Cheltenham Open Data Adds Live Power Cuts Tracking
Live power cuts affecting Cheltenham, with a map, history and Atom feed.
Cheltenham Open Data has added a new power cuts page, alongside our existing flood warnings and bus disruptions tracking.
It pulls the live feed from National Grid Electricity Distribution — the electricity network operator for Gloucestershire, formerly Western Power Distribution — showing any current power cut affecting a Cheltenham postcode (GL50–GL54) on a map, plus a rolling history of past incidents and an Atom feed to subscribe to. A live power cut also now surfaces as an alert on the homepage.
FAQs
What Does the Power Cuts Page Show?
- A map and table of any power cut currently affecting a Cheltenham postcode, a history of past incidents recorded since this page went live, and links to report or check a power cut by phone.
Where Does the Data Come From?
- National Grid Electricity Distribution’s Live Power Cuts open dataset.
What Should I Do in a Power Cut?
- Call 105, the free 24/7 national power cut number, to report it or check for known outages in your area. Call 999 too if there’s a risk to life, such as damage to power lines or a substation.
Why Is the List Usually Empty?
- Most of the time there’s no power cut affecting Cheltenham, so an empty list and map are expected — the same as the flood warnings page most of the year.