Swindon (Cheltenham)

20°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 13° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:34

13h 0m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US 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)

497 food businesses within 2 miles

• 457 rated 4–5 ★ (407 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Cheltenham Racecourse (2.0 km)
• 24 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 (8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (11.7 km)

15 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 175 kW
• Nearest: Gallagher Shopping (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms4
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches29
• Playgrounds5

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 28 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)

• Schools3
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens11
• Restaurants & cafés16

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,285 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

37 jobs advertised · £40,893 avg

e.g. Customer and Trading Manager - Nightshift, Cleaner, Customer Service – Commercial and Export Co-Ordinator

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

70% low-carbon electricity

Solar 26% · Gas 25% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 16%

104 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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  Swindon Village · 0.2 km

  Swindon or Swindon Village is both a village and a suburb in the spa town of Cheltenham, in the Cheltenham district, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is located northwest of Arle.

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  Arle, Cheltenham · 1.3 km

  Arle is a district of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. It was historically a manorial estate which owned parts of the town now known as Hesters Way, Fiddlers Green, Arle and Benhall. The names Arle Court, Arle…

• Cheltenham High Street railway station · 1.6 km

  Cheltenham High Street railway station was built by the Midland Railway to serve the north-western part of Cheltenham.

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  Uckington, Gloucestershire · 1.6 km

  Uckington is a village in the Borough of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. It is directly west of Cheltenham.

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  Cheltenham Saracens F.C. · 1.7 km

  Cheltenham Saracens Football Club is a football club based in Cheltenham, England. Affiliated to the Gloucestershire County FA, they are currently members of the Hellenic League Division One and play at Petersfield Park.

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  Elmstone Hardwicke · 1.7 km

  Elmstone Hardwicke is a village and sizeable parish north-west of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)