Bishop's Walk Forthampton, Tewkesbury
37 addresses across 4 postcodes (GL19), about 860 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40150744.
- Energy: 19 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 5, E: 11, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in Tewkesbury costs £2,341 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 78% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, about 7.5 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.2 km away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 21 to 36 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Church Street Practice, about 4.4 km away.
- People: About 150 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 57% of households owned their home and 31% 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 violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
19 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 112 m². Most common: House, detached (12); House, semi-detached (7). Built: before 1900 (8); 1983-1990 (4); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (10); owner-occupied (7); rented (social) (1).
Council tax
What each band costs in Tewkesbury in 2026-27: Band D £2,341 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,560 | £1,820 | £2,080 | £2,341 | £2,861 | £3,381 | £3,901 | £4,681 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (24% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Forthampton Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- (FORTHAMPTON ESTATE), grade II
- 41 AND 42, BISHOP'S WALK, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 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: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL19 4QF | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| GL19 4QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL19 4QW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| GL19 4RA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 37 addresses are between 21 m and 36 m above sea level (34 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL19 4QA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL19 4QF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL19 4QW | 78% | 78% | 78% | 19% |
| GL19 4RA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 109,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km |
| Cheltenham Spa 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.4 km | |
| Colwall 63,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 6 within 800 m; nearest Hill Beck Forthampton | 230 m |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.7 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 60.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Church Street Practice | 4.4 km |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 4.2 km |
| NHS dentists | The Cross House Dental Practice | 4.1 km |
| Hospital | Tewkesbury Hospital | 4.4 km |
| Police station | West Mercia Police | 7.6 km |
| Cash machines | SGN Ltd - Tewkesbury Cashzone | 4.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.2 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,380 m² | 2.3 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 760 m east. 40 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 760 m east |
| Battle of Tewkesbury 1471 | Registered battlefield | 3.9 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cold Elm | Wood | 800 m west |
| Massey Wood | Wood | 1.0 km north-east |
| Voulters Wood | Wood | 1.2 km east |
| Steep Hill | Hill | 1.5 km east |
| Old Severn | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km east |
| Longdon Marsh | Wetland | 4.0 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 34 | 37 |
3 of the street's 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2.0 km.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bishops Walk (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 37% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 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) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 15% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- GL19 4QF: 24 addresses of 31 in the postcode
- GL19 4QA: 11 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- GL19 4QW: 1 address of 66 in the postcode
- GL19 4RA: 1 address of 19 in the postcode
All the streets in GL19 and across Tewkesbury.
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.
- 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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.