Monkton Heathfield

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• Today: 10° / 7° · 36% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:09Sunset 16:41

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, 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

67 reported · August 2026▼ 12% YoY

• Shoplifting20
• Violence & sexual offences18
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Criminal damage & arson6

3 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Taunton East · 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)

204 food businesses within 2 miles

• 180 rated 4–5 ★ (161 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Taunton (3.0 km)
• 22 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: 154.9p · Esso (5.1 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (5.1 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

30 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 240 kW
• Nearest: McDonald's Heron Gate (1.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools9
• Sports pitches24
• Playgrounds23

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• 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

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
• 34 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

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat

Taunton and Wellington

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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets2
• Parks & greens421
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 74% · Solar 20% · Wind 6%

290 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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in TA2

• Norton Manor Medical Centre
• Crown Medical Centre
• Lyngford Park

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Taunton and Wellington:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases720 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks282 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND178 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Require local authorities to provide 90 minutes of free parking in town centres169 local signatures · 5,417 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately155 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Monkton Wood Academy · 0.2 km

  Monkton Wood Academy is an Academy located at West Monkton in the outskirts of Taunton, England. It had 1,192 pupils aged 11 to 18, of which 78 were in the sixth form, in 2015, and has an Arts College specialist statu…

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  Church of St Mary, Cheddon Fitzpaine · 1.3 km

  The Anglican Church of St Mary in Cheddon Fitzpaine, Somerset, England was built in the late 13th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  Cheddon Fitzpaine · 1.4 km

  Cheddon Fitzpaine is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the Quantock Hills 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Taunton. The village is situated near the Bristol and Exeter Railway, the Bridgwater and T…

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  2011 M5 motorway crash · 1.5 km

  On 4 November 2011, a multiple-vehicle collision occurred on the M5 motorway near Taunton, Somerset, in South West England. The crash involved dozens of cars and articulated lorries, and a large fireball ensued.

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  Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa of Lisieux, Taunton · 1.8 km

  The Roman Catholic Church of St Teresa of Lisieux in Taunton, Somerset, England, dates from 1958–1959. It is the only known church design of Eric Francis, a Chepstow-born architect who worked mainly in Monmouthshire a…

• Harold Redler · 1.9 km

  Lieutenant Harold Bolton Redler was a British World War I flying ace credited with ten aerial victories. His most notable triumph was over a leading German ace, Adolf von Tutschek, whom he killed in action.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)