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Nailsworth

Nailsworth is a town in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 5,394. It has 15 restaurants and cafés, with 52 bus stops and Stroud railway station 5.2 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Nailsworth area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stroud area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 121,103 residents at roughly 263 people per km².

Council
Stroud
County
Gloucestershire
Constituency
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 33rd of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability39
Affordable rents54
Good schools63
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation88
Employment86
Low council tax34

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

17°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 21° / 17° · 84% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

88 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 80 rated 4–5 ★ (71 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

Flood data temporarily unavailable.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Stroud (5.6 km)
  • 43 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Stroud (5.6 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£355,953 average 6.4% YoY

Across Stroud · to 2026-06

Detached£562,652
Semi-detached£342,077
Terraced£287,468
Flat£166,368

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 157.9p · BP (5.2 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (5.2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

20 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 60 kW
  • Nearest: Forest Green Rovers Football Club (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Gyms3
  • Swimming pools12
  • Sports pitches22
  • Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

121,103 residents in Stroud · 263/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,661
B £1,938
C £2,215
D £2,491
E £3,045
F £3,599
G £4,152
H £4,983

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Stroud High SchoolOutstanding
  • Archway SchoolGood
  • Rednock SchoolGood
  • SGS Berkeley Green UTCGood
  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
  • Maidenhill School
  • Marling School
  • Thomas Keble School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stroud

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

175 applications decided

89.1% granted · 156 granted, 19 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dr Simon Opher

Labour

Stroud

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools4
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies1
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Utility Surveyor

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Nuclear 23% · Wind 7% · Imports 7%

226 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Stroud:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Nailsworth Town Hall · 0.1 km

    Nailsworth Town Hall is a municipal building in Old Bristol Road in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England. The structure currently operates as the meeting place of Nailsworth Town Council as well as a community events…

  • Nailsworth · 0.3 km

    Nailsworth is a town and civil parish in the Stroud District in Gloucestershire, England, lying in one of the Stroud Valleys in the Cotswolds, on the A46 road, four miles south of Stroud and about 25 miles northeast o…

  • Egypt Mill · 0.4 km

    Egypt Mill is a Grade II* listed building and a former mill located in Nailsworth, a market town within the Stroud district of Gloucestershire, England. The oldest parts of the building date from the 14th century, but…

  • Nailsworth railway station · 0.5 km

    Nailsworth railway station served the town of Nailsworth in Gloucestershire, England and was the terminus of the 5+3⁄4-mile (9.3 km) long Stonehouse and Nailsworth Railway, later part of the Midland Railway.

  • Newmarket, Gloucestershire · 0.9 km

    Newmarket is a hamlet in the parish of Horsley, Gloucestershire, England.

  • Whitstone Hundred · 1.0 km

    Whitstone was an ancient hundred of Gloucestershire, England. From the 13th century it comprised two adjacent divisions, which included the ancient parishes of:Lower DivisionEastington Frampton-on-Severn Frocester Kin…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Nailsworth?
Nailsworth is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Stroud local authority.
What is the population of Nailsworth?
Nailsworth has an approximate settlement population of 5,394.
How deprived is Nailsworth?
The Stroud local authority, which includes Nailsworth, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.