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Kilve

Kilve is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 1,000. It has 1 restaurant or café, 1 bus stop, and the nearest railway station is Doniford Halt, 6.5 km away. There were around 2 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly criminal damage & arson. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Kilve area — all from official UK open data.

Council
Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater and West Somerset
Police force
Avon and Somerset
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 208th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.

Low crime56
Home affordability54
Affordable rents55
Good schools4
Life expectancy60
Low council tax19

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

18°CMist

  • Today: 21° / 18° · 54% rain
  • Tomorrow: 18° / 16° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:45Sunset 19:31

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

8US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

Crime

3 reported · July 2026 40% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Williton and Watchet · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • We are focusing on high-visibility patrols in the hotspot locations following incidents of anti-social behaviour (ASB).
  • Interact with youths who cause ASB and find ways to distract and remove them from ASB problems in the community.

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

Road safety

864 reported road collisions (2024)

148 killed or seriously injured · 1,215 casualties · 15.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

5 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Doniford Halt (6.5 km)
  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

House prices

£281,571 average 4.5% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-06

Detached£459,097
Semi-detached£289,125
Terraced£233,473
Flat£135,680

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,006 average monthly rent 5.6% YoY

  • 1 bed £685
  • 2 bed £905
  • 3 bed £1,124

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

EV charging

3 charging locations within ~8 km

  • Fastest nearby: 22 kW
  • Nearest: Bicknoller Village Hall (5.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Swimming pools3
  • Sports pitches2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

571,548 residents in Somerset

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Council tax

£2,561 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band B (27% of 272,060)

A £1,707
B £1,992
C £2,276
D £2,561
E £3,130
F £3,699
G £4,268
H £5,121

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

Schools

305 schools · 77,908 pupils

218 primary · 28 secondary · 59 other

Ofsted: 100 of 138 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (72%)

265inspected 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 School an AcademyGood
  • WhitstoneGood
  • Ansford AcademyRequires improvement
  • Robert Blake SchoolRequires 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
  • 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

551 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes198
  • GP practices73
  • Dentists105
  • Homecare agencies122
  • Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Somerset

Heritage & planning

  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 31 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

788 applications decided

87.2% granted · 687 granted, 101 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat

Tiverton and Minehead

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 140
  • AyeRepresentation of the People Bill: Third Reading

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

  • Lab 5
  • Con 31
  • LD 62
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 3
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Parks & greens5
  • Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

8 jobs advertised

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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

Grid electricity

10% low-carbon electricity

Gas 90% · Wind 8% · Solar 2%

356 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Tiverton and Minehead:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Kilve · 0.3 km

    Kilve is a village in Somerset, England, within the Quantock Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the first AONB to be established, in 1957.

  • Ge-mare Farm Fields · 0.9 km

    Ge-mare Farm Fields is a 4.1 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest near Holford on the Quantock Hills in Somerset, notified in 1988.

  • Church of Saint Mary, Kilve · 0.9 km

    The Anglican Church of St Mary in Kilve, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

  • Kilve Chantry · 1.0 km

    Kilve Chantry was a religious site in Kilve, Somerset, England.

  • Oil Retort House · 1.3 km

    Oil Retort House is a Grade II listed building in Kilve, Somerset, United Kingdom.

  • Church of St Mary, East Quantoxhead · 1.4 km

    The Anglican Church of St Mary in East Quantoxhead, Somerset, England was built in the 14th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)