Lower Broadheath

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Lower Broadheath
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Edward Elgar's birthplace in Broadheath
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Lower Broadheath
Location within Worcestershire
Population1,728 (2011 Census)
OS grid reference SO8156
Civil parish
  • Lower Broadheath
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WORCESTER
Postcode district WR2
Dialling code 01905
Police West Mercia
Fire Hereford and Worcester
Ambulance West Midlands
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UK
England
Worcestershire
52°12′33″N2°16′24″W / 52.209171°N 2.273226°W / 52.209171; -2.273226

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] , slightly increased from the 1,713 recorded in 2001. [2] The parish also includes Upper Broadheath.

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

History

In 1848, the village population was 482 people. [3] The village was originally in the parish of Hallow, until Christchurch church was consecrated in 1904. There was a 'Chapel of Ease' (secondary Anglican church) dating from 1836, and an independent chapel (Lady Huntingdon's Connection) dating from 1825. The church bell is thought to be 500 years old.

Broadheath is the birthplace of the English composer Edward Elgar. [4] The cottage in which he was born is now the Elgar Birthplace Museum. [5]

Amenities

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, which dates from the 19th century, contains around 150 children, from the age of four up to eleven. There are also two pubs in the village.

Local government

Lower Broadheath has a Parish Council which meets monthly at the Village Hall. [2] Lower Broadheath ward on Malvern Hills District Council is represented by Cllr Daniel Walton (Independent), who was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2023. It is in the Hallow division of Worcestershire County Council, represented by Cllr Mel Fordington (Conservative).

Notable people

References

  1. ↑ "KS101EW Usual resident population". ONS Data Explorer (Beta). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Welcome to Lower Broadheath Parish Council". Worcestershire County Council. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Braodheath - Brockhall A Topographical Dictionary of England". British History Online. S Lewis, London 1848. Retrieved 7 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Kennedy, Michael (2004). "'Elgar, Sir Edward William, baronet (1857–1934)'" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32988 . Retrieved 2 June 2011.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ↑ Cavendish, Richard (11 November 1994). "The Elgar Birthplace Museum". History Today. 44 (11). Retrieved 21 April 2016.


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