Cheddar

8°COvercast

• Today: 9° / 6° · 42% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:38

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, 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

48 reported · August 2026▲ 41% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour16
• Burglary4
• Other theft4

1 stop & searches · mostly evidence of offences under the act

Neighbourhood team: Sedgemoor North East · 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)

92 food businesses within 2 miles

• 72 rated 4–5 ★ (64 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 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: 157.9p · Esso (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (11.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

1 charging location within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: The George Inn (5.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches9
• Playgrounds5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Somerset Council joins £9.8 million robotics project to help businesses innovate and grow· 4 Nov 2026
• Share your views on Wellington improvements· 4 Nov 2026
• Share your experience of SEND services with Ofsted· 4 Nov 2026
• Somerset celebrates care leavers and calls on communities to Wear It Blue this November· 4 Nov 2026
• Ham Hill Visitor Centre celebrates regional building excellence award success· 3 Nov 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 (Cheddar)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 35 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

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat

Wells and Mendip Hills

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)

• Schools3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés24

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

22 jobs advertised · £30,300 avg

e.g. Pharmacist/Pharmacist Manager, Teaching assistant (Must drive), Evening Care Assistant

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 6%

372 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

1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in BS27

• Cheddar Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wells and Mendip Hills:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks524 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death485 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases289 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND242 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills198 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Market Cross, Cheddar · 0.0 km

  Cheddar Market Cross in the village of Cheddar within the English county of Somerset, England dates from the 15th century. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, and Grade II* listed building.

• The Kings of Wessex Academy · 0.1 km

  The Kings of Wessex Academy, formerly known as the Kings of Wessex School, is a co-educational comprehensive secondary school in Cheddar, Somerset, England. In 2015, it had 1,176 pupils aged 13 to 18, of both sexes an…

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  Cheddar Palace · 0.2 km

  The Cheddar Palace was established in the 9th century, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. It was a royal hunting lodge in the Anglo-Saxon and medieval periods and hosted the Witenagemot in the 10th century.

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  St Andrew's Church, Cheddar · 0.2 km

  The Church of St Andrew in Cheddar, Somerset, England dates from the 14th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  Fairlands Middle School · 0.4 km

  Fairlands Middle School is a coeducational middle school with roughly 522 pupils aged between 9 and 13 in 2012, located in Cheddar, Somerset, England.

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  Cheddar, Somerset · 0.4 km

  Cheddar is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Somerset. It is situated on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 9 miles (14 km) north-west of Wells, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Weston-super-…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)