Box (Stroud)

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:28

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

161 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 214 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

115 food businesses within 2 miles

• 101 rated 4–5 ★ (91 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stroud (5.0 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£355,953 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across Stroud · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,040 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £743
• 2 bed £960
• 3 bed £1,176

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (4.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (4.4 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

20 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: WOODCHESTER W17 (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools15
• Sports pitches28
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

121,103 residents in Stroud · 263/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 279 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 56,910)

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

85 schools · 19,099 pupils

58 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stroud

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 (Box)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 252 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

89.1% granted · 156 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 24
• Oth 2

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

• Schools5
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£772 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,288 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,376 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 5%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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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  Box Farm Meadows SSSI · 0.7 km

  Box Farm Meadows (Stuart Fawkes reserve) (grid reference ST865997) is a 8.3-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. This was formerly known as Balls Green…

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  Ball's Green · 0.9 km

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

• Minchinhampton Priory · 1.2 km

  Minchinhampton Priory was a priory in Gloucestershire, England.

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  Minchinhampton · 1.3 km

  Minchinhampton is a Cotswolds market town and a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, South West England. The town is located on a hilltop, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Stroud. Minchinhampton Commo…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)