Bourton-on-the-Water

17°CMist

• Today: 21° / 16° · 85% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:28

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

16US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

205 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 302 casualties · 22.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

60 food businesses within 2 miles

• 58 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 22 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£411,764 average▲ 3.2% YoY

Across Cotswold · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,248 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £867
• 2 bed £1,102
• 3 bed £1,339

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

13.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (11.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Midcounties Co-Operative-Station Road (0 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

90,833 residents in Cotswold · 78/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 272 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,392 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 46,250)

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

56 schools · 13,212 pupils

44 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

51inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cotswold

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

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

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

319 applications decided

91.5% granted · 292 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 10
• LD 22
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

15 jobs advertised · £26,297 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Bar and Waiting Staff - Seasonal Staff - The Willow, Bourton-on-the-Water, Kitchen Assistant - The Willow, Bourton-on-the-Water

Source: Adzuna

£811 median full-time weekly pay

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

£38,447 disposable income per head (2024)

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

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,999 certificates

11.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

66% low-carbon electricity

Gas 29% · Nuclear 27% · Wind 20% · Biomass 20%

139 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.5
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Cotswolds:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership853 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need633 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership369 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office294 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing294 local signatures · 11,416 nationwide

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

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  Bourton-on-the-Water · 0.3 km

  Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village had a population of 3,296 at the 2011…

• The Cotswold School · 0.3 km

  Cotswold School is an 11 to 18 academy school located in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, Great Britain. The school achieved academy status in September 2010. The principal from 2012 is Mr Will Morgan. In 2023,…

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  Bourton-on-the-Water model village · 0.4 km

  Bourton-on-the-Water model village is a scale model village in the grounds of the Old New Inn in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. One of the first model villages in the country, it was started in 1936 a…

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  Cotswold Motoring Museum · 0.4 km

  The Cotswold Motoring Museum is a museum in the Cotswolds village of Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. It features motoring history of the 20th century.

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  Bourton-on-the-Water railway station · 0.4 km

  Bourton-on-the-Water railway station was a Gloucestershire railway station on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway which opened in 1881 and closed in 1964.

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  Bourton Rovers F.C. · 0.6 km

  Bourton Rovers Football Club is a football club based in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County Football Association, the club are members of the Hellenic League Allia…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)