Yeovil

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 11° / 6° · 27% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:38

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

369 reported · August 2026▲ 9% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences124
• Anti-social behaviour71
• Shoplifting50
• Criminal damage & arson40

22 stop & searches · mostly articles for use in criminal damage

Neighbourhood team: Yeovil Town · Avon And Somerset

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

675 reported road collisions (2025)

215 killed or seriously injured · 893 casualties · 17.8 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

355 food businesses within 2 miles

• 315 rated 4–5 ★ (299 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yeovil Pen Mill (1.4 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£328,589 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Dorset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,056 average monthly rent▲ 4.9% YoY

• 1 bed £732
• 2 bed £967
• 3 bed £1,191

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

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (9.5× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

5,771 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: 153.9p · BP (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · BP (7.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Yeovil (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

379,579 residents in Dorset · 152/km²

• Under 16: 15%
• 16–64: 55%
• 65+: 30%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK20,787
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK16,709
• Net moves+4,078

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 174 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,765 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 187,680)

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

184 schools · 49,648 pupils

119 primary · 18 secondary · 47 other

Ofsted: 67 of 85 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Dorset

388 CQC-registered services

• Care homes120
• GP practices61
• Dentists85
• Homecare agencies87
• Hospitals & hospices14

CQC ratings: 97% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Dorset

• In a conservation area (Yeovil)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 111 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

683 applications decided

91.7% granted · 626 granted, 57 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Adam Dance

Liberal Democrat

Yeovil

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 2
• Con 30
• LD 42
• Grn 4
• Oth 4

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

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

20,570 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

734 jobs advertised · £41,103 avg

e.g. Roadside Mechanic, Roadside Vehicle Technician, Roadside Vehicle Mechanic

Source: Adzuna

£737 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,403 disposable income per head (2024)

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

43% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 186,790 certificates

9.9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82.1 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

66% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

6 GP surgeries · 8 pharmacies in BA20

• Preston Grove Medical Centre, Yeovil
• Penn Hill Surgery, Yeovil
• Diamond Health Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Yeovil:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death214 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases210 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND201 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks188 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately170 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil · 0.1 km

  The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, is a Church of England parish church.

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  Yeovil · 0.1 km

  Yeovil is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is close to the county's southern border with Dorset, 126 miles (203 km) west of London, 42 miles (68 km) south of Bristol, 6 miles (10 km) west of Sherborne…

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  Yeovil Town House · 0.1 km

  The Town House is a municipal building in Union Street in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Yeovil Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Yeovil · 0.2 km

  Holy Trinity Church is a former Church of England church at Yeovil, Somerset, England. The church was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and was built between 1843 and 1846. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Huish Athletic Ground · 0.3 km

  Huish Athletic Ground, more commonly referred to as Huish, was a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. It was the second home ground of Yeovil Town Football Club, after the Pen Mill Athletic Ground wh…

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  Yeovil Hospital · 0.4 km

  Yeovil Hospital, previously known as Yeovil District Hospital, is a hospital in Yeovil, Somerset, England, managed by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)