Wells

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 5° · 41% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:10Sunset 16:37

9h 28m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US 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

64 reported · August 2026▼ 48% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences30
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Criminal damage & arson8
• Other theft5

3 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wells City · 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)

102 food businesses within 2 miles

• 91 rated 4–5 ★ (76 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 27 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: 174.9p · Asda (0.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 201.9p · Asda (0.2 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

11 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Union Street Car Park 1 (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches22
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds7

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

• In a conservation area (Wells)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 336 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

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat

Wells and Mendip Hills

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)

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

134 jobs advertised · £36,823 avg

e.g. Agricultural Service Technician, Production Operative, Warehouse Operatives

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

371 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

2 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in BA5

• Wells Health Centre
• Wells City Practice

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Wells and Mendip Hills:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks524 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death485 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases289 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND242 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills198 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide

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

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  Wells St Cuthbert In · 0.1 km

  Wells St Cuthbert In, sometimes St Cuthbert In, is a former civil parish covering the larger part of the small city of Wells, now in the parish of Wells, in Somerset, England.

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  Regal Cinema, Wells · 0.2 km

  The Regal Cinema is a former cinema in Wells, Somerset, England. Built in Art Deco style, it opened in 1935 and screened its last film in 1993. The cinema was used as the Kudos nightclub from 2005 to 2024, and reopene…

• Wells Rural District · 0.2 km

  Wells was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.

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  St John's Priory, Wells · 0.2 km

  St John's Priory in Wells, Somerset, England, from the 14th century. Along with its boundary walls and railings it has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  Wells Town Hall · 0.3 km

  Wells Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Place in Wells, Somerset, England. The building, which is the headquarters of Wells City Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Wells, Somerset · 0.3 km

  Wells is a cathedral city and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is located on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills, 22 miles (35 km) south-west of Bath, 23 miles (37 km) south of Bristol, and 24 miles (39 km) nor…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)