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Oakhill

Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 739. It has two bus stops and the nearest railway station is Mendip Vale, 5 km away. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Oakhill area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Somerset area is around the average in England (IoD2025).

Council
Somerset
County
Somerset
Constituency
Wells
Police force
Avon and Somerset
42/ 100

My Area Score

Mixed

Ranked 202nd of 294 English council areas — better than 31% of them.

Low crime56
Home affordability54
Affordable rents55
Good schools4
Life expectancy58
Low deprivation45
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 90% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

9°COvercast

  • Today: 10° / 7° · 23% rain
  • Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:39

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

34US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 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

Crime

3 reported · August 2026▼ 25% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences2
  • Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Wells Rural · Avon And Somerset

Local policing priorities

  • Wells Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team – Poaching Awareness & Rural Crime Update Wells Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team is continuing t…
  • Road Safety Priority: Tackling Speeding in Our Rural Communities Following concerns raised by residents, speeding on rural roads has been…

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

Road safety

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)

Food hygiene

21 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 18 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Mendip Vale (5.0 km)
  • 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Bruton (13.8 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£282,498 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-08

Detached£459,165
Semi-detached£289,787
Terraced£235,285
Flat£136,214

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£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

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

Property sales

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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 174.9p · Asda (7.4 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (10.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

11 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 50 kW
  • Nearest: Great Ostry Car Park 3 (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Golf courses1
  • Playgrounds1

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)

Internal migration

  • 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

Deprivation

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

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

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)

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 SchoolGood
  • WhitstoneGood
  • Ansford AcademyRequires 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
  • Robert Blake Academy
  • 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

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Oakhill)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 55 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

762 applications decided

89% granted · 678 granted, 84 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Anna Sabine

Liberal Democrat

Frome and East Somerset

Recent votes:

  • NoRailways Bill: Carry-over extension (Motion)
  • AyeSporting Events Bill [Lords] Report: New Clause 1
  • AyeOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1
  • GPs & clinics1
  • Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

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

23% low-carbon electricity

Gas 77% · Solar 18% · Wind 6%

302 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

Health services

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in BA3

  • Hope House Surgery
  • Somer Valley Medical Group
  • Westfield Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Frome and East Somerset:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Oakhill Brewery · 0.1 km

    Oakhill Brewery was a brewery in Oakhill, Somerset, England.

  • Oakhill · 0.3 km

    Oakhill is a village in Somerset, England, in Ashwick parish approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) north of Shepton Mallet. It lies between the A37 and the A367. Oakhill is today mainly a commuter village of 0.4 square miles…

  • Ashwick · 1.2 km

    Ashwick is a village in Somerset, England, about three miles north of Shepton Mallet and seven miles east from Wells. It has also been a civil parish since 1826. The parish had a population of 1,352 according to the 2…

  • Ashwick Court · 1.2 km

    Ashwick Court is Grade II listed house on Heckley Lane northwest of Ashwick, in Mendip district, eastern Somerset, England, adjacent to the Church of St James. It is a country house, dating from the late 17th century…

  • Harridge Wood · 2.0 km

    Harridge Wood is an area of woodland in Somerset, England. From about 1300 AD part of the wood was the scene of coal mining, which continued until around 1800. The traces of mining have been well preserved, and are no…

  • Maesbury Castle · 2.3 km

    Maesbury Castle is an Iron Age hill fort within the parish of Croscombe on the Mendip Hills, just north of Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. It has been listed as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Oakhill?
Oakhill is a town in Somerset, England, in the Somerset local authority.
What is the population of Oakhill?
Oakhill has an approximate settlement population of 739.
How deprived is Oakhill?
The Somerset local authority, which includes Oakhill, is around the average in England on the IoD2025.