More updates since my last post... 14 new pages including:

• All About Cheltenham — population, growth and Census 2021 stats from ONS/Nomis
• Bus routes and service data — every registered route, sourced from DfT's Bus Open Data Service
• InPost lockers and DPD Pickup points — locations and opening hours
• Full employment rate history — economic activity and (un)employment by year since 2004
• School catchment area maps — nearest secondary and primary school by straight-line distance
• Sport in Cheltenham — Cheltenham Town FC, parkrun, and local running/hiking/climbing clubs - if you are part of a club and want to be listed - use the contact form.
• Mobile phone coverage — 2G–5G and voice coverage from Ofcom
• Listed buildings — every listed building, scheduled monument and registered park/garden, graded and mapped
• Sewage overflow status — near-real-time storm overflow discharge for the River Chelt
• Car parks — fees, charging hours, capacity and max stay
• Council tax charges — by band and by parish, with a link to check your official band
• River water quality — chemical readings from the Environment Agency
• Council land & assets — every property the council owns, from its 2021 and 2023 returns
• Housing supply & property stock — net additional dwellings, student accommodation, and total property stock since 1993

The bus page also has a disruption RSS feed for your feed reader, if there is a disruption it will appear on our homepage (which has also had a bit of a refresh, along with the menu as I have two many pages now!

Also don't forget EV charging, house prices, latest fuel prices, toilets third spaces.

https://cheltenham-od.uk

I've post a few times now about my new website cheltenham-od.uk with some data sources,

I've now added a bunch more, and updated relevant pages with maps and pin locations.

1. Exploring Cheltenham? Local points of interest in and around the town, mapped and categorised.

https://cheltenham-od.uk/cheltenham-points-of-interest

2. Choosing a school in Cheltenham? Primary, secondary, independent and special schools, all listed.

https://cheltenham-od.uk/cheltenham-schools

3. Need to post a parcel or renew a passport? Every Post Office branch in Cheltenham, with map links.

https://cheltenham-od.uk/cheltenham-post-office-locations

4. Before you book a table, check the food hygiene rating for venues across Cheltenham.

https://cheltenham-od.uk/cheltenham-food-standards

5. Curious what's happening in your parish? Monthly street crime figures for every Cheltenham neighbourhood.

https://cheltenham-od.uk/cheltenham-crime-data

6. Planning an EV trip around Cheltenham? Check live local charging point locations before you head out.

https://cheltenham-od.uk/cheltenham-ev-charging

and more improvements to the fuel prices, house prices, planning applications data etc.

Hope this helps


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A while ago I shared a page I had created that showed local (111 forecourts) of fuel price data by type pulling in data from the gov's official feed.

Well, I've updated the site at https://cheltenham-od.uk/ and the fuel page has addresses - that link to google maps and a easier to use table, plus headline lowest prices.

I've added a bunch of other useful data (planning applications, house prices, contact numbers, air quality, fix my street, and a aggregation of local news - so you can see the headlines without all the bloat, adverts, tracking, clickbait etc)

it's all had a bit of a design refresh too, I would love some feedback and thoughts on what else could be added to make it more useful to you?

Also if you run a local business would you be interested in have a directory and a dedicated business listing page?