Biddestone

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 16° · 86% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Fog

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:30

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

1 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Chippenham Rural · Wiltshire

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

880 reported road collisions (2024)

172 killed or seriously injured · 1,180 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

19 food businesses within 2 miles

• 16 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Chippenham (5.8 km)
• 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,908 average▲ 2.7% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,072 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £743
• 2 bed £964
• 3 bed £1,209

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

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · Esso (11.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.9p · Valero (10.7 km)

12 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

28 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 350 kW
• Nearest: Hartham Park (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 231 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,572 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 233,060)

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

268 schools · 74,579 pupils

201 primary · 28 secondary · 39 other

Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire

514 CQC-registered services

• Care homes163
• GP practices61
• Dentists98
• Homecare agencies152
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire

• In a conservation area (BIDDESTONE)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 90 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

832 applications decided

92.2% granted · 767 granted, 65 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dr Roz Savage

Liberal Democrat

South Cotswolds

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

• Lab 1
• Con 38
• LD 43
• Ref 10
• Oth 6

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

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats

Source: Adzuna

£751 median full-time weekly pay

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

£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 241,404 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

9% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 37% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

242 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.7 women · 63.8 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.3
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

3 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in SN14

• Hathaway Surgery
• Jubilee Field Surgery
• Chippenham Pharmacy And Health Clinic

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in South Cotswolds:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership484 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership340 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Pause housebuilding targets imposed on councils, review and identify local need297 local signatures · 16,962 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office238 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Biddestone · 0.1 km

  Biddestone is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Biddestone and Slaughterford, in northwest Wiltshire, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of Chippenham and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Corsham. The p…

• Hartham House · 1.5 km

  Hartham House was a country house at Hartham, Wiltshire, England, standing next to Hartham Park, north-west of the town of Corsham. During the Tudor and Civil War periods it was owned by the Duckett family, among w…

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  Hartham Park · 1.5 km

  Hartham Park is a Georgian manor house in Wiltshire, England, about 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) north of the town of Corsham. Originally designed by James Wyatt, and set today in 50 acres (20 ha), it has within its grounds a…

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  Honeybrook Farm · 2.0 km

  Honeybrook Farm is a working farm three miles (4.8 km) south of Castle Combe in Wiltshire, England, between the villages of Biddestone and Slaughterford. The farm has a total area of sixty-five hectares, of which fort…

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  Slaughterford · 2.1 km

  Slaughterford is a small village in the civil parish of Biddestone and Slaughterford, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Chippenham, in Wiltshire, England. The village has a crossing point of the Bybrook River, and lies in…

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  Middlewick House · 2.4 km

  Middlewick House is a Grade II listed Georgian-style house just outside the town of Corsham, Wiltshire, England. It is the home of the Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and his wife Nettie, who acquired it from previous o…

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