Whitchurch (Bath and North East Somerset)

9°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 28% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:38

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

153 reported · August 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences46
• Anti-social behaviour41
• Shoplifting15
• Other theft13

1 stop & searches · mostly stolen goods

Neighbourhood team: Stockwood · Avon And Somerset

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

753 reported road collisions (2025)

205 killed or seriously injured · 844 casualties · 15.9 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

313 food businesses within 2 miles

• 259 rated 4–5 ★ (203 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Keynsham (4.3 km)
• 44 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,596 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Bristol, City of · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,883 average monthly rent▲ 5.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,225
• 2 bed £1,544
• 3 bed £1,759

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

5,684 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Esso (6 km)

17 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

97 charging locations within ~8 km

• 17 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Revive_BCC_02 (1.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds13

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK42,460
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK46,335
• Net moves−3,875

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 123 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

11% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

173 schools · 69,087 pupils

102 primary · 22 secondary · 49 other

Ofsted: 63 of 79 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (80%)

152 inspected 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 practices69
• Dentists104
• Homecare agencies95
• Hospitals & hospices15

CQC ratings: 98% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bristol, City of

• Within the Green Belt
• 12 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

552 applications decided

85.5% granted · 472 granted, 80 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dan Norris

Independent

North East Somerset and Hanham

Source: UK Parliament

Green (minority)

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

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

• Schools11
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens9
• Restaurants & cafés22

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

22,300 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£781 median full-time weekly pay

3.7% 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

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 72% · Solar 21% · Wind 6%

285 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

13 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in BS14

• Stockwood Medical Centre
• The Armada Family Practice
• Gp Support Unit

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Somerset and Hanham:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks385 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth210 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND182 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills140 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases124 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Whitchurch, Bristol · 0.4 km

  Whitchurch is a village in north Somerset, England and an adjoining suburb of southern Bristol, bounded by Hartcliffe to the west and Hengrove and Knowle to the north. The suburb was initially developed during the 1930s.

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  Whitchurch Halt railway station served the village of Whitchurch, Somerset, England on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway.

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  Bristol Telephones F.C. · 0.7 km

  Bristol Telephones Football Club is a football club based in Stockwood, Bristol, England. They are currently members of the Western League Division One and play at Stockwood Lane.

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  Counterslip Baptist Church · 0.8 km

  Counterslip Baptist Church is a church located in south Bristol, England. It has been located on its Wells Road site on the Wells Road since the 1950s having previously been located on Counterslip near Bristol Bridge.…

• St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School · 0.8 km

  St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School is a coeducational Catholic, voluntary aided secondary school in Whitchurch, a suburb in the south of Bristol, England. It is located next to St Bernadette Catholic Primary Scho…

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  St Augustine's Church, Whitchurch, Bristol · 1.1 km

  St. Augustine's Church was a Church of England church located on Whitchurch Lane in Whitchurch, Bristol.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)