Othery

18°CMist

• Today: 26° / 17° · 58% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 11° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:30

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

10US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

2 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Shoplifting1

Neighbourhood team: Sedgemoor South East · Avon And Somerset

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

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)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

• 13 rated 4–5 ★ (12 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Westonzoyland (4.4 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£281,571 average▲ 4.5% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 163.7p · Asda (10 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 185.7p · Asda (10 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 7 kW
• Nearest: Dark Lane (5.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches2
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• British Empire Medal awarded to ‘community hero’ by The Lord Lieutenant of Somerset· 11 Sept 2026
• Walk for a Life comes to Shepton Mallet for the first time· 9 Sept 2026
• New guidance aims to prevent choking deaths· 7 Sept 2026
• New hyperacute stroke services launch across Somerset and Dorset and Somerset Council· 7 Sept 2026
• Skills for Care webinars· 7 Sept 2026

Source: Somerset Council

571,548 residents in Somerset

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

£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

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)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

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

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

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

788 applications decided

87.2% granted · 687 granted, 101 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sir Ashley Fox

Conservative

Bridgwater

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

28 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Arabic Tutor - Part Time, Online Chemistry Tutoring Job in Othery – Flexible Schedule, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats

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

8% low-carbon electricity

Gas 93% · Wind 7% · Solar 0%

364 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Bridgwater:

• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office388 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s383 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership373 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases332 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test233 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Othery · 0.2 km

  The parish and village of Othery, established in 1515, sits on a detached extension of Sowy island on the Somerset Levels. It is 7 miles (11 km) east of Bridgwater and 4 miles (6 km) north-west of Langport. It borders…

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  Middlezoy · 1.2 km

  Middlezoy is a village and civil parish on the Somerset Levels in Somerset, England. Situated between the two other villages of Westonzoyland and Othery and is about six miles from the town of Bridgwater which is on t…

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  Southlake Moor · 2.0 km

  Southlake Moor is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) near Burrow Mump and Burrowbridge in Somerset, England. It was designated as an SSSI in 1985.

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  Greylake · 2.0 km

  Greylake is a hamlet in Middlezoy parish in Somerset, England. It lies on the A361 road about a mile northeast of Middlezoy village, and 5.5 miles (9 km) south-east of the town of Bridgwater. It gives its name to a Si…

• The Breeze (Bridgwater & West Somerset) · 2.2 km

  The Breeze formerly Quay West and Total Star Somerset was an Independent Local Radio station serving the Sedgemoor District, Bridgwater and West Somerset.

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  King's Sedgemoor · 2.3 km

  King's Sedgemoor is a piece of rich animal habitat and farming land, that forms part of the Somerset Levels and Moors in South West England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)