Quedgeley and Hardwicke

7°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 5° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:34

9h 24m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

• 6.6 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

161 reported road collisions (2025)

37 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

145 food businesses within 2 miles

• 135 rated 4–5 ★ (120 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Gloucester (5.3 km)
• 60 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£237,705 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across Gloucester · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,116 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY

• 1 bed £745
• 2 bed £971
• 3 bed £1,213

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

7.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,760 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 (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (5.2 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 15 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Gloucester South Police Station (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Gyms3
• Sports pitches20
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

132,416 residents in Gloucester · 3,267/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,634
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,160
• Net moves−526

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 142 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,356 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (29% of 60,120)

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

51 schools · 23,371 pupils

34 primary · 9 secondary · 8 other

Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gloucester

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

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

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

100 applications decided

85% granted · 85 granted, 15 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Alex McIntyre

Labour

Gloucester

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat (minority)

• Lab 7
• Con 10
• LD 17
• Oth 5

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics3
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets4
• Parks & greens40
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,935 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£694 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£21,428 disposable income per head (2024)

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

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 65,016 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

48% low-carbon electricity

Gas 48% · Wind 27% · Nuclear 21% · Imports 4%

190 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Gloucestershire): 63.4 women · 63.4 men

70% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.6
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4

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

3 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in GL2

• Longlevens Surgery
• The Alney Practice
• Quedgeley Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gloucester:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases231 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND183 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks148 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after117 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

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

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  Quedgeley · 0.1 km

  Quedgeley is a town and civil parish in the city of Gloucester district in Gloucestershire, England. A thin strip of land between the Severn and the Gloucester Ship Canal occupies the west, and the south-eastern part…

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  St James Church, Quedgeley · 0.3 km

  St James Church is a Church of England church in School Lane, Quedgeley, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England. It was designated as a Grade II listed building in January 1955.

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  The Little Thatch · 0.5 km

  The Little Thatch is a 14th-century timber-framed building at 141 Bristol Road, Quedgeley, Gloucester. It is now used as a public house and hotel.

• Severn Vale School · 0.6 km

  Severn Vale School is a secondary school with academy status in Quedgeley, Gloucester, England. Its students are aged from 11 to 16. The headmaster is Richard Johnson.

• Kingsway Village · 0.7 km

  Kingsway Village is an area adjacent to the town of Quedgeley and suburb of Tuffley in Gloucester, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. It is built upon the old RAF Quedgeley site.

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  South West Snooker Academy · 1.1 km

  The South West Snooker Academy is located in Gloucester Business Park. It was purposely built for snooker in July 2010 but is now home to the owner Paul Mount's business MIUS.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)