Blakeney (Forest of Dean)

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 4° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:35

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

• 5.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

103 reported road collisions (2025)

33 killed or seriously injured · 149 casualties · 11.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

30 food businesses within 2 miles

• 25 rated 4–5 ★ (25 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Norchard (3.1 km)
• 7 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£296,807 average▲ 1.1% YoY

Across Forest of Dean · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£828 average monthly rent▼ 0.1% YoY

• 1 bed £594
• 2 bed £800
• 3 bed £960

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

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

1,055 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

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Lydney High Street (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK5,395
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK5,084
• Net moves+311

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 121 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

687 CQC-registered services

• Care homes200
• GP practices96
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies182
• Hospitals & hospices31

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gloucestershire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 25 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

118 applications decided

92.4% granted · 109 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£833 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% 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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 4%

190 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Gloucestershire): 63.4 women · 63.4 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 UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks365 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases200 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Review the law on unfit to plead & reform it to protect victims & public safety183 local signatures · 12,590 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills179 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately177 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Oldcroft · 0.4 km

  Oldcroft is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England. The village of Yorkley is to the northwest, and the hamlet of Viney Hill is to the northeast.

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  Brain's Green · 1.3 km

  Brain's Green is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England.

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  Yorkley · 1.6 km

  Yorkley is a village in west Gloucestershire, England. The village includes the settlement of Yorkley Slade to the east. Yorkley is situated between the villages of Pillowell and Oldcroft.

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  Clarke's Pool Meadow SSSI · 1.7 km

  Clarke's Pool Meadow is a 1.8-hectare (4.4-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1997. It lies on the flat top of 'Old Hill' about half a mile south of Blakeney. The site…

• Oakenhill Railway Cutting · 2.2 km

  Oakenhill Railway Cutting is a 0.81-hectare (2.0-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985.

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  Blakeney, Gloucestershire · 2.2 km

  Blakeney is a village in Gloucestershire, England. It in the parish of Awre and has views of the Forest of Dean.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)