Golden Valley

17°CFog

• Today: 19° / 16° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 15° · 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

161 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

145 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cheltenham Spa (3.2 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,399 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Cheltenham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,259 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £869
• 2 bed £1,095
• 3 bed £1,352

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 180.7p · Asda (7.5 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

49 charging locations within ~8 km

• 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Best Western Cheltenham Regency Hotel (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

118,834 residents in Cheltenham · 2,549/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 237 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,370 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 57,550)

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

49 schools · 20,242 pupils

28 primary · 6 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 19 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

39inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheltenham

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
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

192 applications decided

97.4% granted · 187 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Liberal Democrat majority

• LD 35
• Grn 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£818 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,102 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 65,660 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• 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

• 
  Bamfurlong, Gloucestershire · 1.1 km

  Bamfurlong is a village in Gloucestershire, England, between Cheltenham and Gloucester, near Gloucestershire Airport, and divided in two by the M5 motorway. There is no access from one half of Bamfurlong to the other…

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  Staverton, Gloucestershire · 1.3 km

  Staverton is a village between the city of Gloucester and the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England, in the borough of Tewkesbury. The population taken at the 2011 census was 572.

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  GCHQ · 1.5 km

  Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) is an intelligence and security organisation responsible for providing signals intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA) to the government and the armed forces…

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  The Doughnut · 1.5 km

  The Doughnut is the nickname given to the headquarters of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), a British cryptography and intelligence agency. It is located on a 71 hectares site in Benhall, in the subur…

• RAF Staverton · 1.7 km

  Royal Air Force Staverton or more simply RAF Staverton is a former Royal Air Force station about 4 miles (6 km) west of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. The station was used for training and operations from 1936…

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  Gloucestershire Airport · 1.7 km

  Gloucestershire Airport, formerly Staverton Airport, is a small airport located in Churchdown, England. It lies 4 miles west of Cheltenham, near the city of Gloucester and close to the M5 motorway.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)