Squirrel Close Upper Rissington, Cotswold
16 addresses across 2 postcodes (GL54), about 50 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 9405307.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £715,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 C; Band D in Cotswold costs £2,392 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kingham, about 5.6 km (3.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 20 m 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 195 to 223 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 Cotswold Medical Practice, about 4.6 km (2.9 miles) away.
- People: About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 52% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £715,000 | £715,000 | £715,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £635,000 | £635,000 | £635,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £590,000 | £590,000 | £590,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £542,498 | £500,000 | £584,995 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2024 | 2 GL54 2RD | Detached | £715,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2020 | 3 GL54 2RD | Detached | £635,000 | |
| 7 Apr 2017 | 3 GL54 2RD | Detached | £590,000 | New build. |
| 16 Dec 2016 | 1 GL54 2RD | Detached | £584,995 | New build. |
| 13 Dec 2016 | 2 GL54 2RD | Detached | £500,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 158 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, end-terrace (1). Built: 2016 (2); 2017 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 C (41% of about 700 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
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 195 m and 223 m above sea level (204 m on average); the ground rises about 28 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GL54 2RA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| GL54 2RD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kingham 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Shipton 3,900 journeys in 2024–25 | 7 km (4.4 miles) | |
| Ascott-Under-Wychwood 1,280 journeys in 2024–25 | 9 km (5.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hercules Close Upper Rissington | 370 m |
| EV charging points | Connected Kerb Charging Stations | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 64.8 km (40 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cotswold Medical Practice | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Badham Pharmacy Limited | 580 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Riverside Dental Surgery | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Moore Cottage Hospital | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Police station | Stow-on-the-Wold, Police Station | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7.3 ha | 20 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 710 m² | 130 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 570 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 6,830 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 7.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Fifield long barrow, a scheduled monument, 870 m (0.5 miles) south-east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Fifield long barrow | Scheduled monument | 870 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Wyck Beacon bowl barrow | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Idbury Camp hillfort | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Great Rissington Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ansell's Hill Coppice | Wood | 230 m north |
| Peak's Coppice | Wood | 440 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Westcote Hill | Hill | 860 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Bunting's Hill Copse | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Far Hill Coppice | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Workham Bottom | Valley | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) east |
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) | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 16 | 16 |
None of the street's 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caterlink @ Rissington School GL54 2PL | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 1 Oct 2025 |
| Rissy Wrap Around Care GL54 2PL | School/college/university | 430 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 25 Mar 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Squirrel Close (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 28% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 39% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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
Firefly Close · Cadet Close · Cessna Close · The Vintage Pair · Proctor Way · Slingsby Close · Westland Close · Sparrows Way · Beechcraft Road · Hart Close · Red Arrows Close · Skylarks Crescent
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.