Woodcroft

17°CFog

• Today: 23° / 16° · 77% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 15° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:32

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026▼ 75% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Tidenham and Sedbury · Gloucestershire

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

134 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 185 casualties · 15.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

116 food businesses within 2 miles

• 93 rated 4–5 ★ (72 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chepstow (2.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£288,524 average▲ 1.9% YoY

Across Forest of Dean · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£826 average monthly rent▲ 0.3% YoY

• 1 bed £593
• 2 bed £797
• 3 bed £957

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

8.2× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.2 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Esso (3.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 192.9p · Esso (3.1 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: National Diving & Activity Centre (0.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

87,004 residents in Forest of Dean · 165/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 59%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Around the average in England

Ranked 143 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,443 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (25% of 40,980)

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

55 schools · 10,867 pupils

45 primary · 6 secondary · 4 other

Ofsted: 23 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (82%)

52inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Forest of Dean

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

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

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

116 applications decided

93.1% granted · 108 granted, 8 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Matt Bishop

Labour

Forest of Dean

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 4
• Con 6
• LD 1
• Grn 15
• Ref 1
• Oth 11

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens10
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

4,160 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Maths Tutor - Part Time, Online Photography Tutor - Part Time, Become a Photography Tutor in Woodcroft – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£833 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£22,925 disposable income per head (2024)

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

38% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 39,298 certificates

12.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

35% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 34% · Nuclear 1%

257 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South Wales · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.7 yrs women · 81 yrs men

72% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.2
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.0
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)4.1

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Forest of Dean:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership355 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office330 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership329 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s282 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test205 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Woodcroft, Gloucestershire · 0.3 km

  Woodcroft is a small village in the Forest of Dean district of Gloucestershire, England. It is located on the eastern bank of the River Wye, opposite Piercefield House, two miles north of the Welsh town of Chepstow. T…

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  Church Cottage, Tutshill · 0.7 km

  Church Cottage in the village of Tutshill, Gloucestershire, England, is a Grade II listed building, thought to have been designed by the architect Henry Woodyer. It was the childhood home, between the ages of 9 and 18…

• Netherhope Halt railway station · 0.8 km

  Netherhope Halt was a railway station on the former Wye Valley Railway. It was opened in 1932 and closed in 1959; it was demolished soon afterwards.

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  Caerwood and Ashberry Goose House · 0.8 km

  Caerwood And Ashberry Goose House is a 0.01-hectare (0.025-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England, notified in 1991. The site was previously notified as Caerwood, Tidenham and…

• Tidenham railway station · 0.8 km

  Tidenham Station was the station for the village of Tidenham on the former Wye Valley Railway in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England. It was opened in 1876 during the construction of the line and closed on 5…

• Lower Wye Gorge SSSI · 0.9 km

  Lower Wye Gorge is a 65-hectare (160-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, notified in 1954 and renotified 1987. The site includes two Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust n…

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