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Shurdington

Shurdington is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 1,798. It has 23 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Cheltenham Spa, 3.7 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Shurdington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tewkesbury area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 94,884 residents at roughly 229 people per km².

Council
Tewkesbury
County
Gloucestershire
Constituency
Tewkesbury
Police force
Gloucestershire
64/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 53rd of 294 English council areas — better than 82% of them.

Low crime80
Home affordability58
Affordable rents67
Good schools13
Life expectancy65
Low deprivation86
Employment78
Low council tax73

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

9°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 32% rain
  • Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:35

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.3 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

139 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 201 casualties · 14.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

89 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 88 rated 4–5 ★ (81 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Cheltenham Spa (4.1 km)
  • 24 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Cheltenham Spa (4.0 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£323,497 average▲ 0.2% YoY

Across Tewkesbury · to 2026-08

Detached£512,325
Semi-detached£318,622
Terraced£255,299
Flat£143,510

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,093 average monthly rent▲ 13.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £746
  • 2 bed £978
  • 3 bed £1,243

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

Affordability

7.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.8 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

1,582 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (7.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

46 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 175 kW
  • Nearest: The Greenway Hotel and Spa, Cheltenham ( Eden Hotels) (0.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

94,884 residents in Tewkesbury · 229/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,225
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,070
  • Net moves+2,155

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 254 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,341 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 46,250)

A £1,560
B £1,820
C £2,080
D £2,341
E £2,861
F £3,381
G £3,901
H £4,681

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

Schools

44 schools · 14,434 pupils

33 primary · 6 secondary · 5 other

Ofsted: 18 of 23 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (78%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Henley Bank High SchoolGood
  • Winchcombe SchoolGood
  • Chosen Hill School
  • Churchdown School
  • Cleeve School
  • Tewkesbury Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Tewkesbury

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

190 applications decided

87.4% granted · 166 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Recent votes:

  • NoBudget Resolution No. 86: High value council tax surcharge
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 76: Rates of alcohol duty
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 15: Charges in connection with employment visas
  • NoBudget Resolution No. 8: Capital gains tax (business asset disposal relief)

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent / Green coalition

  • Con 8
  • LD 16
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 1
  • Oth 9

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

5,060 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £37,293 avg

e.g. New Business Client Executive, Washrooms Service Driver, Schemes Manager

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£785 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,365 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 44,652 certificates

7.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 19% · Solar 6%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.1 yrs men

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

65% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.4
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.8

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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 7 pharmacies in GL51

  • West Cheltenham Medical
  • Working Age Adults - Laurel House
  • Childrens Eating Disorders Service

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Cotswolds:

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

Notable places nearby

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  • Hatherley and Reddings Cricket Club Ground · 1.5 km

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  • Badgeworth · 1.8 km

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  • Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake · 2.4 km

    Crickley Hill and Barrow Wake is a 56.8-hectare (140-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1974.

  • Bournside · 2.4 km

    Bournside is a village, which is now a suburb of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.

  • Leckhampton · 2.4 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Shurdington?
Shurdington is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Tewkesbury local authority.
What is the population of Shurdington?
Shurdington has an approximate settlement population of 1,798.
How deprived is Shurdington?
The Tewkesbury local authority, which includes Shurdington, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.