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A town of 3,816 in Herefordshire, West Midlands.
Bromyard grades C− overall against UK towns: better than 20% of UK towns. Its strongest subject is walkability (A−): 20% of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport. Its weakest is jobs & income (D): mean household income £48,469; 3.5% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits. The median home sold for £245,000 in the last three years, 5 times what households in the Herefordshire council area earn in a year.
The 3 things Bromyard does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Bromyard is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 88 buildings inside Bromyard’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I.
27% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 2 old photos and postcards going back to 1911.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Bromyard.
Children under 15 make up 14%, below Herefordshire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Young adults of 15 to 24 are nearly a tenth of the population. The median resident of Bromyard is 49.4 years old. Degrees are held by 27% of adults.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
| Bromyard | Herefordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 14% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8.4% | 9.7% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 29% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 27% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Herefordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
At the 2 primary schools within 3 km, just over three in five pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Its two schools are listed below. Bromyard’s one primary and one secondary have 622 pupils between them.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Peter's Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 201 | B− |
| Queen Elizabeth High SchoolLargest secondary schoolSecondary | Secondary | 421 | D |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
At the top of the list, 1 are Grade I and 2 Grade II*. Bromyard’s listed buildings include the Church of St Peter, Grade I. Homes built before 1919 account for 27% of the housing.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
For its size, Bromyard records more crime per resident than 89% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people. Violence came to 37.9 per 1,000 residents a year, above Herefordshire’s towns (26.5) and England’s towns (22) alike. 355 crimes and 88 reports of anti-social behaviour: that is what police recorded inside the town’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026. Of all the crimes, 42% were violence and sexual offences.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL · The police category of violence and sexual offences includes harassment and stalking.
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 18% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
By car: that was how 78% of commuters travelled at the census. 30% of commuters who live in Bromyard also work there. For every resident in work, Bromyard has 0.9 jobs.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; 93% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Of the 13 towns in Herefordshire, Bromyard has the largest share in bad or very bad health: 7.9%. Add to that, 24% of residents have a disability, above both Herefordshire’s towns (19%) and England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Bromyard is The County Hospital, 12.2 miles away.
| Census 2021 | Bromyard | Herefordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 75% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.9% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 24% | 19% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · No age adjustment applies to these census answers, which flatter younger towns; the Health Grade’s measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them, do allow for age.
20% live in social housing, above Herefordshire’s towns (17%) and England’s towns (18%) alike. Half of the 162 standard sales inside Bromyard’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026 went for more than £245,000. Private rents average £821 a month across the Herefordshire, County of council area.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £316,875 | 54 |
| Semi-detached | £247,000 | 51 |
| Terraced | £185,000 | 53 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Bromyard. Best known first.
Historic houseWhitbourne Hall4.6 km outside town, to the northeastMuseumMuseumThe Time Machine Museum of Science Fictionin townRuinsRuins · English HeritageEdvin Loach Old Church3.1 km outside town, to the northPark or estatePark or estate · National TrustBrockhampton Park2.3 km outside town, to the eastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
88 listed buildings in Bromyard, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Peter: Photo: Pauline Eccles · CC BY-SA 2.0 · The Bay Horse Inn: Photo: Stephen Lea · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tower Hill House: Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Almshouses: Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Bromyard.
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromyard | 3,816 | — | C− | B | D | C+ |
| Tenbury Wells | 3,936 | 9 | B | B+ | C | B+ |
| Great Malvern | 33,194 | 9.5 | B− | B | C+ | C+ |
| Colwall Stone | 1,857 | 10 | — | C− | A− | A− |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 10 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Lower Broadheath | 1,889 | 10 | — | B− | A | A− |
| Leominster | 11,206 | 10 | C− | B+ | D | C− |
| Rushwick | 1,195 | 11 | — | B | B+ | B+ |
Colwall Stone, Bartestree, Lower Broadheath and Rushwick have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 9.5 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Peter.
Band D council tax in Bromyard is £2,711 for 2026–27, more than in 96% of UK towns (council, county, police and fire, plus the parish or town council). Your own bill depends on your home’s band; check it on GOV.UK.
Town in Herefordshire, England
Bromyard is a built-up area of 3,816 people, in the Herefordshire council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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