Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 41 min4:49 am – 9:31 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 47 min8:12 am – 4:00 pm
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People6,674 residentsin the Painswick, Bisley & Eastcombe census areaMedian age 54.72,921 households81% of homes owner-occupied54% owned outright6% social rented, 13% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.8% unemployment rate54% of adults are economically active, 2,955 in work, 35% retiredMain industries: health and social work 13%, professional and scientific services 12%, retail and wholesale 11%Getting to work: 50% work from home, 44% go by car, 5% walk or cycle50% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages53% of adults hold a degree or higher10% have no qualifications, 4% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 99%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C997 mm of rain a year, 30 days with 10 mm or morewettest month November50 days of air frost, 9 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesBearsfieldplaying field · under a mileBisley Allotmentsallotments · under a mile · 3 haPark Gardenspark · 3.2 miThe Parkpark · 3.5 mi · 15 haBank Gardenspark · 3.3 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes73 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 2 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 23 Sep 200043 mi away, Warwick, WarwickshireMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 5 Feb 202528 mi away, Malvern, WorcestershireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.5 · PM2.5 5.9 · PM10 10 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband55% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband95% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.4% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)3,031 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation234 m768 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 178 to 262 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalStroud General Hospital3.0 miGP surgeryFrithwood Surgery1.8 miPharmacyBoots1.8 miDentistFourways Dental Surgery1.5 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi6 schools5 primary, 1 secondaryPrimaryBisley Blue Coat Church of England Primary Schoolages 3-11, 60 pupilsright herePrimaryEastcombe Primary Schoolages 4-11, 49 pupils1.4 miSecondaryThomas Keble Schoolages 11-16, 718 pupils1.4 miCollegeSouth Gloucestershire and Stroud College3.8 miUniversityRoyal Agricultural University6.9 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportBristol Airport BRS36 miRailway stationStroud (Glos)3.4 miBus stationBus StationNailsworth5.2 miFerrySharpness Old Docks15 miBus stops21 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the GL6 postcode district.
