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128 buildings are listed here, 0 at Grade I. 2,719 people call this town in Worcestershire, West Midlands home.
Good on most counts; one lags. On health it is strong (A−) — men here can expect to live to 82.7, women to 85.4. Broadway grades B overall and ranks #10 of 22 in Worcestershire. Nationally, it does better than 58% of UK towns. School results trail most towns: primary results beat 4% of towns in England. It takes 7.8 years of household income in the Wychavon council area to buy the median home, at £430,000. Hazard risk is weaker too (C−): 1.6% of homes face a high or medium risk of river or sea flooding.
Figures: life expectancy and incomes, ONS · flood risk, Environment Agency · prices, HM Land Registry, the last three years.
The 3 things Broadway 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 Broadway is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists 128 buildings inside Broadway’s built-up area, 11 of them Grade II*.
17% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Broadway. Best known first.
MuseumGordon Russell Museumin town
Historic house · National TrustSnowshill Manor3.3 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttraction · National TrustWolf's Cove Model Village3.3 km outside town, to the southHistoric siteHistoric site · National TrustThe Priest's House3.3 km outside town, to the southAttractionAttractionBroadway Tower1.3 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Broadway.
Aged 15 to 24: 7.1% of residents. 12% are under 15, lower than both Worcestershire’s towns (16%) and England’s towns (18%). Residents of Broadway have a median age of 56.5.
53% women, 47% men
About 89 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.
| Broadway | Worcestershire | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 7.1% | 10% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 17% | 24% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 28% | 27% | 25% |
| 65+ | 37% | 22% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 6.6% | 5.8% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| Degree level | 33% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Worcestershire and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Of its 2 schools, one is shown below, with the reason. Key Stage 2 results at the 2 primary schools within 3 km: 47% of pupils meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (three-year average). Some 159 pupils attend Broadway’s two primaries.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 86 | B− |
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
Grade II* covers 11 of them. Historic England’s list names 128 listed buildings in Broadway: 11 Grade II*. Conservation areas cover 37% of the town’s land, higher than both Worcestershire’s towns (9%) and England’s towns (7%).
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 34% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
Household income came to £52K a year before tax, below both Worcestershire’s towns (£56K) and England’s towns (£55K). At the census, just over a fifth of commuters got to work without a car. Work in town: 24% of resident commuters. There are 1 jobs in Broadway for each resident in work.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
One GP practice serves the town; 90% of patients rate theirs good in the GP Patient Survey. At the census, 20% of people here had a disability, higher than both Worcestershire’s towns (18%) and England’s towns (17%). The nearest A&E to Broadway is Cheltenham General Hospital, 13.6 miles away. Asked at the census, four in five residents of Broadway said they were in good or very good health.
| Census 2021 | Broadway | Worcestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 80% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 5.1% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 20% | 18% | 17% |
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.
Violence and sexual offences made up 38% of the total. Reported offences in Broadway came to 97 over twelve months to August 2026; nuisance and anti-social incidents added 20. Burglary and damage came to 7.9 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Worcestershire’s towns (9.4) and England’s towns (9.4).
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.
Behind the median of £430,000: 147 standard sales inside Broadway’s built-up area, September 2023 to August 2026. Private rents average £954 a month across the Wychavon council area. 16% of households are private tenants.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £755,000 | 57 |
| Semi-detached | £387,163 | 41 |
| Terraced | £300,000 | 31 |
| Flat or maisonette | £160,000 | 18 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
128 listed buildings in Broadway.
Abbot's Grange: Photo: Dgreenfields · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Court Farmhouse: Photo: Dgreenfields · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Church of St Michael: Photo: Richard Rogerson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · St Michael's Cottage: Photo: Dgreenfields · CC BY-SA 4.0
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway | 2,719 | — | B | B− | B+ | A− |
| Chipping Campden | 2,120 | 3.5 | — | D | C | A |
| Bretforton | 1,190 | 3.8 | — | B+ | A− | C+ |
| Badsey | 2,722 | 3.8 | C+ | B+ | B+ | C+ |
| Honeybourne | 3,104 | 4.4 | B− | B | A | C+ |
| Blockley | 1,069 | 4.5 | — | C− | B | A |
| Evesham | 28,256 | 4.8 | C+ | A− | C− | C+ |
| Mickleton | 2,316 | 5.4 | — | C− | B | A− |
Chipping Campden, Bretforton, Blockley and Mickleton have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
Broadway has 2 state schools; places are handled by Worcestershire council.
That is 19.3 times the typical UK town for its size.
Town in Worcestershire, England
Broadway is a built-up area of 2,719 people, in the Wychavon 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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