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Southrop

Southrop is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 245 and 8 bus stops. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Southrop area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cotswold area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 90,833 residents at roughly 78 people per km².

Council
Cotswold
County
Gloucestershire
Constituency
The Cotswolds
Police force
Gloucestershire
69/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 22nd of 294 English council areas — better than 93% of them.

Low crime87
Home affordability6
Affordable rents23
Good schools86
Life expectancy87
Low deprivation86
Employment88
Low council tax62

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

20°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 23° / 16° · 37% rain
  • Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:26

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

205 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 302 casualties · 22.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

6 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£411,764 average 3.2% YoY

Across Cotswold · to 2026-06

Detached£661,465
Semi-detached£392,417
Terraced£334,758
Flat£202,639

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,248 average monthly rent 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £867
  • 2 bed £1,102
  • 3 bed £1,339

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

Affordability

13.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 13.4 times median annual pay (11.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (8.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (8.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

1 charging location within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 7.4 kW
  • Nearest: The Lakes Spa (3.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

90,833 residents in Cotswold · 78/km²

  • Under 16: 16%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 26%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 272 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,392 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 46,250)

A £1,594
B £1,860
C £2,126
D £2,392
E £2,923
F £3,455
G £3,986
H £4,783

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

Schools

56 schools · 13,212 pupils

44 primary · 6 secondary · 6 other

Ofsted: 24 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

51inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Farmor's SchoolGood
  • Chipping Campden School
  • Cirencester Deer Park School
  • Cirencester Kingshill School
  • Sir William Romney's School
  • The Cotswold Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cotswold

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

  • In a conservation area (Southrop Conservation Area)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 41 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

319 applications decided

91.5% granted · 292 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

Conservative

North Cotswolds

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Con 10
  • LD 22
  • Oth 1

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,750 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

7 jobs advertised · £44,000 avg

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£811 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£38,447 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

39% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 48,999 certificates

11.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 20% · Wind 9% · Solar 7%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 82.8 yrs men

58% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Cotswolds:

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

Notable places nearby

  • St Peter's Church, Southrop · 0.2 km

    St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in Southrop, a Cotswolds village in the English county of Gloucestershire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Gloucester and the archdeaconry of Cheltenham. It has…

  • Eastleach House · 1.7 km

    Eastleach House is Grade II listed country house in Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire, designed by the architect Walter Cave and completed in 1900.

  • St Michael and St Martin's Church, Eastleach Martin · 1.7 km

    St Michael and St Martin's Church is a historic Anglican church in Eastleach Martin, Gloucestershire, England under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England…

  • Eastleach · 1.8 km

    Eastleach is a civil parish in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It was created in 1935 when the separate parishes of Eastleach Turville and Eastleach Martin were combined as the civil parish of Eastleach. The t…

  • Church of St Andrew, Eastleach Turville · 1.8 km

    The Anglican Church of St Andrew at Eastleach Turville in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England, was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.

  • RAF Southrop · 2.0 km

    Royal Air Force Southrop or more simply RAF Southrop is a former Royal Air Force Satellite Station west of the village of Southrop, Gloucestershire during the Second World War from August 1940 to November 1945.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Southrop?
Southrop is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Cotswold local authority.
What is the population of Southrop?
Southrop has an approximate settlement population of 245.
How deprived is Southrop?
The Cotswold local authority, which includes Southrop, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.