Blenheim Close Alderton, Tewkesbury
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (GL20), about 50 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 40101209.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2015 the median was £337,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 1 homes have an energy certificate (E: 1).
- Flood: 7 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 47% to 50% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Ashchurch for Tewkesbury, about 7.2 km (4.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 53 to 55 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Winchcombe Medical Centre, about 5.1 km (3.2 miles) away.
- People: About 860 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | £337,500 | £337,500 | £337,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £291,000 | £291,000 | £291,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Aug 2015 | 4 GL20 8PB | Detached | £337,500 | |
| 5 Nov 2010 | 4 GL20 8PB | Detached | £291,000 |
Energy performance certificates
1 home with a current certificate; median floor area 113 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1983-1990 (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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 830 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 7 August 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GL20 8PB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| GL20 8NL | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 4 / 8 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 53 m and 55 m above sea level (54 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL20 8NL | 100% | 47% | 47% | 0% |
| GL20 8PB | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Ashchurch for Tewkesbury 109,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) |
| Evesham 287,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.7 km (7.3 miles) | |
| Cheltenham Spa 2.4 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.1 km (8.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 14 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Gardeners Arms Alderton | 100 m |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 53.5 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Winchcombe Medical Centre | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Winchcombe Pharmacy | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wentwood House Dental Practice | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Winchcombe Hospital | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Police station | Winchcombe Police Station | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP Vale Service Station, Cheltenham Road Cashzone | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,020 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 9,440 m² | 140 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Alderton Allotments 2.5 ha | 90 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Margaret of Antioch, a listed building (Grade II*), 430 m (0.3 miles) south-east. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Margaret of Antioch | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m (0.3 miles) south-east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 920 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Great Washbourne Coppice | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Hearle's Covert | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Peter's Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Hintons Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Oak Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Washbourne Hill | Hill | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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 | 4 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 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 Tewkesbury: see them on the Tewkesbury page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Hill Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 380 m | Requires improvement (Jan 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tally Ho B & B GL20 8NL | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 150 m | 5 Very good | 3 Jun 2025 |
| Alderton Village Store And Post Office GL20 8NW | Retailers - other | 350 m | 4 Good | 1 Nov 2024 |
| Caterlink Limited At Oakhill Primary School GL20 8NP | School/college/university | 390 m | 5 Very good | 15 Jul 2025 |
| Alderton Village Hall | Other catering premises | 390 m | 5 Very good | 19 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Franklin Road (3); On or near Shakespeare Close (2); On or near Willow Bank Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 53% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 36% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
Nearby streets
Shakespeare Close · Franklin Road · Ellenor Drive · Stable Close · Cambridge Square · St Margarets Road · St Margarets Drive · Blacksmiths Road · School Road
All the streets in GL20 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 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.