Prestbury (Cheltenham)

17°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 82% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:30

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

161 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 13.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 455 rated 4–5 ★ (401 top)
• 3 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Cheltenham Racecourse (1.8 km)
• 46 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£325,399 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Cheltenham · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,259 average monthly rent▲ 4.3% YoY

• 1 bed £869
• 2 bed £1,095
• 3 bed £1,352

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

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 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 (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Morrisons (5.5 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Ellenborough Park Hotel (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools11
• Sports pitches39
• Playgrounds12

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

118,834 residents in Cheltenham · 2,549/km²

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 237 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,370 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 57,550)

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

49 schools · 20,242 pupils

28 primary · 6 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 19 of 20 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

39inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheltenham

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 (The Prestbury Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 157 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

192 applications decided

97.4% granted · 187 granted, 5 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Cameron Thomas

Independent

Tewkesbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• LD 35
• Grn 3
• Ref 1
• Oth 1

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

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens15
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

13 jobs advertised · £38,354 avg

e.g. Event Planner - Cheltenham Racecourse - The Jockey Club Experiences, Fenestration Surveyor, Veterinary Surgeon - Weekend - FTC

Source: Adzuna

£818 median full-time weekly pay

2.8% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,102 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 65,660 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

67% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 34% · Gas 18% · Wind 17% · Biomass 16%

93 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.7
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tewkesbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership435 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership394 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s313 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office313 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test265 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Prestbury, Gloucestershire · 0.4 km

  Prestbury is a village and civil parish in the borough of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Part of the Tewkesbury parliamentary constituency, it lies approximately 1.5 miles north-east of Cheltenham town centre…

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  Bouncer's Lane Cemetery, Cheltenham · 0.9 km

  Bouncer's Lane Cemetery, also known as Cheltenham Cemetery and Prestbury Cemetery, at Bouncer's Lane, Prestbury, Cheltenham, is a cemetery founded by the Burial Board of the Improvement Commissioners for Cheltenham. C…

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  Cheltenham Gold Cup · 1.0 km

  The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of about 3 miles 2½ furlongs, and during its running there are 22 fences to be j…

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  Cheltenham Racecourse · 1.0 km

  Cheltenham Racecourse at Prestbury Park, near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, hosts National Hunt horse racing. Racing at Cheltenham took place in 1815, but comprised only minor flat races on Nottingham Hill. Th…

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  Cheltenham Festival · 1.0 km

  The Cheltenham Festival is a horse racing-based meeting in the National Hunt racing calendar in the United Kingdom, with race prize money second only to the Grand National. The four-day festival takes place annually i…

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  Whaddon, Cheltenham · 1.1 km

  Whaddon is a suburb in the North Eastern part of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. Whaddon consists of council housing built in the 1940s and 50s, making up Whaddon and Lynworth council estates. Whaddon is located…

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