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Bleadon

Bleadon is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 900. It has around 1 restaurant and café, 19 bus stops, and the nearest railway station is Weston-super-Mare, 4.3 km away. There were around 21 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 Bleadon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the North Somerset area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 216,734 residents at roughly 580 people per km².

Council
North Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Weston-Super-Mare
Police force
Avon and Somerset
56/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 107th of 294 English council areas — better than 64% of them.

Low crime54
Home affordability40
Affordable rents29
Good schools75
Life expectancy64
Low deprivation70
Employment72
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

14°CSunny

  • Today: 21° / 13° · 29% rain
  • Tomorrow: 19° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:40Sunset 19:35

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Newport Road, United Kingdom

Crime

23 reported · July 2026 10% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences10
  • Criminal damage & arson4
  • Public order3
  • Shoplifting2

Neighbourhood team: Weston Villages · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • If you have a bike, let us security mark it for free. It only takes a few minutes and all you need is a valid email address. For more inf…

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

Road safety

288 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

78 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Weston-super-Mare (4.3 km)
  • 19 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Weston-Super-Mare (4.3 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£314,628 average 7.5% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£539,385
Semi-detached£342,718
Terraced£272,488
Flat£170,087

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,205 average monthly rent 3.4% YoY

  • 1 bed £818
  • 2 bed £1,075
  • 3 bed £1,341

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

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (7.1 km)

11 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

22 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Tim Hortons (3.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Swimming pools4
  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds2

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)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 221 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

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 · 32,275 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

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

80inspected 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

221 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes97
  • GP practices17
  • Dentists40
  • Homecare agencies43
  • Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

233 applications decided

89.7% granted · 209 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Dan Aldridge

Labour

Weston-super-Mare

Recent votes:

  • AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • AyeClosure motion
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • NoHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 10
  • Con 12
  • LD 9
  • Grn 8
  • Ref 2
  • Oth 8

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

10,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

12 jobs advertised

e.g. Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Hotel Kitchen - Team Member

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 83% · Wind 10% · Solar 6%

328 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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Weston-super-Mare:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bleadon · 0.5 km

    Bleadon is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Weston-super-Mare and, according to the 2021 census, has a population of 1,149.

  • Purn Hill · 0.6 km

    Purn Hill is a 6.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Bleadon, Somerset, notified in 1990. The site is a small promontory of Carboniferous Limestone projecting southward from th…

  • Bleadon Hill · 1.4 km

    Bleadon Hill is a 13.52 hectare geological Site of Special Scientific Interest just north of the village of Bleadon, North Somerset, notified in 1999.

  • Weston General Hospital · 2.0 km

    Weston General Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in the town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England, operated by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust. As of June 2019, the hospital…

  • Church of Saint Mary The Virgin, Hutton · 2.2 km

    The Anglican Church of Saint Mary The Virgin in Hutton within the English county of Somerset was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Hutton Court · 2.2 km

    Hutton Court is a country house at Hutton, Somerset, England, built in the 15th century as a manor house. It is Grade II* listed on the National Heritage List for England. In addition to the main house, the boundary w…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Bleadon?
Bleadon is a town in Somerset, England, in the North Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Bleadon?
Bleadon has an approximate settlement population of 900.
How deprived is Bleadon?
The North Somerset local authority, which includes Bleadon, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.