Tardebigge

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

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

17 reported · August 2026▲ 113% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences13
• Other crime3
• Public order1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Bromsgrove South and Rural · 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)

48 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bromsgrove (3.2 km)
• 8 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: 156.9p · Esso (6.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (9.5 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

39 charging locations within ~8 km

• 23 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Aston Fields St. (3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4

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
• 49 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)

2 jobs advertised · £36,920 avg

e.g. Multi trade repairs Building Operative, Commercial Gas Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£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

13 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in B97

• St Stephen'S Medical Partnership
• Elgar House
• The Dow Surgery

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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  Tardebigge · 0.3 km

  Tardebigge is a village in Worcestershire, England. Its ward population was 3,549 in 2021.

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  Tardebigge Locks · 0.5 km

  Tardebigge Locks or the Tardebigge Flight is the longest flight of locks in the UK, comprising 30 narrow locks on a two-and-a-quarter-mile (3.6 km) stretch of the Worcester and Birmingham Canal at Tardebigge, Worceste…

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  HM Prison Hewell · 0.7 km

  HM Prison Hewell is a category B men's prison in the village of Tardebigge in Worcestershire, England. The prison is operated by His Majesty's Prison Service.

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  Hewell Grange · 0.8 km

  Hewell Grange is a former country house in Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England. "One of the most important late 19th century country houses in England", the mansion was built between 1884 and 1891 by George Frederick…

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  Tardebigge Engine House · 1.0 km

  Tardebigge Engine House is a former canal-pumping engine house at Tardebigge, Worcestershire, England. It is grade II listed.

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  Tutnall and Cobley · 1.2 km

  Tutnall and Cobley is a civil parish in the Bromsgrove district of Worcestershire, England. In 2001 the parish had a population of 1,543. The villages of Tutnall and Tardebigge are within the parish; the Cobley part o…

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