Minchinhampton

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• Today: 18° / 10° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:39

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US 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)

108 food businesses within 2 miles

• 91 rated 4–5 ★ (82 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Stroud (4.8 km)
• 25 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: 157.9p · BP (4.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (4.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 60 kW
• Nearest: The Bear of Rodborough Hotel (2.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools12
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds2

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

• In a conservation area (Minchinhampton)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 159 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

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

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

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

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens5
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

11 jobs advertised · £29,120 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Chef de Partie, Online Personal trainers Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

£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

92% low-carbon electricity

Wind 65% · Nuclear 22% · Biomass 5% · Imports 5%

20 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 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

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  Minchinhampton · 0.2 km

  Minchinhampton is a Cotswolds market town and a civil parish in the Stroud District of Gloucestershire, South West England. The town is located on a hilltop, 4 miles (6.4 km) south-east of Stroud. Minchinhampton Commo…

• Minchinhampton Priory · 0.2 km

  Minchinhampton Priory was a priory in Gloucestershire, England.

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  Brimscombe Bridge Halt railway station · 1.3 km

  Brimscombe Bridge Halt was opened on 1 February 1904 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud. This line was opened in 1845 as the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway from Swindon to Glou…

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  Brimscombe railway station · 1.3 km

  Brimscombe was opened on 1 June 1845 on what is now the Golden Valley Line between Kemble and Stroud in Gloucestershire. This line was opened in 1845 as the Cheltenham and Great Western Union Railway from Swindon to G…

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  Box Farm Meadows SSSI · 1.4 km

  Box Farm Meadows (Stuart Fawkes reserve) (grid reference ST865997) is a 8.3-hectare (21-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1985. This was formerly known as Balls Green…

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  Ball's Green · 1.4 km

  Ball's Green is a hamlet in Gloucestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)