Local servicesHospitalAlexandra Hospital2.4 miGP surgeryElgar House19 surgeries within 2 milesright herePharmacyChurch Green Pharmacy11 pharmacies within 2 milesright hereDentistRed House Dental Clinicright hereSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi25 schools15 primary, 7 secondary, 1 special, 2 otherSecondaryTrinity High School and Sixth Form Centreages 13-18, 958 pupilsunder a milePrimaryHolyoakes Field First Schoolages 2-9, 315 pupilsunder a milePrimarySt Stephen's CofE First Schoolages 3-9, 171 pupilsunder a mileCollegeHeart of Worcestershire Collegeright hereUniversityNewman University, Birmingham8.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBirmingham Airport BHX13 miRailway stationRedditchunder a mileBus stationRedditch Bus Stationunder a mileBus stops125 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
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Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the B97 postcode district.
Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 48 min4:45 am – 9:33 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 42 min8:15 am – 3:56 pm
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People7,018 residentsin the Redditch Town & Abbeydale census areaMedian age 34.62,788 households39% of homes owner-occupied16% owned outright30% social rented, 30% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting7.1% unemployment rate64% of adults are economically active, 3,303 in work, 13% retiredMain industries: manufacturing 22%, retail and wholesale 19%, health and social work 14%Getting to work: 15% work from home, 60% go by car, 9% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle79% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages22% of adults hold a degree or higher28% have no qualifications, 5% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 77%5% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 1°C733 mm of rain a year, 17 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October46 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 landmarksBatchley Poollake · under a mileLodge Poollake · under a milePaper Mill Hillhill · 1.1 miButler's Hillhill · 1.3 miMill Pondpond · under a mileMoon's Moatwater · 1.7 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesArrow Valley Country Parkpark · under a mile · 210 haMayfields Parkpark · under a mileAbbey Park Hotel Golf and Country Clubgolf course · under a mile · 74 haLodge Parkpark · under a mile · 4 haTerry Memorial Playing Fieldplaying field · under a mile · 4 haAbbey Stadiumsports ground · under a mile · 8 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes78 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197012 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 2 Apr 199047 mi away, Bishop'S Castle, ShropsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 18 Aug 202549 mi away, Thornborough, BucksSource: 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 8.7 · PM2.5 7.0 · PM10 11 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband94% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband100% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)2,997 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation123 m404 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 85 to 154 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
