Berrow and Brean

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 18° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 15° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:31

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Newport Road, United Kingdom

27 reported · July 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences16
• Other theft5
• Bicycle theft2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Sedgemoor North West · Avon And Somerset

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

864 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 1,215 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

55 food businesses within 2 miles

• 51 rated 4–5 ★ (51 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Highbridge and Burnham (7.3 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£281,571 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,006 average monthly rent▲ 5.6% YoY

• 1 bed £685
• 2 bed £905
• 3 bed £1,124

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

8.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.0 times median annual pay (7.9× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (3.3 km)

9 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Brean Leisure Park (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• British Empire Medal awarded to ‘community hero’ by The Lord Lieutenant of Somerset· 11 Sept 2026
• Walk for a Life comes to Shepton Mallet for the first time· 9 Sept 2026
• New guidance aims to prevent choking deaths· 7 Sept 2026
• New hyperacute stroke services launch across Somerset and Dorset and Somerset Council· 7 Sept 2026
• Skills for Care webinars· 7 Sept 2026

Source: Somerset Council

571,548 residents in Somerset

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£2,561 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 272,060)

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

305 schools · 77,908 pupils

218 primary · 28 secondary · 59 other

Ofsted: 100 of 138 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

265inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

551 CQC-registered services

• Care homes198
• GP practices73
• Dentists105
• Homecare agencies122
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Somerset

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

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

788 applications decided

87.2% granted · 687 granted, 101 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Ashley Fox

Conservative

Bridgwater

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 31
• LD 62
• Grn 4
• Ref 3
• Oth 4

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

• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£711 median full-time weekly pay

2.6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,473 disposable income per head (2024)

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

58% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 50,033 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

45% low-carbon electricity

Gas 51% · Solar 34% · Wind 9% · Imports 4%

206 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.4 yrs women · 80.6 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63 women · 62.8 men

68% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

2 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in TA8

• Symphony North Healthcare
• North Sedgemoor Clinical Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bridgwater:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s383 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership373 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases332 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test233 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Brean Leisure Park · 0.7 km

  Brean Leisure Park also known as Brean Theme Park, is an amusement park in the coastal resort of Brean, near Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England. The park covers an area of 200 acres (80.9 ha).

• Bulldog Coaster (Brean Leisure Park) · 0.8 km

  Bulldog Coaster, formerly named Shock Wave or Crazy Loop is a roller coaster at Brean Leisure Park in Brean, Somerset, England. The ride, which was manufactured by Italian company Pinfari, features a loop, sharp turns…

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  Astro Storm · 0.8 km

  Astro Storm is an enclosed steel roller coaster at Brean Leisure Park in Brean, England. It was built by Zierer and opened on 23 July 2011. It was originally located at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, England, whe…

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  Nornen · 1.2 km

  The Nornen was a large sailing vessel of the barque type. The three masts were typical of barque ships; the foremast and mainmast square-rigged and the mizzenmast (stern) rigged fore-and-aft. The main mast could be ri…

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  Berrow, Somerset · 1.4 km

  Berrow is a small residential coastal village and holiday area, a civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in between Burnham-on-Sea and Brean.

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  Brean · 2.3 km

  Brean is a village and civil parish between Weston-super-Mare and Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset, England. The name is derived from "Bryn"; Brythonic and Modern Welsh for a hill. It has a population of 635.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)