Aylburton

19°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 18° / 9° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:41

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

134 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

86 food businesses within 2 miles

• 76 rated 4–5 ★ (73 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Lydney Junction (1.5 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£288,524 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Forest of Dean · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£826 average monthly rent▲ 0.3% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £957

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

8.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.2 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The George Inn and Millingbrook Lodge (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres4
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,004 residents in Forest of Dean · 165/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 143 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,443 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 40,980)

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

55 schools · 10,867 pupils

45 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Forest of Dean

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

• In a conservation area (Aylburton Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 62 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

116 applications decided

93.1% granted · 108 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Matt Bishop

Labour

Forest of Dean

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 15
• Ref 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

39 jobs advertised · £31,587 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Dispensing Optician

Source: Adzuna

£833 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,925 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,298 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

87% low-carbon electricity

Wind 34% · Solar 25% · Nuclear 19% · Biomass 9%

40 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 81 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

5 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in GL15

• Lydney Practice
• Yorkley Health Centre(Wg)
• Dean Medical Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Forest of Dean:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership355 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office330 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s282 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test205 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Aylburton · 0.3 km

  Aylburton is a village and civil parish in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England, on the A48 road about two miles south-west of Lydney. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 689, increa…

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  Lydney Park · 0.7 km

  Lydney Park is a 17th-century country estate surrounding Lydney House, located at Lydney in the Forest of Dean district in Gloucestershire, England. It is known for its gardens and Roman temple complex.

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  The Dean Academy · 1.4 km

  The Dean Academy is a mixed secondary school located in Lydney in the English county of Gloucestershire.

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  Lydney Town Hall · 1.4 km

  Lydney Town Hall is a municipal structure in the High Street, Lydney, Gloucestershire, England. The structure, which is used as an events venue, is listed by the local authority as a "building of local architectural o…

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  Lydney railway station · 1.5 km

  Lydney railway station is a railway station serving the town of Lydney in Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the Gloucester-Newport line, 133 miles 37 chains (214.8 km) from the zero point at Paddington, measu…

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  Lydney Junction railway station · 1.6 km

  Lydney Junction railway station is a railway station near Lydney in Gloucestershire. The station is now the southern terminus of the Dean Forest Railway. It is located to the south of Lydney, near the A48 road.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)