Martock

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 8° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:40

9h 32m 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

20 reported · August 2026▼ 5% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences9
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft3
• Anti-social behaviour2

Neighbourhood team: South Petherton · Avon And Somerset

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

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)

56 food businesses within 2 miles

• 50 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,498 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 196.9p · Asda (11.6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Flaxdrayton Farm Business Units (3.9 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools5
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Somerset Council joins £9.8 million robotics project to help businesses innovate and grow· 4 Nov 2026
• Share your views on Wellington improvements· 4 Nov 2026
• Share your experience of SEND services with Ofsted· 4 Nov 2026
• Somerset celebrates care leavers and calls on communities to Wear It Blue this November· 4 Nov 2026
• Ham Hill Visitor Centre celebrates regional building excellence award success· 3 Nov 2026

Source: Somerset Council

571,548 residents in Somerset

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• 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

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

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

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

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

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

762 applications decided

89% granted · 678 granted, 84 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat

Glastonbury and Somerton

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 31
• LD 61
• Grn 5
• Ref 2
• Oth 6

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés7

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

17 jobs advertised · £74,270 avg

e.g. Senior Web Developer - Drupal, SC Cleared User Researcher - Inside ir35, Registered Nurse

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

5% low-carbon electricity

Gas 95% · Wind 5%

374 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

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

2 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in TA12

• Church Street Surgery, Martock
• South Somerset West Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glastonbury and Somerton:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death554 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks426 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases313 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately251 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND184 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

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

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  Market House, Martock · 0.3 km

  The Market House, also known as Martock Town Hall, is a municipal building in Church Street in Martock, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Martock Parish Council, is a Grade II listed build…

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  Martock · 0.4 km

  Martock is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is situated on the edge of the Somerset Levels, 7 miles (11.3 km) north-west of Yeovil in the South Somerset district. The parish includes Hurst, ap…

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  Church of All Saints, Martock · 0.5 km

  The Church of All Saints in Martock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century and has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  Treasurer's House, Martock · 0.6 km

  The Treasurer's House is a National Trust-owned property in Martock, in the English county of Somerset. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. Apart from the Bishop's Palace, Wells it is the oldest house…

• Coat, Somerset · 1.2 km

  Coat is a hamlet in the parish of Martock, Somerset, England. It is a primarily agricultural settlement, its closest neighboring settlements being the village of Martock and the hamlet of Stapleton. Its main roads are…

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  Ash, South Somerset · 1.6 km

  Ash is a village and parish in Somerset, England, situated 1 mile (1.6 km) from Martock and 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Yeovil. The parish has a population of 626. The parish includes the hamlets of Milton and Witc…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)