RUMOURS are circling around the Stroud Valley that former One Direction star Harry Styles has bought a house in Avening.

A fan of One Direction who lives in the Avening area has told the Stroud News and Journal that the Redditch born singer is the talk of the town.

She said: “Everyone is talk about Harry Styles moving to Avening, it’s is a hot topic in all the pubs and people are intrigued by the situation.”

Styles who burst onto the scene during the 2010 edition of the X Factor is part of One Direction, arguably the most successful boyband of the 21st century.

However, the band are currently on a hiatus and the members including Styles are pursuing individual projects.

Styles will has recently released his first solo single ‘Sign of the times’ and will also appear in the remake of the World War Two epic Dunkirk which is due for release in July.

Whether the rumour regarding the singers living situation has any truth is yet to be confirmed.