Templecombe

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:37

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US 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

10 reported · August 2026▼ 37% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Wincanton Rural 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)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (14 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Templecombe (0.1 km)
• 1 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: 153.9p · BP (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · BP (9.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 5 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Bow Bridge, The Marsh (4.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds2

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
• 38 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)

• Schools1
• GPs & clinics1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

44 jobs advertised · £33,166 avg

e.g. 2027 Manufacturing Apprentice - Level 3 Engineering Manufacturing Support Technician Apprenticeship, Systems Engineer, 2027 Finance Apprentice

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

51% low-carbon electricity

Gas 46% · Wind 28% · Biomass 13% · Nuclear 10%

195 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South 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 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

• Templecombe Preceptory · 0.1 km

  Templecombe Preceptory was established in 1185 in Templecombe, Somerset, England.

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  Templecombe railway station · 0.1 km

  Templecombe railway station serves the village of Templecombe in Somerset, England. It is situated on the West of England Main Line, 112 miles 2 chains (180.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The main station o…

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  Templecombe · 0.2 km

  Templecombe is a village in Somerset, England, situated on the A357 road five miles south of Wincanton, 12 miles (19 km) east of Yeovil, and 30 miles (48 km) west of Salisbury. It is in the Blackmore Vale.

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  Church of St Mary, Abbas and Templecombe · 0.2 km

  The Anglican Church of St Mary at Templecombe, within the English county of Somerset, was built in the 12th century and is a Grade II* listed building.

• Manor House, Templecombe · 0.4 km

  Manor House is a historic building in Templecombe, Somerset, England. Dating to the 17th century, but built on a medieval site—Templecombe Preceptory—it is now a Grade II* listed building. It is constructed of coursed…

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  Gartell Light Railway · 1.2 km

  The Gartell Light Railway was a privately run narrow gauge railway located at Yenston in the Blackmore Vale, south of Templecombe, in Somerset, England. It operates a 2 ft narrow gauge railway running for 3⁄4 mile (1.…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)