Wickhamford

17°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 17° / 10° · 13% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:30Sunset 19:38

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham A4540 Roadside, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Evesham Town North and Rural South · West Mercia

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

157 reported road collisions (2024)

55 killed or seriously injured · 238 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

55 food businesses within 2 miles

• 40 rated 4–5 ★ (33 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Broadway (3.8 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,015 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across Wychavon · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£950 average monthly rent▲ 3.1% YoY

• 1 bed £667
• 2 bed £868
• 3 bed £1,070

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

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (8.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 166.9p · Asda (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Asda (5.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Morrisons Evesham (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,492 residents in Wychavon · 200/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 191 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,373 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 62,210)

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

70 schools · 15,497 pupils

50 primary · 4 secondary · 16 other

Ofsted: 23 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (88%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wychavon

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
• 11 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

284 applications decided

89.8% granted · 255 granted, 29 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Nigel Huddleston

Conservative

Droitwich and Evesham

Source: UK Parliament

Conservative majority

• Lab 1
• Con 26
• LD 8
• Grn 6
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,560 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

£718 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,083 disposable income per head (2024)

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

47% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 64,075 certificates

15% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Solar 26% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 13%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.3 yrs men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Droitwich and Evesham:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing1,949 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership397 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership292 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Wickhamford · 0.2 km

  Wickhamford is a village and a civil parish in Worcestershire, England. It is situated on the A44 road approximately halfway between the towns of Evesham and Broadway. It is mentioned in 1086 in the Domesday Book unde…

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  Wickhamford Manor · 0.7 km

  Wickhamford Manor, Wickhamford, Worcestershire is a manor house dating from the 16th century. It was the childhood home of James Lees-Milne, the writer. The manor is a Grade II listed building.

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  Badsey · 1.2 km

  Badsey is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It has two parks and a small first school located in the centre of the village. Its population was 2,844 in 2021.

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  Murcot · 1.5 km

  Murcot is a hamlet in the English county of Worcestershire.

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  Bengeworth · 2.6 km

  Bengeworth is a locality in the civil parish of Evesham, in the Wychavon district, in the county of Worcestershire, England. In 1887 it had a population of 1,311. Today it has a school and an Anglican church.

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  Aldington, Worcestershire · 2.7 km

  Aldington is a village and civil parish in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire, England. It is about three miles east of Evesham, and according to the census of 2001, had a population of 232. The name Aldington de…

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