Meon Vale

8°CCloudy

• Today: 10° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 9° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:31

9h 22m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa Rugby Road, United Kingdom

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

42 reported · August 2026▲ 56% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour16
• Violence & sexual offences11
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Shipston · Warwickshire

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

178 reported road collisions (2025)

67 killed or seriously injured · 265 casualties · 19.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Honeybourne (5.4 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£426,296 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across Cotswold · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,252 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £870
• 2 bed £1,105
• 3 bed £1,343

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,336 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: The Four Alls (6.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds6

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK6,576
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,356
• Net moves+220

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 243 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

55 schools · 13,198 pupils

43 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cotswold

687 CQC-registered services

• Care homes200
• GP practices96
• Dentists142
• Homecare agencies182
• Hospitals & hospices31

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Gloucestershire

• Not in the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

371 applications decided

93.5% granted · 347 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Manuela Perteghella

Liberal Democrat

Stratford-on-Avon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 11
• LD 22
• Oth 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,870 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 29% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 4%

174 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Gloucestershire): 63.4 women · 63.4 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

12 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in CV37

• Bridge House Medical Centre
• Rother House Medical Centre
• Trinity Court Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stratford-on-Avon:

• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing490 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks313 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills272 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth176 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop a single Minister having the final say on national infrastructure projects171 local signatures · 15,667 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• Middle Quinton · 0.4 km

  Middle Quinton is the name given by the developers St. Modwen Properties and The Bird Group to a proposed new eco-town near Long Marston in Warwickshire, England.

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  Quinton, Warwickshire · 1.3 km

  Quinton is a civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England, about six miles south of Stratford-upon-Avon. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,503, increasing to 1,968 at the…

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  Long Marston railway station · 1.4 km

  Long Marston railway station served the village of Long Marston, in Warwickshire, England, between 1859 and 1966. It was a stop on the Great Western Railway (GWR) line between Stratford-upon-Avon and Honeybourne, whic…

• Shakespeare County Raceway · 2.0 km

  Located near Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England, Shakespeare County Raceway became a permanent drag racing facility in 1980 when it was known as 'Long Marston Raceway'.

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  RAF Long Marston · 2.0 km

  Royal Air Force Long Marston or more simply RAF Long Marston is a former Royal Air Force satellite station, that was opened in 1941 in the county of Warwickshire.

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  Long Marston, Warwickshire · 2.1 km

  Long Marston is a former village and planned new town under development, which lies about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire, England; historically, the village was in Gloucestershire. T…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)