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Bradford-on-Tone

Bradford-on-Tone is a town or village in Somerset, England, with 4 bus stops and Norton Fitzwarren railway station 3.3 km away. It has around 2 restaurants and cafés. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Bradford-on-Tone area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton Deane
Police force
Avon and Somerset
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 208th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.

Low crime56
Home affordability54
Affordable rents55
Good schools4
Life expectancy60
Low council tax19

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°COvercast

  • Today: 19° / 17° · 86% rain
  • Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:36

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

2 reported · July 2026 60% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2

Neighbourhood team: Wellington North · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Farm Watch is a free service for the farming community and police to share information and help reduce opportunities for crime Police ale…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

37 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 31 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Norton Fitzwarren (3.3 km)
  • 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Taunton (6.1 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£281,571 average 4.5% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£459,097
Semi-detached£289,125
Terraced£233,473
Flat£135,680

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

Affordability

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 186.7p · Asda (7.3 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

24 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 360 kW
  • Nearest: Flip Out Somerset (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools1
  • Sports pitches4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

571,548 residents in Somerset

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,561 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

A £1,707
B £1,992
C £2,276
D £2,561
E £3,130
F £3,699
G £4,268
H £5,121

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

Schools

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)

Secondary schools:

  • The Castle SchoolOutstanding
  • Buckler's Mead SchoolGood
  • Court Fields SchoolGood
  • Haygrove SchoolGood
  • Holyrood AcademyGood
  • Preston School AcademyGood
  • Sexey's SchoolGood
  • St Dunstan's SchoolGood
  • The King Alfred School an AcademyGood
  • WhitstoneGood
  • Ansford AcademyRequires improvement
  • Robert Blake SchoolRequires improvement
  • West Somerset CollegeRequires improvement
  • Huish Episcopi AcademyInadequate
  • Monkton Wood AcademyInadequate
  • Bishop Fox's School
  • Brymore Academy
  • Chilton Trinity School
  • Crispin School Academy
  • Frome Community College
  • King Arthur's School
  • Kingsmead Academy
  • Pyrland School
  • Stanchester Academy
  • The Blue School
  • The Kings of Wessex Academy
  • Wadham School
  • Westfield Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

788 applications decided

87.2% granted · 687 granted, 101 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat

Taunton and Wellington

Recent votes:

  • NoTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
  • NoClosure motion
  • NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

5 jobs advertised

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Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£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

Energy efficiency

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

Grid electricity

70% low-carbon electricity

Wind 42% · Gas 27% · Solar 21% · Biomass 4%

111 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Health

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Taunton and Wellington:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Bradford-on-Tone · 0.1 km

    Bradford-on-Tone is a village and civil parish in Wellington, Somerset, England, situated on the River Tone 4 miles (6.4 km) south west of Taunton. The parish, which includes Tone Green and Hele, has a population of 622.

  • Bradford Bridge · 0.3 km

    Bradford Bridge in Bradford on Tone in the English county of Somerset carries a road over the River Tone. It was built at some point between the 13th and 15th centuries and has been designated as a Grade II* listed bu…

  • Taunton Deane (constituency) · 0.7 km

    Taunton Deane was a constituency in Somerset represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was abolished. Subje…

  • Lang's Farm · 1.4 km

    Lang's Farm is a 7.5 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Oake and Bradford on Tone in Somerset, notified in 1990.

  • Church of the Holy Cross, Hillfarrance · 2.0 km

    The Church of the Holy Cross in Hillfarrance, Oake, Somerset, England, was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • West Buckland · 2.3 km

    West Buckland is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) south west of Taunton. The parish has a population of 1,189.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)