Badminton

6°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 5° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:40

9h 36m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026

• Burglary1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Chipping Sodbury · Avon And Somerset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

414 reported road collisions (2025)

122 killed or seriously injured · 535 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 4 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 3 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£335,572 average▲ 1% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,464 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,000
• 2 bed £1,274
• 3 bed £1,556

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,929 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 158.9p · Esso (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: RAWOWNED MANOR GOLF 1 (6.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

290,424 residents in South Gloucestershire · 584/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,257
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,258
• Net moves+1,999

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 253 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,551 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 129,040)

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

127 schools · 41,403 pupils

93 primary · 15 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 48 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Gloucestershire

279 CQC-registered services

• Care homes81
• GP practices37
• Dentists43
• Homecare agencies82
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire

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

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

369 applications decided

90% granted · 332 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

Thornbury and Yate

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 23
• LD 19
• Grn 1
• Oth 4

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

• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

6 jobs advertised · £40,743 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Gloucestershire, MOT Tester, Customer data collection coordinator

Source: Adzuna

£793 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,750 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 124,171 certificates

7.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 43% · Nuclear 25% · Wind 24% · Imports 5%

173 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64 women · 64.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks277 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND235 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth218 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 213 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Make admissions to children's indoor play centres zero-rated for VAT191 local signatures · 5,880 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Badminton, Gloucestershire · 0.1 km

  Badminton is a village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. The only settlement in the parish is Badminton village, sometimes called Great Badminton to distinguish it from the hamlet of Little Badminton…

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  Badminton House · 0.4 km

  Badminton House is a large country house and Grade I listed building in Badminton, Gloucestershire, England. It has been the principal seat of the Dukes of Beaufort since the late 17th century. The house, which has gi…

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  St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton · 0.4 km

  St Michael and All Angels is a Grade I listed church on the estate of the Duke of Beaufort in the village of Great Badminton, Gloucestershire, England. Attached to the Duke of Beaufort's residence, Badminton House, it…

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  Little Badminton · 1.5 km

  Little Badminton is a small village in Hawkesbury parish in South Gloucestershire, England.

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  Badminton railway station · 1.6 km

  Badminton railway station is a closed railway station in Gloucestershire, England on the line between Wootton Bassett to the east, and Patchway and Filton to the west. It served the villages of Badminton and Acton Tur…

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  Chipping Sodbury Tunnel · 1.8 km

  Chipping Sodbury Tunnel is a railway tunnel that is situated on the South Wales Main Line in England. It runs under the Cotswold Hills for 4444 yards, approximately 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) west of Badminton railway stati…

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