Dulverton
Dulverton is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 1,052. It has around 1 pharmacy and around 4 restaurants and cafés, 2 bus stops, and the average sold house price is around £387,693. There were around 4 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Dulverton area — all from official UK open data.
On deprivation, the Somerset area is around the average in England (IoD2025).
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 202nd of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
9°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 9° / 6° · 34% rain
- Tomorrow: 9° / 4° · Patchy rain nearby
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:45
9h 35m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
17US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)
Source: WAQI · Barnstaple A39, United Kingdom
Air pollution (PM2.5)
- 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
Crime
5 reported · August 2026▼ 71% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Criminal damage & arson1
- Other theft1
- Shoplifting1
Neighbourhood team: Exmoor · Avon And Somerset
Local policing priorities
- Autumn Seasonal Advice With harvesting activities concluding and valuable machinery, tools and fuel being stored for winter, we encourage…
- After a busy summer, we will be renewing our focus on the local community, seeking opportunities and events to give crime reduction advic…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
21 food businesses within 2 miles
- 19 rated 4–5 ★ (19 top)
- 2 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 2 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£282,498 average▲ 2.8% YoY
Across Somerset · to 2026-08
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
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
Property sales
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
EV charging
4 charging locations within ~8 km
- 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: Exmoor House Car Park (0.4 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Swimming pools6
- Sports pitches6
- Playgrounds2
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- Somerset residents can now check mobile coverage based on real-world data· 2 Nov 2026
- New video showcases Somerset volunteers to inspire others to get involved· 2 Nov 2026
- 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
Source: Somerset Council
Population
571,548 residents in Somerset
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 25%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Internal migration
- 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
Deprivation
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
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
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 SchoolGood
- WhitstoneGood
- Ansford AcademyRequires 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
- Robert Blake Academy
- 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
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
Heritage & planning
- Not in the Green Belt
- 36 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
762 applications decided
89% granted · 678 granted, 84 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Lab 5
- Con 31
- LD 61
- Grn 5
- Ref 2
- Oth 6
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools2
- Pharmacies1
- Supermarkets1
- Parks & greens1
- Restaurants & cafés7
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
28,585 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)
Jobs
6 jobs advertised · £34,433 avg
e.g. Agricultural Machine Engineer and Technician, Trainee Driving Instructor - Dulverton, Somerset, England, Agricultural Machinery Service Engineer
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
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
Health services
1 GP surgery · 1 pharmacy in TA22
- Exmoor Medical Centre
Source: NHS Organisation Data Service
Local petitions
Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tiverton and Minehead:
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks411 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
- Introduce urgent moratorium on AI Data Centres and BESS outside AI Growth Zones359 local signatures · 38,553 nationwide
- Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases260 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
- Protect legal right to support for children with SEND215 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
- End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately180 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05
Notable places nearby
Dulverton Town Hall · 0.3 kmDulverton Town Hall is a municipal building in Fore Street in Dulverton, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Dulverton Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.
Church of All Saints, Dulverton · 0.3 kmThe Anglican Church of All Saints in Dulverton, Somerset, England was built in the 15th century and largely rebuilt in the 1850s. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Barle Bridge · 0.4 kmBarle Bridge is a five span stone arch bridge over the River Barle in Dulverton within the English county of Somerset, which is medieval in origin. It has been scheduled as an ancient monument and is a Grade II listed…
- Dulverton Rural District · 0.8 km
Dulverton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.
Dulverton · 0.8 kmDulverton is a town and civil parish in west Somerset, England, near the border with Devon. The town had a population of 1,408 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the hamlets of Battleton and Ashwick which is loca…
Oldberry Castle · 1.0 kmOldberry Castle is an Iron Age hill fort north west of Dulverton, Somerset, England. It lies approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north-west from Dulverton, close to the Devon border. It has been designated as a Schedule…
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dulverton?
- Dulverton is a town in Somerset, England, in the Somerset local authority.
- What is the population of Dulverton?
- Dulverton has an approximate settlement population of 1,052.
- How deprived is Dulverton?
- The Somerset local authority, which includes Dulverton, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.