Lower Broadheath
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = England
| coordinates = {{coord|52.209171|-2.273226|display=inline,title}}
| 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
| dial_code =
| os_grid_reference = SO8156
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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.{{cite web|title=KS101EW Usual resident population|url=http://web.ons.gov.uk/ons/data/dataset-finder/-/q/datasetView/Census/KS101EW?p_auth=6cOaWUWV&p_p_auth=APlc5VqA&p_p_lifecycle=1&_FOFlow1_WAR_FOFlow1portlet_geoTypeId=2011PARISH&_FOFlow1_WAR_FOFlow1portlet_UUID=0#|website=ONS Data Explorer (Beta)|publisher=Office for National Statistics|access-date=21 April 2016}} 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.{{cite journal|last1=Cavendish|first1=Richard|title=The Elgar Birthplace Museum|journal=History Today|date=11 November 1994|volume=44|issue=11|url=https://www.historytoday.com/richard-cavendish/elgar-birthplace-museum|access-date=21 April 2016}}
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.
References
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Lower Broadheath}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100131184013/http://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/MyParish/Welcome.aspx?ParishID=76&PostCode=WR26RR&Prop=37744&partner=mhc&MarriedTo=0 Lower Broadheath official web site.]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090505095626/http://www.worcestervista.co.uk/lower-broadheath-church.htm The Church (photos) at Lower Broadheath.] Retrieved 23 May 2009
- [https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-firs/ The Elgar Birthplace]
- [https://www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/parish/broadheath Listing at the Worcester branch of the Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry website]
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Category:Villages in Worcestershire
Category:Civil parishes in Worcestershire
Category:Malvern Hills District
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