Lower Broadheath Explained

Country:England
Coordinates:52.2092°N -2.2732°W
Label Position:top
Official Name:Lower Broadheath
Population:1,728
Population Ref:(2011 Census)
Static Image Name:Elgar's birthplace.JPG
Static Image Width:250
Static Image Caption:Edward Elgar's birthplace in Broadheath
Shire District:Malvern Hills
Shire County:Worcestershire
Region:West Midlands
Civil Parish:Lower Broadheath
Constituency Westminster:West Worcestershire
Postcode District:WR2
Postcode Area:WR
Post Town:WORCESTER
Os Grid Reference:SO8156

Lower Broadheath is a village and civil parish in the Malvern Hills district of Worcestershire, England. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 1,728.[1] The parish also includes Upper Broadheath.

The village is about 3 miles north-west of Worcester.

There are many housing estates in the village, including the Jacomb estate (Jacomb Road, Jacomb Drive, Jacomb Close and Rectory Close).

The village has a village hall, church, post office and shop, a village green (containing a football pitch, running track and many children's play areas) and a large village common. There is also a primary school (Broadheath C.E. Primary School). The school contains around 150 children, from the age of four up to eleven. There are also two pubs in the village.

History

See also: History of Worcestershire. Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar. The cottage in which he was born is now the Elgar Birthplace Museum.[2] The village was originally in the parish of Hallow until Christchurch church was consecrated in 1904. The church bell is thought to be 500 years old.The District Councillor of Lower Broadheath is Daniel Walton, who was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: KS101EW Usual resident population. ONS Data Explorer (Beta). Office for National Statistics. 21 April 2016.
  2. Cavendish. Richard. The Elgar Birthplace Museum. History Today. 11 November 1994. 44. 11. 21 April 2016.