Wells

18°CLight rain shower

• Today: 21° / 16° · 92% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

92 reported · July 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences39
• Anti-social behaviour18
• Shoplifting6
• Burglary5

Neighbourhood team: Wells City · 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)

101 food businesses within 2 miles

• 91 rated 4–5 ★ (78 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 27 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: 139.9p · Esso (1.2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.9p · Esso (1.2 km)

6 stations 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)

• 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

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

Tessa Munt

Liberal Democrat

Wells and Mendip Hills

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
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés21

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

205 jobs advertised · £33,465 avg

e.g. Market Research Field Interviewer Car Required, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats

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

16% low-carbon electricity

Gas 84% · Wind 11% · Solar 5%

330 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 Wells and Mendip Hills:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership427 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership392 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office296 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases284 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s254 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

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

• 
  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)