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Twyning

Twyning is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 1,100. It has 1 park and green space, 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, 4.4 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Twyning area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Tewkesbury area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). 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 51st of 294 English council areas — better than 83% of them.

Low crime80
Home affordability58
Affordable rents67
Good schools14
Life expectancy67
Low deprivation82
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

19°CPatchy rain nearby

  • Today: 19° / 16° · 81% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 19:30

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

5US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Birmingham Ladywood, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

169 reported road collisions (2024)

49 killed or seriously injured · 237 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

20 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 14 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Ashchurch for Tewkesbury (4.4 km)
  • 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Ashchurch for Tewkesbury (4.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£329,883 average 5.9% YoY

Across Tewkesbury · to 2026-06

Detached£526,305
Semi-detached£324,282
Terraced£257,021
Flat£146,746

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,086 average monthly rent 13.1% YoY

  • 1 bed £742
  • 2 bed £973
  • 3 bed £1,236

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 165.9p · Asda (11.3 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (11.3 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

9 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Roadchef Strensham Southbound Services (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches4
  • Golf courses2
  • 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)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 261 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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%)

42inspected 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

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

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

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

Planning decisions

193 applications decided

89.6% granted · 173 granted, 20 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Cameron Thomas

Independent

Tewkesbury

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

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 & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

4,985 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

2 jobs advertised · £42,500 avg

e.g. CNC Turner Setter Operator, CNC Turner Setter Operator (twilights)

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

41% low-carbon electricity

Gas 56% · Solar 21% · Nuclear 14% · Imports 4%

223 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.7 yrs women · 81.1 yrs 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tewkesbury:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Twyning · 0.0 km

    Twyning is a village and civil parish on the River Avon in the north of Gloucestershire, near Tewkesbury, England. The parish is first mentioned in the Liber Wigorniensis in about 1016, where it is called Tuinaeum, pa…

  • Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow · 1.9 km

    Upham Meadow and Summer Leasow is a 104.0-hectare (257-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on the border between Gloucestershire and Herefordshire & Worcestershire, at Twyning and near Bredon, notifie…

  • Bredon · 2.1 km

    Bredon is a village and civil parish in Wychavon district at the southern edge of Worcestershire in England. It lies on the banks of the River Avon on the lower slopes of Bredon Hill.

  • Bredon Barn · 2.1 km

    Bredon Barn is a large 14th-century threshing barn located at Bredon, Worcestershire, England, standing close to the River Avon.

  • Strensham · 2.5 km

    Strensham is a village in the Wychavon district of Worcestershire. In the 2001 census, the civil parish of Strensham had a population of 314 across 127 households. Since 1991, the population has risen 28.7% from 244 r…

  • Bredon railway station · 2.7 km

    Bredon railway station was on the Birmingham–Gloucester railway line to the north of Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station. The station closed in 1965.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Twyning?
Twyning is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Tewkesbury local authority.
How deprived is Twyning?
The Tewkesbury local authority, which includes Twyning, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.