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Upton St Leonards

Upton St Leonards is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 2,000. It has around 1 pharmacy, around 1 supermarket, around 4 restaurants and cafés, 32 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gloucester, 4.6 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Upton St Leonards area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Stroud area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 121,103 residents at roughly 263 people per km².

Council
Stroud
County
Gloucestershire
Constituency
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
67/ 100

My Area Score

Excellent

Ranked 33rd of 294 English council areas — better than 89% of them.

Low crime76
Home affordability39
Affordable rents54
Good schools63
Life expectancy83
Low deprivation88
Employment86
Low council tax34

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

21°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 35% rain
  • Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:32

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

Crime

No street-level crime recorded here.

Road safety

161 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 214 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

143 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 135 rated 4–5 ★ (119 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Gloucester (4.6 km)
  • 32 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Gloucester (4.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£355,953 average 6.4% YoY

Across Stroud · to 2026-06

Detached£562,652
Semi-detached£342,077
Terraced£287,468
Flat£166,368

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,040 average monthly rent 6% YoY

  • 1 bed £743
  • 2 bed £960
  • 3 bed £1,176

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

Affordability

9.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.1 times median annual pay (9.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (5.6 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 178.7p · Asda (5.6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

49 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Morrisons Gloucester (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches16
  • Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

121,103 residents in Stroud · 263/km²

  • Under 16: 17%
  • 16–64: 59%
  • 65+: 23%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 279 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 56,910)

A £1,661
B £1,938
C £2,215
D £2,491
E £3,045
F £3,599
G £4,152
H £4,983

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

Schools

85 schools · 19,099 pupils

58 primary · 8 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 31 of 34 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

70inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Stroud High SchoolOutstanding
  • Archway SchoolGood
  • Rednock SchoolGood
  • SGS Berkeley Green UTCGood
  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School
  • Maidenhill School
  • Marling School
  • Thomas Keble School

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Stroud

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
  • 52 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

175 applications decided

89.1% granted · 156 granted, 19 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

Green (minority)

  • Lab 17
  • Con 6
  • LD 1
  • Grn 24
  • Oth 2

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools5
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Pharmacies2
  • Supermarkets1
  • Parks & greens19
  • Restaurants & cafés6

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

6,470 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

13 jobs advertised · £35,000 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Online Biology Tutoring Job in Upton St Leonards – Flexible Schedule, Bar & Waiting Staff

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£772 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,288 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 56,376 certificates

10.1% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

97% low-carbon electricity

Wind 66% · Solar 15% · Nuclear 15% · Gas 3%

12 gCO₂/kWh · very low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.1 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.5
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.1
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

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

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    Upton St Leonards is a village in the English county of Gloucestershire. Forming part of the district of Stroud, it is a mile or so north of the A46 road between Stroud and Cheltenham.

  • Bondend · 0.4 km

    Bondend is a lane within the village of Upton St Leonards in Gloucestershire, England.

  • Matson, Gloucester · 1.4 km

    Matson is a suburb of Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, England.

  • Coopers Edge · 1.4 km

    Coopers Edge is a residential suburb on the edge of Gloucester, England, about 3 miles (5 km) south-east of the city centre and 6 miles (10 km) south-west of Cheltenham. It was developed on land at Brockworth that was…

  • Hucclecote Meadows · 1.5 km

    Hucclecote Meadows is a 5.74-hectare (14.2-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest divided into two areas on each side of the M5 road in the Severn Vale, Gloucestershire. It was notified in 1984. The west…

  • Abbeydale and Abbeymead · 1.6 km

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Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Upton St Leonards?
Upton St Leonards is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Stroud local authority.
How deprived is Upton St Leonards?
The Stroud local authority, which includes Upton St Leonards, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2019.