Portishead

18°CCloudy

• Today: 20° / 13° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

112 reported · July 2026▼ 10% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences32
• Anti-social behaviour25
• Shoplifting16
• Criminal damage & arson11

Neighbourhood team: Portishead · Avon And Somerset

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

841 reported road collisions (2024)

132 killed or seriously injured · 955 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

97 food businesses within 2 miles

• 88 rated 4–5 ★ (66 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Avonmouth (5.3 km)
• 62 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£356,824 average▲ 3.5% YoY

Across Bristol, City of · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,880 average monthly rent▲ 6.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,223
• 2 bed £1,541
• 3 bed £1,755

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.3 times median annual pay (8.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

16 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Portishead Park-Bristol (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms6
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches38
• Playgrounds17

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

472,464 residents in Bristol, City of · 4,308/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 13%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

More deprived than the average in England

Ranked 82 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

16% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,714 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (36% of 212,810)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

172 schools · 69,087 pupils

102 primary · 22 secondary · 48 other

Ofsted: 63 of 78 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (81%)

151inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bristol, City of

417 CQC-registered services

• Care homes92
• GP practices68
• Dentists105
• Homecare agencies95
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 98% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bristol, City of

• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

515 applications decided

86% granted · 443 granted, 72 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

North Somerset

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

• Lab 19
• Con 7
• LD 9
• Grn 34
• Oth 1

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools7
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens46
• Restaurants & cafés40

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

77 jobs advertised · £32,229 avg

e.g. Senior Nursery Room Leader, Online Maths Tutoring Job in Portishead – Flexible Schedule, Manager in Training

Source: Adzuna

£781 median full-time weekly pay

3.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,336 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

45% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 237,774 certificates

10.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

75% low-carbon electricity

Solar 56% · Gas 20% · Wind 17% · Imports 5%

82 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.4 yrs women · 79.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 60.1 women · 60.1 men

59% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.3
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.4

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Somerset:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership349 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office260 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks220 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Portishead railway station (WCPR) · 0.3 km

  Portishead railway station served the town of Portishead, Somerset, England from 1907 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

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  Portishead, Somerset · 0.5 km

  Portishead is a town and civil parish in the North Somerset unitary authority area, in the county of Somerset, England. With a population of 26,366 at the 2021 Census, the town is located on the Severn Estuary opposit…

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  Portishead Radio · 0.6 km

  Portishead Radio was a radio station in England that provided worldwide maritime communications and long-range aeronautical communications from 1928 until 2000. It was the world's largest and busiest long-distance HF…

• Portishead South railway station · 0.7 km

  Portishead South railway station served the town of Portishead, Somerset, England from 1907 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

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  Gordano School · 0.8 km

  Gordano School is a comprehensive school with academy status located in Portishead, North Somerset, England. In 1999, the school was awarded Specialist schools Technology College status. Gordano School has 2,100 pupil…

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  Portishead Town F.C. · 0.9 km

  Portishead Town Football Club, formerly Portishead A.F.C., are a football club based in Portishead, North Somerset, England founded in 1912. The men's first team are currently members of the Western League Premier Div…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)