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• Today: 11° / 6° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 4° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:37

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

46US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

4 reported · August 2026

• Burglary2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Frampton and Charfield · Avon And Somerset

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

414 reported road collisions (2025)

122 killed or seriously injured · 535 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

26 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yate (8.0 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£335,572 average▲ 1% YoY

Across South Gloucestershire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,464 average monthly rent▲ 4.7% YoY

• 1 bed £1,000
• 2 bed £1,274
• 3 bed £1,556

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

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

3,929 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: 158.9p · Esso (8.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (8.1 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

23 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Best Western The Gables Hotel (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK21,257
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,258
• Net moves+1,999

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 253 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

127 schools · 41,403 pupils

93 primary · 15 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 48 of 54 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

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

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

279 CQC-registered services

• Care homes81
• GP practices37
• Dentists43
• Homecare agencies82
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · South Gloucestershire

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

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

369 applications decided

90% granted · 332 granted, 37 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat / Labour coalition

• Lab 14
• Con 23
• LD 19
• Grn 1
• Oth 4

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,740 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£793 median full-time weekly pay

2.1% 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

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

4 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in GL12

• Culverhay Surgery
• Chipping Surgery
• Hmp Eastwood Park

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks277 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND235 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth218 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Stop megasheds being built & operated 24/7 close to homes and communities 213 local signatures · 11,425 nationwide
• Make admissions to children's indoor play centres zero-rated for VAT191 local signatures · 5,880 nationwide

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

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  Bibstone · 0.3 km

  Bibstone is a village in Gloucestershire, England.

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  Cromhall · 0.5 km

  Cromhall is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is located between Bagstone and Charfield on the B4058, and also borders Leyhill. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 1,231.

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  Cromhall Quarry · 1.2 km

  Cromhall Quarry, also known as Slickstones Quarry, is a 2.7 hectare flooded former limestone quarry near the village of Cromhall, South Gloucestershire, England notified in 1966.

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  HM Prison Leyhill · 1.7 km

  HM Prison Leyhill is a category D men's prison located in the parish of Cromhall in Gloucestershire, England. His Majesty's Prison Service operates Leyhill Prison.

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  Tortworth Court · 2.0 km

  Tortworth Court is a Victorian mansion in Tortworth near Thornbury, South Gloucestershire. England. It was built in Tudor style for the 2nd Earl of Ducie. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  St James' Church, Charfield · 2.1 km

  St James' Church is a historic Anglican church at Churchend in the village of Charfield, Gloucestershire, England and is under the care of The Churches Conservation Trust. It is recorded in the National Heritage List…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)