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13% of commuters get to work on foot, by bike or by public transport. 7,015 people call this town in Warwickshire, West Midlands home.
Plenty in its favour, and one clear drawback. Health is a strength: life expectancy is 80.3 for men and 86.7 for women. Pupils here do less well than most: primary results beat 29% of towns in England. Hazard risk is weaker too (D) — 4.6% of homes at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. At a median £340,000, a home costs 5.7 times the yearly income of households in the Stratford-on-Avon council area. The overall grade lands at B, #15 of 34 in Warwickshire. Set against the rest, it does better than just over three fifths of UK towns. Its remaining grades are unremarkable: B for safety, B for jobs & income and B− for walkability.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years · crime, police.uk, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026 · claimants, DWP · commuting, Census 2021.
The 3 things Wellesbourne 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 Wellesbourne is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Historic England lists 55 buildings inside Wellesbourne’s built-up area, 1 of them Grade I, and 2 scheduled monuments.
8% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
The archive holds 1 old photo or postcard going back to 1905.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Wellesbourne.
The nearest A&E to Wellesbourne is Warwick Hospital, 6.8 miles away. At the census, 84% of people in Wellesbourne called their health good or very good, above Warwickshire’s towns (83%) and England’s towns (82%) alike. One GP practice serves the town; nearly nine in ten patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. Men in Wellesbourne can expect to live to 80.3, women to 86.7 (2019–23).
| Census 2021 | Wellesbourne | Warwickshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 84% | 83% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 3.7% | 4.7% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL · Read these answers with age in mind: they aren’t adjusted, so younger places do better. The Health Grade uses age-adjusted measures, life expectancy and early deaths among them.
At the 4 primary schools within 3 km, 57% of pupils reach the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). There is one school here; it is shown below. The town’s primary school has 465 pupils.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesbourne CofE Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 465 | C+ |
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, above both Warwickshire’s towns (20%) and England’s towns (18%). Half the people of Wellesbourne are older than 44.5. Degrees are held by 37% of adults.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Wellesbourne | Warwickshire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 18% | 17% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 8% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 26% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 26% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 5.3% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 17% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 37% | 35% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Warwickshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Police figures for Wellesbourne’s built-up area: 250 crimes and 91 anti-social behaviour reports in the 12 months to August 2026. Violence and sexual offences accounted for half of recorded crime. For its size, Wellesbourne records less crime per resident than 66% of the 1,308 UK towns of 2,500 to 10,000 people.
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 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 3 Grade II*. Homes from before 1919 make up 8% of the total, lower than both Warwickshire’s towns (14%) and England’s towns (16%). Wellesbourne’s listed buildings include the Church of St Leonard, Grade I.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Owners make up 70% of households. Private rents average £1,149 a month across the Stratford-on-Avon council area. Behind the median of £340,000: 303 standard sales inside Wellesbourne’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £420,000 | 133 |
| Semi-detached | £305,000 | 93 |
| Terraced | £255,000 | 52 |
| Flat or maisonette | £180,000 | 25 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 37% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Income per household averages £65K a year, before tax. The car took 85% of commuters, higher than both Warwickshire’s towns (81%) and England’s towns (70%). 17% of commuters who live in Wellesbourne also work there. The town counts 0.8 jobs per working resident.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Wellesbourne. Best known first.
Historic house · National TrustCharlecote Park500 m outside town, to the northwest
Art galleryCompton Verney Art Gallery3.2 km outside town, to the southeastHistoric siteHistoric siteAvro Vulcanin townPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
55 listed buildings in Wellesbourne, 1 of them Grade I.
Church of St Leonard: Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Charlecote Park: Photo: David Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Church of St Peter: Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kings Head Public House: Photo: David P Howard · CC BY-SA 2.0
3 notable people were born in Wellesbourne.
Violet Herbert, Countess of Powis: John Singer Sargent, Public domain
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellesbourne | 7,015 | — | B | B | B | A− |
| Tiddington | 1,687 | 3.3 | — | B− | C+ | A+ |
| Barford | 1,428 | 3.6 | — | C+ | B | A |
| Ettington | 1,064 | 3.8 | — | C | B | A |
| Bishop's Tachbrook | 2,086 | 4.4 | — | B | A− | A |
| Kineton | 2,235 | 4.4 | — | B | C+ | B |
| Stratford-upon-Avon | 28,112 | 5 | B+ | B− | C− | B+ |
| Snitterfield | 1,055 | 5.1 | — | C | A− | A− |
Tiddington, Barford, Ettington, Bishop's Tachbrook, Kineton and Snitterfield have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 3.2 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is Church of St Leonard. It also has 2 scheduled monuments.
Surface water isn’t included. Check a specific address on GOV.UK’s flood risk service.
Primary results trail 71% of towns in England (Department for Education, Key Stage 2). One state school is inside the town; places are handled by Warwickshire council.
Town in Warwickshire, England
Wellesbourne is a built-up area of 7,015 people, in the Stratford-on-Avon 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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