Local servicesHospitalKidderminster Hospital4.9 miGP surgeryStourport Medical Centre1.5 miPharmacyAreley Kings Pharmacy4 pharmacies within 2 milesunder a mileDentistDental Surgery1.8 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi5 schools5 primaryPrimaryAstley CofE Primary Schoolages 4-11, 91 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Bartholomew's CofE VC Primary Schoolages 2-11, 208 pupils1.0 miSecondaryThe Stourport High School and Sixth Form Collegeages 11-18, 1,039 pupils2.4 miCollegeHalesowen College14.4 miUniversityUniversity of Worcester9.1 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX26 miRailway stationHartlebury3.9 miBus stationKidderminster Bus Station5.1 miBus stops18 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:47 am – 9:35 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 41 min8:16 am – 3:58 pm
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People8,524 residentsin the Abberley, Holt Heath & Hallow census areaMedian age 51.03,523 households77% of homes owner-occupied48% owned outright10% social rented, 12% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.1% unemployment rate58% of adults are economically active, 4,014 in work, 31% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 13%, health and social work 12%, construction 10%Getting to work: 40% work from home, 55% go by car, 4% walk or cycle36% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages40% of adults hold a degree or higher14% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 8°C, lows 2°C669 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October45 days of air frost, 14 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksNutnell Poollake · 1.9 miLayes Poollake · 2.4 miWordley Dinglevalley · under a mileRound Hillhill · 1.5 miStagborough Hillhill · 1.7 miWaste Coppicewoodland · under a mileSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesSevern Meadowspark · 1.5 mi · 7 haWar Memorial Parkpark · 1.8 mi · 11 haTontine Gardenspark · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes90 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197014 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199031 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 12 May 202644 mi away, Llanbister, PowysSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.0 · PM2.5 5.7 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband39% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband92% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.2% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,747 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation60 m197 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 32 to 130 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
