Rockwell Green

17°CMist

• Today: 22° / 17° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 25° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:43Sunset 19:34

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

12US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

49 reported · July 2026▼ 43% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences28
• Anti-social behaviour11
• Criminal damage & arson3
• Other theft3

Neighbourhood team: Wellington Centre and South · 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)

103 food businesses within 2 miles

• 88 rated 4–5 ★ (79 top)
• 2 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 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: 154.9p · Esso (9.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (11.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

6 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: North Street car park Wellington (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches11
• Playgrounds17

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
• 95 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

Gideon Amos

Liberal Democrat

Taunton and Wellington

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Parks & greens8
• Restaurants & cafés10

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

4 jobs advertised

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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 92% · Wind 8%

361 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 Taunton and Wellington:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases716 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership392 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership327 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office322 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s318 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

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  Rockwell Green · 0.6 km

  Rockwell Green is a village in Wellington parish, Somerset, England. It lies about 1 mile (1.4 km) south-west of the town, separated from it by some open land.

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  Court Fields School · 1.0 km

  Court Fields School is located in Wellington, Somerset, England. The school teaches over 800 pupils from 11 to 16, and does not contain a sixth form.

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  Wellington A.F.C. · 1.4 km

  Wellington Association Football Club are a football club based in Wellington, Somerset, England. They are currently members of the Western League Premier Division and play at the Playing Field.

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  Wellington railway station (Somerset) · 1.4 km

  Wellington railway station was a former railway station located in Wellington in Somerset on the Bristol–Exeter line. It served the town between 1843 and 1964, when it was closed as part of the Beeching cuts. In recen…

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  Tonedale Mills · 1.4 km

  Tonedale Mills, together with the neighbouring Tone Works, is a large textile mill in Wellington, Somerset, and the largest in South West England. Owned for over 200 years by members of the Fox family, it was most fam…

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  Tone Dale House · 1.5 km

  Tone Dale House is a Grade II listed country house built in 1801 or 1807 by Thomas Fox in Wellington, Somerset, England. Wellington lies 7 miles (11 km) west of Taunton in the vale of Taunton Deane, 1 mile (1.6 km) fr…

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