Downside

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 16° · 88% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:32

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom

33 reported · July 2026▲ 27% YoY

• Other theft12
• Vehicle crime4
• Violence & sexual offences4
• Public order3

Neighbourhood team: Backwell and Wrington · Avon And Somerset

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

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)

45 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Nailsea and Backwell (3.8 km)
• 15 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,628 average▲ 7.5% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

13 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

14 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Bristol Airport (0.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches6
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,734 residents in North Somerset · 580/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

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

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 101,970)

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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Somerset

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

• Within the Green Belt

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

233 applications decided

89.7% granted · 209 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

North Somerset

Source: UK Parliament

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)

• Parks & greens2
• Restaurants & cafés9

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

9 jobs advertised

e.g. Become a Biology Tutor in Downside (Somerset) – Flexible & Remote, Become a Primary school Tutor in Downside (Somerset) – Flexible & Remote, Become a Maths Tutor in Downside – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

56% low-carbon electricity

Solar 43% · Gas 37% · Wind 11% · Imports 7%

152 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Somerset:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership349 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership331 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s280 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office260 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks220 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide

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

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  Bristol Airport · 0.9 km

  Bristol Airport is an international airport serving the city of Bristol, England, and the surrounding area. Located at Lulsgate Bottom, on the northern slopes of the Mendip Hills, in North Somerset, it is 8 miles sout…

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  Lulsgate Aerodrome · 1.1 km

  Lulsgate Aerodrome was a motor racing circuit at the former RAF Lulsgate Bottom airfield, which in 1957 subsequently became Bristol Airport. The airfield was turned into a racing circuit in 1949. Lulsgate hosted two r…

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  Lulsgate Quarry · 1.7 km

  Lulsgate Quarry is a 2¾ acre geological Site of Special Scientific Interest near the village of Felton, North Somerset, notified in 1997.

• Taps Combe Camp · 2.1 km

  Taps Combe Camp is an Iron Age hill fort in North Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) east from the village of Brockley. The hill fort is shaped like a "D", and is approximate…

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  Woodspring (constituency) · 2.2 km

  Woodspring was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2010. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. F…

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  Brockley Combe · 2.3 km

  Brockley Combe is a wooded combe near the village of Brockley in North Somerset, England. The combe cuts into the western edge of the Lulsgate Plateau, the Carboniferous limestone hills which form a northern outlier o…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)