St. Mark's Estate
Suburb · 1,908 residents
86Excellent
Excellent · better than 9 in 10 suburbs
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 29 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Schools scores 79, well above the typical 60
- 68% of residents live within five minutes of a park
Check before you view
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Food & drink scores 36, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around St. Mark's Estate
Map outline: Approximate — no official boundary exists for this neighbourhood
Is St. Mark's Estate a good place to live?
St. Mark's Estate scores 86/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as excellent — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (94) and schools (79).
It scores lowest on food & drink (36).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for St. Mark's Estate in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of St. Mark's Estate
Terraced Victorian streets and post-war semis pack in tightly here, the kind of density that tells you this is a proper urban suburb rather than a village dressed up as one — and with over four thousand people per square kilometre, that's exactly the read: more front doors than front gardens, more bikes chained to railings than driveways.
The practical picture is a good one for anyone weighing up daily life over lifestyle brochure. Cheltenham Spa Rail Station gives you a mainline link without needing to leave the estate's postcode, and St Mark's Church of England Junior School sits right in the neighbourhood alongside Christ Church CofE Primary School, rated Outstanding — a genuine draw if you've got young children and want a settled, well-regarded start close to home. The median age of 42 suggests this isn't a graduate share-house sort of place; it's settled families and long-stayers who've watched the streets fill in around them. Housing here is overwhelmingly semi-detached and terraced, sold freehold more often than not — a For Sale board on this street is telling you "normal family house, no ground rent to worry about," not "investment flat." Prices sit a little below Cheltenham as a whole, and against the national figure this is a place in the more comfortable-than-average band without being anywhere near expensive — solidly mid-table, in other words, decile 7 on the deprivation scale, which in plain terms means better off than most of the country but not a wealth enclave.