Failand

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 13° · 34% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

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)

41 food businesses within 2 miles

• 38 rated 4–5 ★ (29 top)
• 2 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 (4.6 km)
• 8 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 (5.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

22 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

80 charging locations within ~8 km

• 13 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Private business car park (1.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches24
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds3

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
• 32 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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 & greens12
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

14 jobs advertised · £18,000 avg

e.g. Online History Tutor - Part Time, Handyman, Online Spanish Tutor - Part Time

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

76% low-carbon electricity

Solar 56% · Gas 19% · Wind 18% · Imports 5%

78 gCO₂/kWh · low 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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  Failand · 0.1 km

  Failand is a village in Somerset, England. It lies within the civil parish of Wraxall and Failand and the unitary authority area of North Somerset.

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  Wraxall Camp · 0.5 km

  Wraxall Camp, or Failand Camp, is a small round earthwork in Somerset. The remains are indistinct and thickly covered by woods, but it appears to have been an Iron Age farmstead, and not a defensive structure.

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  Tyntesfield · 1.4 km

  Tyntesfield is a Victorian Gothic Revival country house and estate near Wraxall, North Somerset, England. The house is a Grade I listed building named after the Tynte baronets, who had owned estates in the area since…

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  North Somerset Show · 1.6 km

  The North Somerset Show is an agricultural show held annually in May at Wraxall, North Somerset, England. It is organised by the North Somerset Agricultural Society. The show takes place at permanent showgrounds in Wr…

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  Gatcombe, Somerset · 1.7 km

  Gatcombe at Ashton Watering within the civil parish of Long Ashton, Somerset, England, is the location of a Grade II* listed building which was built on the site of a Roman settlement.

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  Flax Bourton railway station · 1.8 km

  Flax Bourton railway station was a railway station on the Bristol to Exeter line, 5 miles 49 chains (9.03 km) from Bristol Temple Meads, serving the village of Flax Bourton in North Somerset. It opened in 1860, and wa…

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