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Gloucestershire has 48 towns of 2,500 or more and 139 villages and smaller places. Towns are graded against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on cost of living, safety, schools, health and more.

48graded towns

15grade A− or better

139villages and smaller places

Kingswood and Fishpondslargest · 160,280

How Gloucestershire compares: its report card →

#1 in GloucestershireLeonard Stanley and King's StanleyA

Bishop's Cleeve, St. Michael and All Angels Church

#2 in GloucestershireBishop's CleeveA

#3 in GloucestershireChalfordA

#4 in GloucestershirePrestburyA

Gloucestershire at a glance

What Gloucestershire is like

The typical Gloucestershire town grades highest on outdoors and walkability against towns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and lowest on cost of living. Choose a subject to find the towns that do best on it.

The typical town, subject by subjectThe median Gloucestershire town against UK towns · the line marks the typical UK town

How Gloucestershire’s towns grade overall48 graded towns

A15B17C16

15 of 48 (31%) grade A− or better, against 25% of UK towns.

Every town ranked by scoreThe full Gloucestershire list, with what drives each grade Compare two townsSide by side, subject by subject

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48 towns · ordered by Gloucestershire rank

Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley

Town · 3,584 people · #183 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyA⁻HealthLowestCWalkability

Bishop's Cleeve

Town · 16,323 people · #189 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻HealthA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestB⁻Walkability

Chalford

Town · 6,665 people · #207 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthASafetyLowestCHazard risk

Prestbury

Town · 4,078 people · #283 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁺HealthLowestDCost of living

Fairford

Town · 4,240 people · #311 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺SchoolsA⁻SafetyLowestDHazard risk

A⁻

Churchdown

Town · 13,480 people · #327 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeB⁺Cost of livingLowestC⁺Schools

A⁻

South Cerney

Town · 3,998 people · #337 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyAHealthLowestDHazard risk

A⁻

Wotton-under-Edge

Town · 4,966 people · #346 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻HealthA⁻SchoolsLowestCHazard risk

A⁻

Bradley Stoke

Large town · 25,194 people · #379 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeA⁻HealthLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne

Town · 14,969 people · #414 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeASchoolsLowestDCost of living

A⁻

Longford

Town · 2,536 people · #448 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingB⁺SchoolsLowestDHazard risk

A⁻

Winchcombe

Town · 4,339 people · #453 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthA⁻SafetyLowestCSchools

A⁻

Minchinhampton

Town · 3,412 people · #460 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthB⁺SafetyLowestCCost of living

A⁻

Stratton

Town · 2,558 people · #496 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASafetyAJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

A⁻

Bourton-on-the-Water

Town · 4,177 people · #524 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityAHealthLowestC⁻Hazard risk

B⁺

Northway

Town · 4,858 people · #624 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingAHazard riskLowestCSchools

B⁺

Nailsworth

Town · 5,657 people · #666 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestASchoolsBHealthLowestCSafety

B⁺

Charfield

Town · 2,833 people · #697 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHealthAJobs & incomeLowestDWalkability

Tutshill and Sedbury

Town · 3,618 people · #743 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺HealthLowestC⁺Walkability

Stoke Gifford

Town · 13,477 people · #759 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺Jobs & incomeAWalkabilityLowestC⁻Cost of living

Pucklechurch

Town · 2,702 people · #798 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻Jobs & incomeLowestCCost of living

Chipping Sodbury

Town · 8,026 people · #837 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeB⁺HealthLowestC⁻Cost of living

Quedgeley and Hardwicke

Large town · 21,125 people · #894 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Jobs & incomeB⁺SchoolsLowestC⁺Safety

Brockworth

Town · 12,007 people · #923 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestC⁻Safety

Stroud

Large town · 26,073 people · #931 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityA⁻SchoolsLowestDSafety

B⁻

Thornbury

Town · 14,483 people · #972 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺WalkabilityB⁺Jobs & incomeLowestC⁻Cost of living

B⁻

Almondsbury

Town · 2,937 people · #992 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAJobs & incomeAHazard riskLowestDCost of living

B⁻

Tewkesbury

Town · 14,387 people · #1,025 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestACost of livingA⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Hazard risk

B⁻

Cheltenham

City · 115,941 people · #1,028 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityB⁺SchoolsLowestC⁻Safety

B⁻

Tetbury

Town · 6,454 people · #1,130 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻HealthB⁺WalkabilityLowestDSchools

B⁻

Cam

Town · 7,730 people · #1,138 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingBHazard riskLowestC⁻Schools

B⁻

Stonehouse

Town · 8,302 people · #1,164 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺SchoolsB⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁻Safety

C⁺

Yate

Large town · 28,352 people · #1,195 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺SchoolsBWalkabilityLowestC⁻Safety

C⁺

Cirencester

Town · 17,715 people · #1,239 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityB⁻Jobs & incomeLowestDHazard risk

C⁺

Broadwell and Coalway

Town · 3,304 people · #1,340 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskBCost of livingLowestC⁻Jobs & income

C⁺

Yorkley and Whitecroft

Town · 2,678 people · #1,361 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Hazard riskB⁺SafetyLowestD⁻Walkability

C⁺

Kingswood and Fishponds

City · 160,280 people · #1,363 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBJobs & incomeLowestC⁻Safety

C⁺

Moreton-in-Marsh

Town · 5,015 people · #1,379 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺HealthB⁺WalkabilityLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Cinderford

Town · 8,778 people · #1,405 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻Cost of livingBWalkabilityLowestDJobs & income

Patchway

Town · 16,517 people · #1,412 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskA⁻WalkabilityLowestD⁻Safety

Dursley

Town · 7,935 people · #1,427 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingB⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Schools

Lydney

Town · 9,655 people · #1,436 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingB⁻WalkabilityLowestC⁻Hazard risk

Bream

Town · 3,117 people · #1,437 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAHazard riskB⁺Cost of livingLowestDWalkability

Drybrook

Town · 2,572 people · #1,525 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestBCost of livingC⁺Hazard riskLowestD⁻Walkability

Filton

Town · 10,955 people · #1,534 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁺WalkabilityAHazard riskLowestDSafety

Coleford

Town · 5,023 people · #1,542 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestB⁺Cost of livingBSchoolsLowestDJobs & income

Newent

Town · 5,360 people · #1,567 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestA⁻WalkabilityBHealthLowestDSchools

C⁻

Gloucester

City · 118,562 people · #1,625 of 2,138 nationally

StrongestAWalkabilityBSchoolsLowestDSafety

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Gloucestershire lists

Every list ranks the same 2,500+ towns, so a town’s rank means the same thing on each.

All Gloucestershire rankings →

Best places to live48 towns · #1 Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Best small towns31 towns · #1 Leonard Stanley and King's Stanley Most affordable towns48 towns · #1 Northway Safest towns48 towns · #1 South Cerney Towns with the best schools48 towns · #1 Fairford Healthiest towns48 towns · #1 Prestbury Best towns for jobs & income48 towns · #1 Prestbury Most walkable towns48 towns · #1 Cheltenham Towns with the lowest flood risk48 towns · #1 Almondsbury and 7 more Best towns for the outdoors48 towns · #1 Minchinhampton Most historic towns48 towns · #1 Minchinhampton and Wotton-under-Edge Towns with the most civic life48 towns · #1 Wotton-under-Edge Towns with the highest household incomes48 towns · #1 Bradley StokeDescribed, no letters Towns with the lowest council tax48 towns · #1 LongfordDescribed, no letters Towns with the mildest winters48 towns · #1 CamDescribed, no letters Towns with the warmest summers48 towns · #1 LongfordDescribed, no letters Towns with the coolest summers48 towns · #1 Broadwell and CoalwayDescribed, no letters Towns with the fewest frosts48 towns · #1 PatchwayDescribed, no letters Driest towns48 towns · #1 NorthwayDescribed, no letters Wettest towns48 towns · #1 Broadwell and CoalwayDescribed, no letters

Villages and small towns

139 smaller places in Gloucestershire

Places of 1,000 to 2,500 people have subject grades on their pages, but no overall grade or rank. The search at the top finds these too.

97 places under 1,000 people

Acton Turville Alderton Alvington Ampney Crucis Andoversford Apperley Arlington Ashleworth Aylburton Badminton Bagpath Bamfurlong Bisley Bitton Bledington Box Broadwell Bromesberrow Heath Cambridge Chedworth Clearwell Clifford's Mesne Coalpit Heath Coates Down Ampney Dunfield Dymock Easter Compton Eastleach Turville Ebrington Engine Common Ewen Falfield Golden Valley Great Rissington Greet Gretton Guiting Power Hartpury Heath End Hillesley Horsley Iron Acton Kemble Kempsford Littledean Longborough Longhope Lower Redbrook Maisemore Meysey Hampton Middleyard Milkwall Naunton North Nibley Northwood Green Nympsfield Oakridge Lynch Old Sodbury Poulton Quenington Rangeworthy Rendcomb Ruardean Woodside Rudgeway Sandhurst Saul Shipton Siddington Slimbridge Sling Somerford Keynes Southam Southrop St Briavels Stanton Stoke Orchard Stone Swindon Tibberton Tockington Tortworth Green Townwell Twigworth Tytherington Uley Upper Oddington Upthorpe Upton Cheyney Westerleigh Westonbirt Whiteshill Whiteway Whitminster Willersey Woodchester Woolaston

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Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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