Whaddon (Stroud)
Whaddon (Stroud) is a village in Gloucestershire, England, with a population of around 1,200. It has 1 pharmacy, 4 restaurants and cafés, 5 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Gloucester, 5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Whaddon (Stroud) area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Gloucester area is around the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 132,416 residents at roughly 3,267 people per km².
- Council
- Gloucester
- County
- Gloucestershire
- Constituency
- Gloucester
- Police force
- Gloucestershire
My Area Score
Challenged
Ranked 242nd of 294 English council areas — better than 18% of them.
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
4°CMist
- Today: 11° / 4° · 29% rain
- Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:39
9h 35m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
30US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
- 4.9% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution
Lower is better for both figures.
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024
Crime
Road safety
161 reported road collisions (2025)
37 killed or seriously injured · 206 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents
Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)
Food hygiene
91 food businesses within 2 miles
- 86 rated 4–5 ★ (77 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Gloucester (5.0 km)
- 5 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Gloucester (4.9 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£237,705 average▲ 2.2% YoY
Across Gloucester · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£1,116 average monthly rent▲ 7.2% YoY
- 1 bed £745
- 2 bed £971
- 3 bed £1,213
Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08
Affordability
7.2× house price to earnings
A typical home costs 7.2 times median annual pay (7.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).
Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025
Property sales
1,760 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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (7.2 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (4.6 km)
7 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
43 charging locations within ~8 km
- 18 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 350 kW
- Nearest: Westmorland Gloucester Services Southbound (0.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports centres2
- Sports pitches11
- Golf courses1
- Playgrounds3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Population
132,416 residents in Gloucester · 3,267/km²
- Under 16: 19%
- 16–64: 64%
- 65+: 17%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- Moves in from elsewhere in the UK8,634
- Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,160
- Net moves−526
Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025
Deprivation
Around the average in England
Ranked 142 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)
11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%
Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Council tax
£2,356 a year · Band D, 2026-27
Most homes here are Band A (29% of 60,120)
Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27
Schools
51 schools · 23,371 pupils
34 primary · 9 secondary · 8 other
Ofsted: 21 of 25 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (84%)
44 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)
Secondary schools:
- The Crypt SchoolOutstanding
- Denmark Road High SchoolGood
- Holmleigh Park High SchoolGood
- Sir Thomas Rich's SchoolGood
- St Peter's Catholic High School and Sixth Form CentreGood
- Barnwood Park School
- Gloucester Academy
- Ribston Hall High School
- Severn Vale School
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Gloucester
Care & health services
687 CQC-registered services
- Care homes200
- GP practices96
- Dentists142
- Homecare agencies182
- Hospitals & hospices31
CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate
Source: Care Quality Commission · Gloucestershire
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 48 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
100 applications decided
85% granted · 85 granted, 15 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Liberal Democrat (minority)
- Lab 7
- Con 10
- LD 17
- Oth 5
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- Pharmacies1
- Parks & greens16
- Restaurants & cafés4
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
4,935 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Local economy
£694 median full-time weekly pay
3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits
£21,428 disposable income per head (2024)
Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI
Energy efficiency
48% of homes rated EPC C or above
Most common band: D · 65,016 certificates
8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)
Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty
Health
Life expectancy: 83.3 yrs women · 78.8 yrs men
Healthy life expectancy (Gloucestershire): 63.4 women · 63.4 men
70% of adults overweight or obese
Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025
Wellbeing
- Life satisfaction7.4
- Feeling worthwhile7.6
- Happiness yesterday7.4
- Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.4
Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23
Health services
6 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in GL4
- Hadwen Health
- Lymphoedema Service
- Extended Access Gloucester Hadwen
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gloucester:
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases231 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth193 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND183 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks148 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after117 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
- Gloucester Services · 0.5 km
Gloucester Services are a pair of motorway service areas (MSA) serving the northbound and southbound carriageways of the M5 between junction 11A and junction 12, near Whaddon, Gloucestershire, England. It specialises…
Range Farm Fields · 0.7 kmRange Farm Fields is a 12.8-hectare (32-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, near to Gloucester City, notified in 1996.
Matson, Gloucester · 1.3 kmMatson is a suburb of Gloucester, in the county of Gloucestershire, England.
- Wynstones School · 1.5 km
Wynstones School was a Steiner Waldorf school in Gloucestershire, set on 11 acres near Gloucester. It took pupils from pre-school through to university entrance and has an enrolment of around 275 students.
St Margaret's Church, Whaddon · 1.5 kmSt Margaret's Church is a 13th-century Church of England church in the village of Whaddon, Gloucestershire, England. It has been a grade II* listed building since 10 January 1955. The church tower is a dominant featur…
Robinswood Hill · 1.5 kmRobinswood Hill is a hill and country park to the south of the city centre of Gloucester, close to the Stroud Road (A4173). It rises to 650 ft, and is owned and managed by Gloucester City Council's Countryside Unit. T…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Whaddon (Stroud)?
- Whaddon (Stroud) is a town in Gloucestershire, England, in the Gloucester local authority.
- How deprived is Whaddon (Stroud)?
- The Gloucester local authority, which includes Whaddon (Stroud), is around the average in England on the IoD2025.