Awkward Hill Arlington, Cotswold
19 addresses across 3 postcodes (GL7), about 200 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 9402036.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £1,760,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cotswold cost £426,296 in August 2026 (-2.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,263 a month.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 7, F: 2).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 3 to 5% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in Cotswold costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kemble, about 15.8 km (9.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 740 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 104 to 127 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Hilary Cottage Surgery, about 7.1 km (4.4 miles) away.
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 58% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 3 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £1,760,000 | £1,760,000 | £1,760,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £875,000 | £875,000 | £875,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £795,000 | £795,000 | £795,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £770,000 | £770,000 | £770,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £352,330 | £352,330 | £352,330 |
| 2000 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Nov 2012 | AWKWARD HILL COTTAGE GL7 5NH | Detached | £770,000 | |
| 27 Jan 2011 | FIELD COTTAGE, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Semi-detached | £352,330 | |
| 30 Jun 1997 | FIELD FARM HOUSE, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 24 Aug 2018 | GASSONS BARN, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Other | £226,655 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 8 Dec 2022 | OLD STABLE COTTAGE, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Detached | £1,760,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2015 | OLD STABLE COTTAGE, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Detached | £795,000 | |
| 20 Mar 2000 | THE FIRS, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 27 Sep 1996 | THE FIRS, HAWKERS HILL GL7 5NH | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2020 | THE WOOL HOUSE GL7 5NH | Detached | £875,000 |
House prices and rents in Cotswold
A typical home in Cotswold cost £426,296 in August 2026, 2.3% less than a year before. That is 13% more than five years earlier and 36% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £683,406 |
| Semi-detached | £406,755 |
| Terraced | £348,074 |
| Flat or maisonette | £208,414 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £325,128 |
Private renters in Cotswold paid £1,263 a month on average in September 2026, 6.3% more than a year before. That is 29% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £877 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,115 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,356 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,055 |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 161 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, mid-terrace (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (6); 1967-1975 (2); 2016 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
- 3 ARLINGTON ROW, AWKWARD HILL, BIBURY
- 4, Arlington Row, Bibury
- 6 ARLINGTON ROW, AWKWARD HILL, BIBURY
- 11, Arlington Row, Bibury
- Barn House, Arlington, Bibury
- Field Farm House Hawkers Hill, Awkward Hill, Bibury
- Old Dairy Barn Hawkers Hill, Awkward Hill, Bibury
- The Firs Hawkers Hill, Awkward Hill, Bibury
- The Wool House, Awkward Hill, Bibury
- V Lipscombe (Builders) Ltd, The Gables Hawkers Hill, Awkward Hill, Bibury
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 23 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL7 5NJ | 13 | 8,034 kWh | none recorded | |
| GL7 5NH | 10 | 8,000 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is GL7.
Council tax
What each band costs in Cotswold in 2026-27: Band D £2,392 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,594 | £1,860 | £2,126 | £2,392 | £2,923 | £3,455 | £3,986 | £4,783 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (25% of about 1,010 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bibury Conservation Area (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 9.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- ARLINGTON ROW, grade I
- 10, AWKWARD HILL, grade II
- 11, AWKWARD HILL, grade II
- FIELD COTTAGE, grade II
- HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 15 METRES NORTH AND OPPOSITE NUMBERS 1 TO 9 (CONSECUTIVE) ARLINGTON ROW, grade II
- OUTBUILDING APPROXIMATELY 10 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF NUMBERS 1 TO 9 (CONSECUTIVE) ARLINGTON ROW, grade II
- ROSEMARY COTTAGE, grade II
- The Wool House, attached outbuildings and garages, grade II
- TWO BRIDGES OVER RIVER COLN AND MILL STREAM APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES WEST OF NUMBER 10 (BRIDGE HOUSE), grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 11 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL7 5NJ | zone 3 | 2 / 2 / 2 | unlikely |
| GL7 5NH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL7 5NG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 3 to 5%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 19 addresses are between 104 m and 127 m above sea level (112 m on average); the ground rises about 23 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL7 5NG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| GL7 5NH | 100% | 82% | 82% | 0% |
| GL7 5NJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Kemble 445,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 15.8 km (9.8 miles) |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bridge House Bibury | 130 m |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 74 km (46 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Hilary Cottage Surgery Good Jun 2018 | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | White Cottage Dental Practice | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Fairford Hospital | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Care homes | Hyperion House Good May 2021 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Police station | Fairford Police Station | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,000 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bibury Playground 430 m² | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,180 m² | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Arlington Row, a listed building (Grade I), 60 m east. 97 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Arlington Row | Listed building, Grade I | 60 m east |
| The Pigeon House | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m east |
| Group of 6 Monuments in the Churchyard Approximately 5 Metres South of Nave and West of Porch to Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 410 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 420 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Bibury Roman villa near Bibury Mill | Scheduled monument | 810 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Ablington camp | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ladyhill Covert | Wood | 230 m south-east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 300 m east |
| Bibury Copse | Wood | 630 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Mill Copse | Wood | 720 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Ash Piece Plantation | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Quarry Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 19 |
1 of the street's 19 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Cotswold: see them on the Cotswold page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bibury Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 380 m | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 33% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 33% at the higher standard (2024; 50% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 222 childminders and 47 home childcarers (nannies) in Gloucestershire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven Bibury Ltd GL7 5NP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 150 m | 5 Very good | 16 Jul 2025 |
| The Twig GL7 5NL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 170 m | 4 Good | 3 Apr 2025 |
| The Cabin Cafe - Bibury Trout Farm GL7 5NL | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jan 2025 |
| Ice Cream Kiosk GL7 5NL | Retailers - other | 200 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2025 |
| Bibury Spring Water GL7 5NL | Retailers - other | 200 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| The Swan Hotel GL7 5NW | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 240 m | 5 Very good | 30 Sep 2026 |
| Caterlink At Bibury C Of E School GL7 5NR | School/college/university | 340 m | 5 Very good | 24 May 2022 |
| The Catherine Wheel GL7 5ND | Pub/bar/nightclub | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 16 Jan 2025 |
| Cotteswold House GL7 5ND | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 9 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Awkward Hill (3).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 100% happened in the dark, and 100% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 May 2023 00:01 | Serious | 1 person | B4425, 30 mph | Dark, no street lights, wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 58% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 19% | 17% |
| Private rented | 23% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 41% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- GL7 5NJ: 11 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- GL7 5NH: 7 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- GL7 5NG: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
Nearby streets
B4425 · Awkward Hill · Arlington Green · Arlington Corner · Arlington · Cemetery Lane · Church Road · The Square · Cotteswold Gardens · Packhorse Lane · The Bibury Stud
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.