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Severn Beach

Severn Beach is a village in Bristol, England, with a population of around 2,182. There are 2 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Severn Beach, 2.3 km away. There were around 14 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Severn Beach area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Bristol, City of area is more deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 472,464 residents at roughly 4,308 people per km².

Council
Bristol, City of
County
Bristol
Constituency
Bristol North West
Police force
Avon and Somerset
24/ 100

My Area Score

Challenged

Ranked 290th of 294 English council areas — better than 1% of them.

Low crime9
Home affordability49
Affordable rents10
Good schools21
Life expectancy37
Low deprivation26
Employment38
Low council tax2

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 21° / 11° · 24% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chepstow A48, United Kingdom

Crime

20 reported · July 2026

  • Violence & sexual offences11
  • Anti-social behaviour3
  • Burglary2
  • Criminal damage & arson2

Neighbourhood team: Severn Vale and Pilning · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Community Priority: Illegal and Anti-Social Use of Sur-Ron Bikes in Severn Beach Your local neighbourhood policing team is aware of ongoi…
  • Your Voice community meeting, previously known as Safer and Stronger Community Groups, in South Gloucestershire, are about listening and…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

24 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 19 rated 4–5 ★ (17 top)
  • 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

1 active warning/alert

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

Source: Environment Agency

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Severn Beach (0.1 km)
  • 14 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Severn Beach (0.1 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£356,824 average 3.5% YoY

Across Bristol, City of · to 2026-06

Detached£696,122
Semi-detached£451,654
Terraced£387,503
Flat£245,948

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

41 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 20 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Volvo Truck & Bus (South) LTD (4.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

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

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

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

Council tax

£2,714 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,809
B £2,111
C £2,412
D £2,714
E £3,317
F £3,920
G £4,523
H £5,427

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • Ashton Park SchoolGood
  • Blaise High SchoolGood
  • Bristol Cathedral Choir SchoolGood
  • Bristol Free SchoolGood
  • Bristol Metropolitan AcademyGood
  • Oasis Academy BrislingtonGood
  • Oasis Academy John WilliamsGood
  • Redland Green SchoolGood
  • Trinity AcademyGood
  • E-Act Montpelier High SchoolInadequate
  • Bedminster Down School
  • Bristol Brunel Academy
  • Cotham School
  • Fairfield High School
  • Oasis Academy Brightstowe
  • Oasis Academy Daventry Road
  • Oasis Academy Temple Quarter
  • Orchard School Bristol
  • St Bede's Catholic College
  • St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School
  • St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School
  • The City Academy Bristol

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

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

515 applications decided

86% granted · 443 granted, 72 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Claire Young

Liberal Democrat

Thornbury and Yate

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Green (minority)

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens6
  • Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

22,020 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

24 jobs advertised · £38,610 avg

e.g. HGV Class 1 Drivers - Bristol, Engineering Section Manager, Skilled Maintenance Technician

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

85% low-carbon electricity

Wind 53% · Nuclear 25% · Biomass 8% · Gas 7%

39 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Wellbeing

  • 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Thornbury and Yate:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Severn Beach railway station · 0.1 km

    Severn Beach railway station serves the village of Severn Beach, England. The station is the terminus of the Severn Beach Line. Its three letter station code is SVB.

  • Severn Beach · 0.2 km

    Severn Beach is a village on the Severn Estuary in South Gloucestershire, England. The eastern portal of the Severn Tunnel is on the outskirts of the village. The Severn footpath – on the sea wall – is part of the Sev…

  • A403 road · 0.9 km

    The A403 is a main road linking Bristol with the Severn Estuary. It runs from junction 1 of the M48 at Aust to the docks at Avonmouth. After the Severn Bridge was opened in 1966, the A403 was constructed in 1969 and 1…

  • Redwick, Gloucestershire · 1.1 km

    Redwick is a village in South Gloucestershire, England. It is part of the parish of Pilning and Severn Beach, and is bounded by the River Severn to the north and the Chessell Pill Rhine to the east. To the south is th…

  • New Passage Halt railway station · 1.3 km

    New Passage Halt railway station served the hamlet of New Passage, South Gloucestershire, England from 1928 to 1964 on the Severn Beach line.

  • Pilning · 1.5 km

    Pilning is a village in South Gloucestershire, England, close to Redwick and Severn Beach. Pilning is close to the M4, M49 and A403 roads, and has the South Wales Main Line railway running through it, with a minor sta…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Severn Beach?
Severn Beach is a town in Bristol, England, in the Bristol, City of local authority.
What is the population of Severn Beach?
Severn Beach has an approximate settlement population of 2,182.
How deprived is Severn Beach?
The Bristol, City of local authority, which includes Severn Beach, is more deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.