Tewkesbury

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 13° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:35

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

169 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 237 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

47 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cheltenham Racecourse (4.1 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£329,883 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Tewkesbury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,086 average monthly rent▲ 13.1% YoY

• 1 bed £742
• 2 bed £973
• 3 bed £1,236

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.8 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

31 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Gallagher Shopping (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Three-year funding boost from borough council to help theatre build on success· 8 Sept 2026
• Government announcement on Local Government Reorganisation· 7 Sept 2026
• Live Longer Better community sessions set to bring support closer to rural residents· 3 Sept 2026
• New taxi and private hire penalty points scheme approved· 2 Sept 2026
• Funding available for sports facilities in Wheatpieces· 19 Aug 2026

Source: Tewkesbury Council

94,884 residents in Tewkesbury · 229/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 261 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,341 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 46,250)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

44 schools · 14,434 pupils

33 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tewkesbury

684 CQC-registered services

• Care homes200
• GP practices94
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies181
• Hospitals & hospices31

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gloucestershire

• Within the Green Belt
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

193 applications decided

89.6% granted · 173 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Con 8
• LD 16
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 9

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

4,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

560 jobs advertised · £38,252 avg

e.g. Roadside Vehicle Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£785 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,365 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 44,652 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tewkesbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership435 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership394 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s313 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test265 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

• RAF Stoke Orchard · 0.7 km

  Royal Air Force Stoke Orchard or more simply RAF Stoke Orchard is a former Royal Air Force station near the village of Stoke Orchard, north west of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire during the Second World War.

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  Elmstone Hardwicke · 1.0 km

  Elmstone Hardwicke is a village and sizeable parish north-west of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.

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  Stoke Orchard · 1.3 km

  Stoke Orchard is a village or hamlet approximately 2.5 miles (4.0 km) northwest of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.

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  Cleeve railway station · 1.8 km

  Cleeve railway station was a station in Stoke Orchard, Gloucestershire, England. The station was named for the nearby village of Bishop's Cleeve.

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  Wingmoor Farm Meadow · 2.0 km

  Wingmoor Farm Meadow is a 3-hectare (7.4-acre) nature reserve in Gloucestershire. The site is listed in the ‘Tewkesbury Borough Local Plan to 2011’, adopted March 2006, Appendix 3 'Nature Conservation',' as a Key Wild…

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  Uckington, Gloucestershire · 2.1 km

  Uckington is a village in the Borough of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. It is directly west of Cheltenham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)