Embrook Upper Oddington, Cotswold
6 addresses across 1 postcode (GL56), about 30 m long. USRN 9401784.
- Sales: 13 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £812,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4).
- 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 G; Band D in Cotswold costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kingham, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 128 to 131 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Stow Surgery, about 2.7 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 68% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | £812,500 | £700,000 | £925,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £795,000 | £795,000 | £795,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £576,000 | £576,000 | £576,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £410,000 | £410,000 | £410,000 |
| 2009 | 4 | £400,000 | £375,000 | £440,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £385,000 | £385,000 | £385,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £273,000 | £273,000 | £273,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £210,000 | £210,000 | £210,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Sep 2021 | 4 GL56 0XS | Detached | £925,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2021 | 2 GL56 0XS | Detached | £700,000 | |
| 30 Aug 2019 | 4 GL56 0XS | Detached | £795,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2014 | 4 GL56 0XS | Detached | £576,000 | |
| 1 Jul 2010 | 5 GL56 0XS | Detached | £410,000 | |
| 11 Sep 2009 | 4 GL56 0XS | Detached | £440,000 | |
| 17 Aug 2009 | 5 GL56 0XS | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 5 Aug 2009 | 5 GL56 0XS | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 12 Jan 2009 | 3 GL56 0XS | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 21 Aug 2003 | 1 GL56 0XS | Detached | £385,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2001 | 1 GL56 0XS | Detached | £273,000 | |
| 8 Sep 1998 | 4 GL56 0XS | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 19 Aug 1996 | 1 GL56 0XS | Detached | £220,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 145 m². Most common: House, detached (4). Built: 1991-1995 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
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 (23% of about 730 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
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 1 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 128 m and 131 m above sea level (130 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL56 0XS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kingham 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Moreton-In-Marsh 376,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Shipton 3,900 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Back Lane Upper Oddington | 90 m |
| EV charging points | Maugersbury Road Car Park | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 58.5 km (36 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Stow Surgery | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Badham Pharmacy | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Stow-On-The-Wold Dental Practice | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | North Cotswolds Hospital | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Police station | Stow-on-the-Wold, Police Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | BP - Station Road SF Connect, Stow on the Wold Cashzone | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 7,990 m² | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6.8 ha | 850 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,440 m² | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is ADLESTROP PARK and HOUSE, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east. 23 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| ADLESTROP PARK and HOUSE | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Daylesford House | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Battle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646 | Registered battlefield | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Oddington Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Martin's Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Broadwell Hill Covert | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Upper Oddington Ashes | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Chad Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Margery Coppice | Wood | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 6 | 6 |
None of the street's 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horse And Groom Inn GL56 0XH | Pub/bar/nightclub | 100 m | 5 Very good | 27 Nov 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Back Lane (6); On or near Embrook (1); On or near Brans Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 46% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- GL56 0XS: 6 addresses of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Embrook · Brans Lane · Back Lane · A436
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.