Hartpury

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 17° · 39% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:28

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

134 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

16 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gloucester (7.4 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£288,524 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Forest of Dean · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£826 average monthly rent▲ 0.3% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £957

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

8.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.2 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 (8.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (11.4 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: The Lock Keepers (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,004 residents in Forest of Dean · 165/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 143 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,443 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 40,980)

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

55 schools · 10,867 pupils

45 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Forest of Dean

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
• 26 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

116 applications decided

93.1% granted · 108 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Matt Bishop

Labour

Forest of Dean

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 15
• Ref 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16 jobs advertised · £25,827 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, TA Roles - Hartpury, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£833 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,925 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,298 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Wind 24% · Nuclear 18% · Imports 4%

205 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 81 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Forest of Dean:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership355 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office330 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s282 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test205 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Hartpury · 0.6 km

  Hartpury is a civil parish in Gloucestershire, England. It has an area of about 3,500 acres (1,400 ha). Hartpury Parish Council estimates 700 people live in around 270 houses. The population of the central village are…

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  Ashleworth · 1.6 km

  Ashleworth is a village and civil parish in the Tewkesbury district of Gloucestershire, England, with a population of 614, about six miles north of Gloucester. The oldest part of the village is Ashleworth Quay, on a f…

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  Foscombe · 1.8 km

  Foscombe House is a Grade II* listed Gothic Revival country house and estate located on Foscombe Hill in the parish of Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, England. Completed in 1866, the mansion was designed by and built for…

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  Corse, Gloucestershire · 1.8 km

  Corse is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire, next to the village of Staunton. The parish lies on the tongue of land between the River Severn and the River Leadon. It is 6 miles north of Gloucester and…

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  Hartpury F.C. · 1.8 km

  Hartpury Football Club is a football club based in Hartpury in Gloucestershire, England, and is the football team of Hartpury College. They are currently members of the Southern League Division One South and play at H…

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  Ashleworth Court · 2.0 km

  Ashleworth Court is a grade I listed house close to the River Severn in Ashleworth, Gloucestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)