Churchdown

17°COvercast

• Today: 18° / 17° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:30

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

200 reported road collisions (2024)

47 killed or seriously injured · 244 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

141 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (123 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gloucester (4.8 km)
• 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£240,887 average▲ 5.6% YoY

Across Gloucester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,112 average monthly rent▲ 7.4% YoY

• 1 bed £743
• 2 bed £968
• 3 bed £1,208

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

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (1.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (9.6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

57 charging locations within ~8 km

• 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Superstore - Churchdown (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches44
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,416 residents in Gloucester · 3,267/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 138 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

12% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,356 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 60,120)

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

51 schools · 23,623 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

45inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gloucester

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
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

100 applications decided

77% granted · 77 granted, 23 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 7
• Con 10
• LD 17
• Oth 5

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens3
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,845 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised · £47,280 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Part-Time Self-Employed Cleaners - All Welcome - Churchdown, Gloucestershire, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£694 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,428 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 65,016 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 57% · Nuclear 19% · Wind 16% · Imports 5%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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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  Churchdown · 0.3 km

  Churchdown is a large village in Gloucestershire, England, situated between Gloucester and Cheltenham in the south of the Tewkesbury Borough.

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  Churchdown railway station · 0.5 km

  Churchdown railway station was situated on the main line between Gloucester and Cheltenham Spa. It served Churchdown and surrounding areas.

• Churchdown School Academy · 0.7 km

  Churchdown School Academy is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Churchdown in the English county of Gloucestershire.

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  Chosen Hill School · 0.8 km

  Chosen Hill School is a co-educational academy school in the village of Churchdown in Gloucestershire, England, between Cheltenham and Gloucester. It is also a Beacon School. It was ranked by The Daily Telegraph in 20…

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  Heart Gloucestershire · 1.0 km

  Heart Gloucestershire was a British Independent Local Radio station owned and operated by Global Radio as part of the Heart network. It broadcast to Gloucestershire from studios in Gloucester.

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  Chosen Hill, Gloucestershire · 1.1 km

  Chosen Hill rises above Churchdown in Gloucestershire, England, and is the site of a 11.5-hectare (28-acre) nature reserve.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)