Alcester is a market town about 7 miles west of Stratford-upon-Avon. Here's the latest for Alcester from official sources: planning applications, what's on and roadworks nearby, food hygiene ratings, house prices and crime figures, updated every week.
Planning applications
10
on the council's recent weekly lists
Food hygiene
53 of 61
food businesses rated 5 (very good)
Typical house price
£335,000
median of 496 sales in two years
Crimes reported
659
in 12 months, in and around the village
Nothing in our calendar within a couple of miles in the next month. See what's on in Stratford, or tell us about an event in Alcester.
More: Stratford Live map · road closures this week
Search any application on the council's planning site, or use our planning near me tool.
| Business | Type | Rating | Inspected |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lounge@26 | Restaurant or café | 5 | Sep 2026 |
| Turks Head | Pub or bar | 5 | Sep 2026 |
| The Piston Club At The Stag | Pub or bar | 5 | Aug 2026 |
| Panache 50 | Restaurant or café | 4 | Aug 2026 |
| Alcester Community Fridge | Shop | 5 | Jul 2026 |
| Billesley Manor Hotel | Restaurant or café | 5 | May 2026 |
| Coughton Court Cafe | Restaurant or café | 5 | May 2026 |
| Ventuno | Shop | 5 | Apr 2026 |
| The Roebuck Alcester | Restaurant or café | 1 | Apr 2026 |
| The Bubble | Other catering | 5 | Apr 2026 |
| PWRHOUSE Lifting Club | Shop | 5 | Apr 2026 |
| Alcester Town Football Club | Other catering | 5 | Mar 2026 |
| Arrow Mill | Restaurant or café | 5 | Feb 2026 |
| Tasty Bite | Takeaway | 3 | Feb 2026 |
| Tabitha Danks T/A Nelson's Cafe & Bar | Other catering | 5 | Feb 2026 |
| The Alcester Inn | Restaurant or café | 5 | Feb 2026 |
| Hillers Farm Shop | Shop | 5 | Jan 2026 |
| McDonald's | Restaurant or café | 5 | Jan 2026 |
| The Garden Cafe | Restaurant or café | 5 | Jan 2026 |
| The Crafty Lunch Club CIC | Other catering | 5 | Jan 2026 |
| Hamiltons Chocolates Ltd | Shop | 3 | Jan 2026 |
| Cardamom | Restaurant or café | 5 | Dec 2025 |
| Arden Foodbank | Shop | 5 | Dec 2025 |
| The Throckmorton | Pub or bar | 5 | Nov 2025 |
| Moat House | Pub or bar | 5 | Nov 2025 |
| Ragley Estate Meats | Shop | 5 | Nov 2025 |
| Greggs PLC | Restaurant or café | 5 | Oct 2025 |
| Cafe Des Fleurs | Restaurant or café | 5 | Oct 2025 |
| Alcester Butchers | Shop | 4 | Oct 2025 |
| Bright Kids | Restaurant or café | 5 | Sep 2025 |
| Bridge Farm Shop | Shop | 5 | Sep 2025 |
| Arden Foodbank | Shop | 5 | Sep 2025 |
| China Town | Takeaway | 5 | Sep 2025 |
| Costa Coffee | Restaurant or café | 5 | Sep 2025 |
| Pantryanns | Shop | 5 | Aug 2025 |
| Browns Food Stores, Browns Kitchen | Shop | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| Costcutter | Shop | 4 | Jun 2025 |
| The Tavern | Pub or bar | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| Ragley Hall Catering | Restaurant or café | 5 | Jun 2025 |
| The Spice Room | Restaurant or café | 5 | May 2025 |
Ratings from the Food Standards Agency. Check any business on our food hygiene finder.
The typical (median) price paid for a home in Alcester over the last two years was £335,000, from 496 standard sales registered with HM Land Registry.
| Type of home | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £470,000 | 189 |
| Semi-detached | £301,250 | 142 |
| Terraced | £264,000 | 123 |
| Flat or maisonette | £163,750 | 42 |
More: Stratford-upon-Avon house prices.
659 crimes and incidents of anti-social behaviour were reported within about 1 miles of the centre of Alcester in the 12 months to August 2026, 81 of them in the latest month. The most common were violence and sexual offences (255), anti-social behaviour (127), shoplifting (61).
Police data is published about two months after the end of each month, with locations moved to the nearest of a set of anonymised points. See our Stratford crime figures.
Updated 15 October 2026 from the Food Standards Agency, Stratford-on-Avon District Council's weekly planning lists, HM Land Registry Price Paid Data and data.police.uk (Open Government Licence v3.0), plus our events calendar and the Street Manager roadworks feed. Live in Alcester and spotted something we've missed? Tell us.
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