch. The name Bordesley derives from the Old En…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)