Thornbury

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 17° · 43% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:29

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

68 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Shoplifting4

Neighbourhood team: Thornbury · Avon And Somerset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

321 reported road collisions (2024)

45 killed or seriously injured · 424 casualties · 11.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

72 food businesses within 2 miles

• 63 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 71 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£340,300 average▲ 2.3% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,456 average monthly rent▲ 4.5% YoY

• 1 bed £994
• 2 bed £1,267
• 3 bed £1,547

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (8.7 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Rock Street Car park (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches19
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds18

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

290,424 residents in South Gloucestershire · 584/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 63%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 267 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,551 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (29% of 129,040)

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

125 schools · 42,025 pupils

93 primary · 14 secondary · 18 other

Ofsted: 51 of 57 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

117inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Gloucestershire

282 CQC-registered services

• Care homes82
• GP practices38
• Dentists42
• Homecare agencies83
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire

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

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

379 applications decided

88.7% granted · 336 granted, 43 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

Thornbury and Yate

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 23
• LD 18
• Grn 1
• Oth 5

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens53
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

25 jobs advertised · £34,557 avg

e.g. Machine Operative (BD3), Online Primary school Tutoring Job in Thornbury (South Gloucestershire) – Flexible Schedule, SEN Support

Source: Adzuna

£793 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£26,750 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 124,171 certificates

7.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 50% · Wind 21% · Nuclear 16% · Solar 5%

200 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 81.8 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 64 women · 64.2 men

67% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.1

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership362 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s330 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office317 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test303 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance297 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

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

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  Thornbury Hoard · 0.3 km

  The Thornbury Hoard is a hoard of 11,460 copper alloy Roman coins, mainly radiates and nummi, dating from 260 to 348, found in the back garden of Ken Allen in Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, England while digging a…

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  Thornbury, Gloucestershire · 0.3 km

  Thornbury is a market town and civil parish in the South Gloucestershire unitary authority area of England, about 12 miles (19 km) north of Bristol. It had a population of 12,063 at the 2011 census, rising to 14,496 i…

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  GLOSS FM · 0.4 km

  GLOSS FM was an online community radio station in the United Kingdom, broadcasting to Thornbury and District, South Gloucestershire. Its strapline is "Your Local Station". It originally started broadcasting to the Sou…

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  Thornbury Town Hall · 0.4 km

  Thornbury Town Hall, is a municipal building in the High Street, Thornbury, Gloucestershire, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Thornbury Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Thornbury (Gloucestershire) railway station · 0.5 km

  Thornbury railway station served the town of Thornbury in Gloucestershire. The station was the terminus of a short 7+1⁄2-mile (12.1 km) branch from Yate on the Midland Railway's line between Bristol and Gloucester.

• Thornbury Rural District · 0.5 km

  Thornbury Rural District was a rural district council centred on Thornbury in the south of Gloucestershire. It was originally formed as a Poor Law Union on 5 April 1836 with 26 Guardians representing the 21 parishes…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)