Clehonger’s story
No listed buildings inside Clehonger’s built-up area
12% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
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ClehongerHerefordshire
The village, home to 1,218 people, lies in Herefordshire, West Midlands. 40% of households own their home outright.
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Photo: Philip Halling · CC BY-SA 2.0
Population
1,218
Census 2021 · Herefordshire council
Median home
£293K
44 sales in 3 years
Median age
46.1
27% are 65+ · Herefordshire 24%
Degree level
25%
of residents 16+ · England 34%
Walk, cycle, bus
5%
of commuters · England 27%
Is Clehonger a good place to live?
Safety is its strong suit: police record 21.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, and 6 home and vehicle crimes. Few people walk, cycle or take the bus to work (D−): 5% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. It also trails on jobs & income — the mean household earns £50,247 a year. Homes sell for a median £292,500, about 5.9 years of what households in the Herefordshire council area earn. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for schools, B for health and B for hazard risk.
Figures: crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · commuting, Census 2021 · income and life expectancy, ONS · claimants, DWP · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · flood risk, Environment Agency. Clehonger is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
WeakestD−Walkability
What makes Clehonger stand out
The 3 things Clehonger does most differently from other towns.
Walk, cycle or public transport
Getting around
5% leave the car
of commuters walk, cycle or take public transport (England’s towns 27%)
Residents 65 and over
Who lives here
27% are 65 or over
Against 18% across England’s towns
Own outright
Housing
40% own outright
of households own their home with no mortgage (England’s towns 32%)
How Clehonger grades
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Clehonger is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
Clehonger is graded on each subject, but towns under 2,500 get no overall grade.
WalkabilityAmong the hardest places to get around without a carD−Open →Jobs & income2.2% of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefitsCOpen →SafetyBetter than most of the towns comparedBOpen →HealthLife expectancy 81.3 for men, 86.6 for womenBOpen →SchoolsPrimary results beat 64% of towns in England; secondary results beat 23% of towns in EnglandC+Open →Hazard risk0.1% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the seaBOpen →Cost of livingGraded on home prices against local incomesB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
History0 listed buildingsDOpen →Outdoors100% live within 400 m of a park; 0.6 ha of public green space per 1,000 residentsC+Open →Civic life4.1 local charities per 1,000 residents; 0% live within 1 km of a libraryBOpen →
How TownRatings grades towns →
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Clehonger.
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C
Long commutes are the norm in Clehonger: just 20% travel under 5 km, below Herefordshire’s towns and England’s towns
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 16% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
About 2% of its commuters stay in Clehonger for work. The car took 93% of commuters, above Herefordshire’s towns (75%) and England’s towns (70%) alike. 16% of workers did their job mainly from home at the census.
5%walk, cycle or ride
How commuters got to work · March 2021
Driving93%
On foot2%
Bicycle2%
Bus1%
20%
of commuters travel under 5 km · England 45%
16%
worked mainly from home in March 2021
£50K
mean household income, before tax
2.2%
of 16 to 64s claim unemployment benefits (2026)
D−
Walkability: behind almost every UK town
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
SchoolsC+
School results in Clehonger are weaker than in 58% of towns in England
Its one school is below. Secondary results at the one secondary school within 3 km: an Attainment 8 score of 41.6, with 38% at grade 5 or above in English and maths. At the 3 primary schools within 3 km, 64% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average).
C+School Grade
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clehonger CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 86 | D |
Department for Education · GIAS, Key Stage 2 and GCSE resultsThe Schools page →
History
Clehonger has fewer old homes than Herefordshire’s towns or England’s towns: 12% built before 1919
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Historic England’s list has no building inside Clehonger’s built-up area.
0listed buildingsDHistory Grade
Listed buildings by grade · Historic England
Grade I0
Grade II*0
Grade II0
0
scheduled monuments
0
registered parks and gardens
12%
of homes built before 1919 · typical UK town 15%
0
listed buildings per 10,000 residents · typical UK town 24
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Who lives here
An older town: 27% of people in Clehonger are 65 or over, more than in Herefordshire’s towns or England’s towns
The 15-to-24 age group makes up one in ten residents. Half the people of Clehonger are older than 46.1. Degrees are held by 25% of adults, below both Herefordshire’s towns (30%) and England’s towns (34%).
46.1median age
ClehongerHerefordshireEngland
Ages · share of residents
27%
Qualifications · residents 16 and older
No qualifications22%
Apprenticeship7%
A levels or similar16%
Degree level25%
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Clehonger | Herefordshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9.7% | 9.7% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 22% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 24% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 27% | 24% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 7.3% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 25% | 30% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Herefordshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Safety
Clehonger records less crime per resident than 63% of UK towns
Reported offences in Clehonger came to 37 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 6. Violence and sexual offences made up 57% of the total. Among the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people, Clehonger has more crime per resident than 59% of them.
21.4violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a yearBSafety Grade
Compared with UK towns its sizeLess crime per resident than 41% of the 1,541 UK towns of 1,000 to 2,500 people: about the middle for its size. Context only, not part of the grade.
Reports by type · Sep 2025 to Aug 2026
Violence & sexual21
Other theft6
Damage & arson4
Burglary3
Drugs2
Other crime1
Shoplifting0
Public order0
Anti-social6
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.
21.4
violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
6
burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
7.1
anti-social behaviour reports per 1,000 (not graded)
37
crimes recorded in the 12 months to August 2026
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.
Health
Clehonger’s life expectancy beats 78% of UK towns
There is no GP practice in Clehonger: the nearest is 1.8 miles off. The nearest A&E to Clehonger is The County Hospital, 4.4 miles away. At the census, 6% of residents said their health was bad or very bad, above Herefordshire’s towns (5.6%) and England’s towns (5.2%) alike.
80%good or very good healthBHealth Grade
General health, self-reported
Good or very good 80%Fair 14%Bad or very bad 6%
| Census 2021 | Clehonger | Herefordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 80% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 6% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 19% | 17% |
81.3
life expectancy at birth, men (2019–23)
86.6
life expectancy at birth, women
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Because the census answers ignore age, a younger population lifts them; that is why the Health Grade is built on age-adjusted measures like life expectancy and early deaths.
HousingCost of living grade B−
Private renting is less common in Clehonger than in Herefordshire’s towns or across England’s towns: 7%
Home ownership stands at 70% of households. The median sale, £292,500, comes from 44 standard sales inside Clehonger’s built-up area from September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £821 a month across the Herefordshire, County of council area.
£293Kmedian sale
Median sale price · Sep 2023 to Aug 2026
Clehonger£293K
Typical UK town£277K
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £340,000 | 23 |
| Semi-detached | £253,800 | 17 |
70%
of households own their home · England 61%
7%
rent privately · England 21%
£821
average private rent a month, Herefordshire, County of council area
£2,522
council tax, Band D, 2026–27
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Nearby attractions
All attractions →Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire and 3 more in and around Clehonger
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Clehonger. Best known first.
Abbey or prioryBelmont Abbey, Herefordshire2.7 km outside town, to the east
Garden · National TrustThe Weir3.9 km outside town, to the north
MuseumWaterworks Museum4.5 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumBroomy Hill railway and Hereford society of model engineers4.4 km outside town, to the eastPlaces: © OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Belmont Abbey, Herefordshire: Poemen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Weir: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Waterworks Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Clehonger
14pages on Clehonger
The big questions
SafetyB21.4 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026Cost of livingB−Median home £293K · rent £821 a monthHousing17 sold in 12 months · busiest street Birch Hill RoadSchoolsC+1 state schoolHealthBLife expectancy 81.3 (men), 86.6 (women)Work & commuteC32% of working residents work in the townFlood & hazardsB0.1% of homes at high or medium flood risk
Out and about
Clehonger’s neighbours
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
KingstoneCredenhillHerefordEwyas HaroldBartestreeWeobleyClehonger
How the neighbours grade
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clehonger | 1,218 | — | — | B− | B | B |
| Kingstone | 1,500 | 1.7 | — | B | C | B+ |
| Credenhill | 2,334 | 3.6 | — | C+ | A− | B− |
| Hereford | 60,471 | 3.9 | C+ | B | C− | C− |
| Ewyas Harold | 1,037 | 6.6 | — | B− | A− | B |
| Bartestree | 1,655 | 7.3 | — | C | A | B+ |
| Weobley | 1,273 | 9 | — | C | C+ | B− |
Kingstone, Credenhill, Ewyas Harold, Bartestree and Weobley have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Questions about Clehonger
How much is council tax in Clehonger?
Band D council tax in Clehonger is £2,522 for 2026–27, more than in 69% 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.
Is Clehonger safe?
Against all UK towns, it grades B.
About Clehonger
Village in Herefordshire, England
Clehonger is a built-up area of 1,218 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
- Population
- 1,218 (Census 2021)
- Council
- Herefordshire
- County
- Herefordshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Area
- 0.2 sq mi (0.5 km²)
- ONS code
- E63003879
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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