Leigh Woods

7°CClear

• Today: 11° / 6° · 14% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:05Sunset 16:42

9h 37m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US 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

113 reported · August 2026▲ 41% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour22
• Vehicle crime22
• Other theft11

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Redwood · Avon And Somerset

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

285 reported road collisions (2025)

100 killed or seriously injured · 361 casualties · 13.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 437 rated 4–5 ★ (376 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Butterfly Junction (1.3 km)
• 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,307 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,209 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £820
• 2 bed £1,079
• 3 bed £1,345

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

3,448 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: 137.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (10.3 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

110 charging locations within ~8 km

• 25 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Bridge Road, Leigh Woods (0.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms3
• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches40
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,474
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,580
• Net moves+2,894

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 215 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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 · 32,225 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

79 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

220 CQC-registered services

• Care homes96
• GP practices17
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies42
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

• In a conservation area (Leighwoods)
• Within the Green Belt
• 467 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

261 applications decided

92% granted · 240 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sadik Al-Hassan

Labour

North Somerset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 12
• LD 9
• Grn 8
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics8
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens57
• Restaurants & cafés64

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

4 jobs advertised · £26,709 avg

e.g. Cleaner, Mobile Cleaning Support, Handyman

Source: Adzuna

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% 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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 96% · Wind 5%

376 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BS8

• Pembroke Road Surgery
• Whiteladies Medical Group

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North Somerset:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks495 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND204 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills197 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth147 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately120 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Leigh Woods, Somerset · 0.1 km

  Leigh Woods is a village in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. It is just outside the boundary of the city and county of Bristol.

• Burgh Walls Camp · 0.4 km

  Burgh Walls Camp is a multivallate Iron Age hill fort in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. The hill fort is situated within Leigh Woods approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) north-east from the village of L…

• Nightingale Valley Halt railway station · 0.5 km

  Nightingale Valley Halt was a railway station near Bristol, England, on the Portishead Railway. It was situated approximately 190 metres north-west of the Clifton Suspension Bridge, and was for the benefit of visitors…

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  Stokeleigh Camp · 0.5 km

  Stokeleigh Camp is an Iron Age promontory fort in Leigh Woods North Somerset near Bristol, England. The hill fort is one of three Iron Age fortifications overlooking the Avon Gorge, the others being Burgh Walls Camp s…

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  Clifton Suspension Bridge · 0.5 km

  The Clifton Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Avon Gorge and the River Avon, linking Clifton in Bristol to Leigh Woods in North Somerset. Since opening in 1864, it has been a toll bridge, the incom…

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  Avon Gorge · 0.5 km

  The Avon Gorge is a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) long gorge on the River Avon in Bristol, England. The gorge runs south to north through a limestone ridge 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of Bristol city centre, and about 3 miles (5 km)…

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