Washford

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 18° / 17° · 91% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 18° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:44Sunset 19:34

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

7 reported · July 2026▲ 40% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences6
• Criminal damage & arson1

Neighbourhood team: Williton and Watchet · 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)

27 food businesses within 2 miles

• 24 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Somerset coast at Porlock Weir

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Washford (0.2 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 165.9p · Morrisons (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Morrisons (8.5 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Loades Ecoparc-Minehead (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds6

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
• 54 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

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat

Tiverton and Minehead

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)

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

3 jobs advertised · £62,140 avg

e.g. Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Temporary Site Engineer (Housing), Skilled Groundworker

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%

363 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 Tiverton and Minehead:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership414 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office310 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s276 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases259 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

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  Washford · 0.0 km

  Washford is a village on the Washford River in the civil parish of Old Cleeve, Somerset, England. The village is next to Cleeve Abbey, one of the best-preserved medieval monasteries in England. It centred in a valley…

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  Washford railway station · 0.2 km

  Washford railway station is a station on the West Somerset Railway, a heritage railway in England. The station is situated in the village of Washford, which is itself within the civil parish of Old Cleeve in the count…

• Washford (WSMR) railway station · 0.3 km

  Washford was an intermediate station on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR), which was built primarily to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. The line was unconnected to any other,…

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  Cleeve Abbey · 0.7 km

  Cleeve Abbey is a medieval monastery located near the Washford River and village of Washford, in the English county of Somerset. It is a Grade I listed building and has been scheduled as an ancient monument.

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  Old Cleeve · 1.0 km

  Old Cleeve is a village 5 miles (8 km) south east of Minehead in Somerset, England, and also a civil parish. The civil parish of Old Cleeve covers an area of 2,092 hectares and includes the villages of Old Cleeve, Ro…

• Torre (WSMR) railway station · 1.0 km

  Torre was a recognised stopping place, not a formal station, on the West Somerset Mineral Railway (WSMR). The railway's prime purpose was to carry iron ore from mines to Watchet harbour in Somerset, England. It was "g…

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