Wickwar

19°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 19° / 9° · 9% rain
• Tomorrow: 17° / 10° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:40

13h 7m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

26US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

3 reported · July 2026▼ 57% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Chipping Sodbury · 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)

9 food businesses within 2 miles

• 7 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yate (6.1 km)
• 5 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: 158.9p · Esso (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Morrisons (5.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

22 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Best Western The Gables Hotel (3.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches10
• Playgrounds2

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
• 70 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

12,590 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

8 jobs advertised · £52,000 avg

e.g. Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

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

80% low-carbon electricity

Solar 26% · Wind 25% · Nuclear 20% · Gas 13%

64 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Wickwar · 0.3 km

  Wickwar is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England, located between Yate and Charfield. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 2,083.

• Wickwar railway station · 1.0 km

  Wickwar railway station served the village of Wickwar in South Gloucestershire, England. The station was on the Bristol and Gloucester Railway, originally a broad gauge line overseen by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, but la…

• Bishop's Hill Wood · 1.2 km

  Bishop's Hill Wood is a 30.6 hectares biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in England. It lies just to the east of the village of Wickwar, South Gloucestershire and was notified in 1984.

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  Lower Woods · 1.8 km

  Lower Woods is a 280.1-hectare (692-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Wickwar, South Gloucestershire, notified in 1966 and renotified in 1985. The site area has in…

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  St James' Church, Charfield · 3.0 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…

• Hawkesbury Meadow · 3.0 km

  Hawkesbury Meadow is a 3.3 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in South Gloucestershire, notified in 1987.

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