Fairford

17°CMist

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:28

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, 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)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 16 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 171.9p · Esso (2.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Asda (8.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

2 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7.4 kW
• Nearest: The Lakes Spa (3.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds7

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
• 119 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

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat

South Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 10
• LD 22
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens58
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

54 jobs advertised · £41,234 avg

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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

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Imports 40% · Biomass 5% · Wind 5%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · 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 South Cotswolds:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership484 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership340 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need297 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Fairford · 0.4 km

  Fairford is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. The town lies in the Cotswold hills on the River Coln, 6 miles (10 km) east of Cirencester, 4 miles (6 km) west of Lechlade and 9 miles (14 km) north of Swindon.…

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  St Mary's Church, Fairford · 0.4 km

  St Mary's Church is a Church of England church in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its complete set of 28 medieval stained-glass windows, one of the best-preserved in England. Part of the tower da…

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  Fairford Park · 0.8 km

  Fairford Park is a 4,200-acre (1,700 ha) estate in the southern Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England, close to the small town of Fairford.

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  Fairford Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Fairford Town Football Club is a football club based in Fairford, Gloucestershire, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County Football Association, they are currently members of the Hellenic League Premier Divi…

• Farmor's School · 1.0 km

  Farmor's School is a secondary school with academy status in Fairford, Gloucestershire. Including the Sixth Form, the school currently has about 1,000 students on roll.

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  Fairford railway station · 1.4 km

  Fairford railway station served the town of Fairford in Gloucestershire. It was the western terminus of the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. It had one platform, and a stone-built stati…

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