Prestbury (Cheltenham)

6°CClear

• Today: 11° / 5° · 15% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:38

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

• 6.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

134 reported road collisions (2025)

37 killed or seriously injured · 152 casualties · 11.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

493 food businesses within 2 miles

• 471 rated 4–5 ★ (417 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

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

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,178 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Cheltenham · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,261 average monthly rent▲ 4.8% YoY

• 1 bed £869
• 2 bed £1,096
• 3 bed £1,354

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

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

1,855 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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (10.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.5 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

29 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK9,085
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,433
• Net moves−348

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 251 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cheltenham

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

• 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)

239 applications decided

97.1% granted · 232 granted, 7 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

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)

6,410 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

10 jobs advertised · £30,317 avg

e.g. AutoCAD Technician - Opportunities at All Levels, Waiting Staff needed at Cheltenham Racecourse, VIP Waiting Staff wanted at Cheltenham Racecourse

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Nuclear 24% · Wind 23% · Imports 5%

180 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.2 yrs women · 81 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Gloucestershire): 63.4 women · 63.4 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

8 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in GL52

• Sixways Clinic
• Berkeley Place Surgery
• Cleevelands Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tewkesbury:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks300 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Ensure people whose parent had breast cancer under 45 can access genetic testing254 local signatures · 16,354 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases226 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND208 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth196 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide

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

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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…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)