Middleyard

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 11° · 52% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:33

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

161 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 214 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

116 food businesses within 2 miles

• 104 rated 4–5 ★ (87 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stonehouse (2.5 km)
• 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£355,953 average▲ 6.4% YoY

Across Stroud · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,040 average monthly rent▲ 6% YoY

• 1 bed £743
• 2 bed £960
• 3 bed £1,176

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

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 157.7p · Asda (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (10.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: OLYMPIC ONE DEMOCHARGEPOINT (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches1
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

121,103 residents in Stroud · 263/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 279 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 56,910)

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

85 schools · 19,099 pupils

58 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stroud

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
• 75 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

175 applications decided

89.1% granted · 156 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Simon Opher

Labour

Stroud

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 17
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 24
• Oth 2

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£772 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,288 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,376 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

93% low-carbon electricity

Wind 62% · Nuclear 23% · Biomass 5% · Imports 4%

19 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.5
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.1
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stroud:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership546 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks477 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership429 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office289 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s274 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• 
  King's Stanley · 1.0 km

  King's Stanley is a civil parish and village in Gloucestershire, England, to the south of Stonehouse and southwest of the town of Stroud.

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  All Saints Church, Selsley · 1.1 km

  All Saints Church is the parish church for Selsley in Gloucestershire.

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  Selsley · 1.1 km

  Selsley is a village within the civil parish of King's Stanley and district of Stroud, in Gloucestershire, England. It is composed of around 175 houses, scattered around the western and eastern edge of a Cotswold spur…

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  Stanley Mills · 1.4 km

  The Stanley Mills woollen mill at Ryeford, near Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, England was built in the early 19th century. The main building is Grade I listed.

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  Ryeford railway station · 1.5 km

  Ryeford railway station served the villages of Ryeford, King's Stanley and Leonard Stanley in Gloucestershire, England. It was on the 5.8-mile (9.3 km) Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, later part of the Midland Rail…

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  Leonard Stanley · 1.7 km

  Leonard Stanley, or Stanley St. Leonard, is a village and parish in Gloucestershire, England. It is 4 mi (6.4 km) southwest of the town of Stroud.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)