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Abbots Leigh

Abbots Leigh is a village in Somerset, England. It has 6 bus stops and the nearest railway station at Sea Mills, 2.6 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Abbots Leigh area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Somerset area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 216,734 residents at roughly 580 people per km².

Council
North Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
57/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 104th of 294 English council areas — better than 65% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability40
Affordable rents29
Good schools74
Life expectancy62
Low deprivation73
Employment74
Low council tax34

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

7°CClear

  • Today: 11° / 6° · 14% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:42

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

  • Anti-social behaviour2
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Redwood · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • We are very aware that the number of shop thefts have increased over the past few years. This has a direct impact on businesses but also…
  • We welcome feedback from the public and want you to engage with us. Let us know about the issues you have in your area, how we can suppor…

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

Road safety

285 reported road collisions (2025)

100 killed or seriously injured · 361 casualties · 13.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

191 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 169 rated 4–5 ★ (147 top)
  • 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Sea Mills (2.3 km)
  • 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Sea Mills (2.4 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£314,307 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-08

Detached£536,372
Semi-detached£342,114
Terraced£274,586
Flat£169,859

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,209 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £820
  • 2 bed £1,079
  • 3 bed £1,345

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

Affordability

9.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.0 times median annual pay (8.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

3,448 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.7 km)

16 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

107 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 150 kW
  • Nearest: Leigh Court Business Centre (1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools2
  • Sports pitches29
  • Golf courses2
  • Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

216,734 residents in North Somerset · 580/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 58%
  • 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,474
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,580
  • Net moves+2,894

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

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 215 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 101,970)

A £1,661
B £1,938
C £2,214
D £2,491
E £3,045
F £3,598
G £4,152
H £4,982

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

Schools

85 schools · 32,225 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Backwell SchoolGood
  • Broadoak AcademyGood
  • Clevedon SchoolGood
  • Gordano SchoolGood
  • Nailsea SchoolGood
  • Priory Community SchoolGood
  • St Katherine's SchoolGood
  • Winterstoke Hundred AcademyGood
  • Worle Community SchoolRequires improvement
  • Churchill Academy & Sixth Form
  • Hans Price Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Somerset

Care & health services

220 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes96
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists40
  • Homecare agencies42
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

261 applications decided

92% granted · 240 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

North Somerset

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 10
  • Con 12
  • LD 9
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Parks & greens1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

3 jobs advertised · £33,200 avg

e.g. Outdoor Activity Centre Instructor, Handyman, Management Accounts Specialist - Accountancy Practice

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,089 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 110,569 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 5%

376 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.4 women · 62.6 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • 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

Health services

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BS8

  • Pembroke Road Surgery
  • Whiteladies Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Somerset:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Abbots Leigh · 0.4 km

    Abbots Leigh is a village and civil parish in North Somerset, England, about 3 miles (5 km) west of the centre of Bristol.

  • Holy Trinity Church, Abbots Leigh · 0.5 km

    Holy Trinity Church in Abbots Leigh within the English county of Somerset is a 15th-century Perpendicular Gothic building, restored and partially rebuilt in 1847–48 after a fire. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Leigh Court · 1.1 km

    Leigh Court is a country house which is a Grade II* listed building in Abbots Leigh, Somerset, England. The grounds and park are listed, Grade II, on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic inte…

  • Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve · 1.6 km

    Leigh Woods is a 2-square-kilometre (0.77 sq mi) area of woodland on the south-west side of the Avon Gorge, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, within North Somerset opposite the English city of Bristol and north…

  • Stokeleigh Camp · 1.7 km

    Stokeleigh Camp is an Iron Age promontory fort in Leigh Woods North Somerset near Bristol, England. The hill fort is one of three Iron Age fortifications overlooking the Avon Gorge, the others being Burgh Walls Camp s…

  • St Katherine's School · 1.8 km

    St Katherine's School is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in the English county of Somerset. Commonly known to be located in Pill, the school is actually located in the neighbouring civil paris…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Abbots Leigh?
Abbots Leigh is a town in Somerset, England, in the North Somerset local authority.
How deprived is Abbots Leigh?
The North Somerset local authority, which includes Abbots Leigh, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2025.