Cannington

7°CClear

• Today: 12° / 7° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:44

9h 38m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: coarse particles (PM10)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

• 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

3 reported · August 2026▼ 62% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson2
• Violence & sexual offences1

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Sedgemoor South West · Avon And Somerset

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

856 reported road collisions (2025)

248 killed or seriously injured · 1,148 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

44 food businesses within 2 miles

• 42 rated 4–5 ★ (40 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Bridgwater (5.6 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,498 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,016 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £692
• 2 bed £913
• 3 bed £1,135

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

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

8,075 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: 158.9p · Esso (10.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (10.8 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: SDC Northgate Yard 1 (4.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Bridgwater’s historic clock to be reinstated· 30 Oct 2026
• Private Fostering Awareness Day highlights support available to families in Somerset· 30 Oct 2026
• Plans to help more Somerset children in care stay closer to home· 29 Oct 2026
• Chancellor confirms support for devolution in Wessex· 28 Oct 2026
• “I’m so glad I went”: residents praise Somerset’s free NHS Health Checks· 28 Oct 2026

Source: Somerset Council

571,548 residents in Somerset

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,114
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,841
• Net moves+4,273

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

Around the average in England

Ranked 134 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,561 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

306 schools · 76,894 pupils

218 primary · 28 secondary · 60 other

Ofsted: 100 of 137 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

555 CQC-registered services

• Care homes197
• GP practices73
• Dentists106
• Homecare agencies126
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Somerset

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

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

762 applications decided

89% granted · 678 granted, 84 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sir Ashley Fox

Conservative

Bridgwater

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 31
• LD 61
• Grn 5
• Ref 2
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

9 jobs advertised · £33,351 avg

e.g. Technical Operator - Days, Kitchen Porter / Canteen Assistant, Facilities Operative

Source: Adzuna

£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

2% low-carbon electricity

Gas 98% · Wind 2%

386 gCO₂/kWh · very 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 · 0 pharmacies in TA5

• Quantock Medical Centre
• Cannington Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bridgwater:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases333 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND187 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth171 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK135 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks130 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

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

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  Cannington Court · 0.0 km

  Cannington Court in the village of Cannington, Somerset, England was built around 1138 as the lay wing of a Benedictine nunnery, founded by Robert de Courcy. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  Cannington Priory · 0.1 km

  Cannington Priory was a Benedictine nunnery established around 1138 and dissolved in 1536 in Cannington, Somerset, England.

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  Cannington, Somerset · 0.4 km

  Cannington is a village and civil parish 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Bridgwater in Somerset, England. It lies on the west bank of the River Parret, and contains the hamlet of Edstock.

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  Gurney Manor · 0.4 km

  Gurney Manor in Cannington, Somerset, England is a 13th-century manor house with an attached chapel wing. It is now supported by the Landmark Trust and is available as holiday accommodation. It has been designated as…

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  Brymore Academy · 1.2 km

  Brymore Academy is a boys' secondary school with academy status, located in Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, England. It is a day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 17 years and had 192 boys on the roll in 201…

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  Blackmoor Farmhouse, Cannington · 1.5 km

  Blackmoor Farmhouse at Cannington, Somerset, England and the attached chapel, was built around 1480 for Sir Thomas Tremayll. It was designated as a Grade I listed building on 29 March 1963. The farm now offers bed and…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)