Chipping Sodbury

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 10° · 63% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:38

13h 3m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

73 reported · July 2026▼ 21% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences23
• Other theft12
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Anti-social behaviour7

Neighbourhood team: Chipping Sodbury · Avon And Somerset

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

321 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 11.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

181 food businesses within 2 miles

• 142 rated 4–5 ★ (122 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yate (2.6 km)
• 29 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£340,300 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,456 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

• 1 bed £994
• 2 bed £1,267
• 3 bed £1,547

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (11.9 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

17 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Yate Shopping Centre (1.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches47
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds12

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 267 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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

125 schools · 42,025 pupils

93 primary · 14 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 51 of 57 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

282 CQC-registered services

• Care homes82
• GP practices38
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire

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

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

379 applications decided

88.7% granted · 336 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

Thornbury and Yate

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 23
• LD 18
• Grn 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools10
• GPs & clinics6
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets6
• Parks & greens41
• Restaurants & cafés31

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

43 jobs advertised · £46,154 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Work from Home (Researcher), Roadside Mechanic in the area of Barnet

Source: Adzuna

£793 median full-time weekly pay

2% 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

80% low-carbon electricity

Wind 60% · Gas 16% · Nuclear 14% · Imports 5%

66 gCO₂/kWh · low 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:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office317 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test303 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance297 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Chipping Sodbury · 0.2 km

  Chipping Sodbury is a market town in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The…

• Chipping Sodbury School · 0.2 km

  Chipping Sodbury School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form, located in Chipping Sodbury in the Unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, England. It shares ground with the Cotswold Edge sixth-form.

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  Chipping Sodbury Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Chipping Sodbury Town Hall is a municipal building in Broad Street, Chipping Sodbury, Gloucestershire, England. The building, which is used as an events venue and also as the meeting place of Chipping Sodbury Town Cou…

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  Barnhill Quarry · 0.7 km

  Barnhill Quarry is a 3.1 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1966.

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  Chipping Sodbury Town F.C. · 0.7 km

  Chipping Sodbury Town Football Club is a football club based in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, England. They are currently members of the Hellenic League Division One and play at the Ridings.

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  Yate · 1.2 km

  Yate is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just to the southwest of the Cotswold Hills and is 12 miles northeast of Bristol and 12 miles from Bath.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)