Gretton (Tewkesbury)

15°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 10° · 12% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:39

13h 8m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

169 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 237 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

42 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (31 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Winchcombe (1.9 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£329,883 average▲ 5.9% YoY

Across Tewkesbury · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,086 average monthly rent▲ 13.1% YoY

• 1 bed £742
• 2 bed £973
• 3 bed £1,236

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 (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 162.9p · Asda (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (6.1 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: The Gardeners Arms (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Three-year funding boost from borough council to help theatre build on success· 8 Sept 2026
• Government announcement on Local Government Reorganisation· 7 Sept 2026
• Live Longer Better community sessions set to bring support closer to rural residents· 3 Sept 2026
• New taxi and private hire penalty points scheme approved· 2 Sept 2026
• Funding available for sports facilities in Wheatpieces· 19 Aug 2026

Source: Tewkesbury Council

94,884 residents in Tewkesbury · 229/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 261 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,341 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 46,250)

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

44 schools · 14,434 pupils

33 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

42inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tewkesbury

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 (Gretton Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 30 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

193 applications decided

89.6% granted · 173 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Cameron Thomas

Independent

Tewkesbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

• Con 8
• LD 16
• Grn 4
• Ref 1
• Oth 9

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£785 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,365 disposable income per head (2024)

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

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 44,652 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Solar 26% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 13%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tewkesbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership435 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership394 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s313 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test265 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Gretton Halt railway station · 0.3 km

  Gretton Halt railway station was a halt opened by the Great Western Railway on the Honeybourne Line from Honeybourne to Cheltenham which served the small village of Gretton in Gloucestershire between 1906 and 1960. Th…

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  Gretton, Gloucestershire · 0.7 km

  Gretton is a small village located at the foot of the western scarp of the Cotswolds, about 9 miles north of Cheltenham in the English county of Gloucestershire. The population taken in mid 2016 was 475.

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  Stanley Pontlarge · 1.2 km

  Stanley Pontlarge is a village and former civil parish, now in the civil parish of Prescott and the ecclesiastical parish of Winchcombe, in the Tewkesbury district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. Stanley P…

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  Winchcombe railway station · 1.9 km

  Winchcombe railway station is a heritage railway station which serves the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire, England. The station itself is actually located in the nearby village of Greet. It is located on the Hon…

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  Winchcombe School · 1.9 km

  Winchcombe School is a mixed secondary school located in Winchcombe in the English county of Gloucestershire. The school opened in 1952.

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  Prescott, Gloucestershire · 2.2 km

  Prescott is a settlement and civil parish in the Cotswolds within the English county of Gloucestershire. There are scattered farms and houses. There may once have been a settlement around the chapel.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)