Wellow (Bath and North East Somerset)

6°CPartly Cloudy

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

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:39

9h 34m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

25US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 6.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.6% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

3 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1
• Other crime1

Neighbourhood team: Peasedown and Paulton · Avon And Somerset

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

202 reported road collisions (2025)

69 killed or seriously injured · 250 casualties · 10.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

11 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (9 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Freshford (5.6 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£406,084 average▼ 1.8% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,885 average monthly rent▲ 7.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,207
• 2 bed £1,523
• 3 bed £1,811

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

2,395 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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (11.4 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

40 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Sainsburys Bath (2.8 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

193,409 residents in Bath and North East Somerset · 559/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK19,824
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK19,688
• Net moves+136

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 252 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

3% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 86,890)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

94 schools · 31,546 pupils

63 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 39 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

80 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bath and North East Somerset

189 CQC-registered services

• Care homes55
• GP practices26
• Dentists62
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bath and North East Somerset

• In a conservation area (Wellow)
• Within the Green Belt
• 58 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

479 applications decided

96.5% granted · 462 granted, 17 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Anna Sabine

Liberal Democrat

Frome and East Somerset

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 6
• Con 2
• LD 38
• Grn 3
• Oth 10

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,780 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£790 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,582 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,877 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

3% low-carbon electricity

Gas 97% · Wind 3%

381 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

52% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

31 GP surgeries · 13 pharmacies in BA2

• Widcombe Surgery
• Heart Of Bath
• Combe Down Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

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

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks647 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND212 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Make catapult attacks against animals a standalone criminal offence171 local signatures · 55,084 nationwide
• Fund second stem cell transplants on NHS for relapse within 12 months168 local signatures · 30,826 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately165 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Wellow (Somerset) railway station · 0.1 km

  Wellow railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Wellow in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, a goods yard and sidings, c…

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  Wellow, Somerset · 0.2 km

  Wellow is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Bath. The parish, which includes the hamlets of Twinhoe, White Ox Mead, Baggridge and part of Midford has a population of 529.…

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  Church of St Julian, Wellow · 0.3 km

  The Church of St Julian in Wellow, Somerset, England has origins before the 12th century although the present building dates from 1372. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building. The church was rebuilt by Si…

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  Stoney Littleton Long Barrow · 1.1 km

  The Stoney Littleton Long Barrow is a Neolithic chambered tomb with multiple burial chambers, located near the village of Wellow in the English county of Somerset. It is an example of the Cotswold-Severn Group and was…

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  Norton Brook · 1.1 km

  Norton Brook is a small stream in Somerset, United Kingdom. The stream is a tributary of Wellow Brook. The body of water is located near Norton St Philip. Its length is close to 0.92 Miles (0.84 km). The stream furthe…

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  Combe Hay Manor · 1.7 km

  Combe Hay Manor in Combe Hay, Somerset, England is a manor house. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)