West Coker

18°COvercast

• Today: 24° / 11° · 18% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 17° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34

12h 54m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

18 reported · July 2026▲ 64% YoY

• Shoplifting6
• Violence & sexual offences6
• Other theft3
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Yeovil Rural · 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)

71 food businesses within 2 miles

• 61 rated 4–5 ★ (59 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yeovil Junction (5.2 km)
• 0 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: 153.9p · BP (11.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (2.9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Howards-Hyundai (2.2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds2

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 (West Coker)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 100 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

Adam Dance

Liberal Democrat

Yeovil

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

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

5 jobs advertised

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Delivery Opportunities Near Me? - Deliver with Uber Eats, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - 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

50% low-carbon electricity

Wind 28% · Gas 26% · Imports 24% · Biomass 16%

137 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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 Yeovil:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office369 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s332 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership302 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test234 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Manor House, West Coker · 0.1 km

  The Manor House in West Coker, Somerset, England has medieval origins, however the earliest surviving portions of the current building probably date from around 1500. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  St Martin of Tours' Church, West Coker · 0.3 km

  St Martin of Tours' Church, West Coker is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in West Coker, Somerset.

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  West Coker · 0.4 km

  West Coker is a large village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 3 miles (4.8 km) south west of Yeovil.

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  Hardington Moor · 0.6 km

  Hardington Moor is an 8.7 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Hardington Mandeville and West Coker in Somerset, notified in 1994.

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  Naish Priory · 1.6 km

  Naish Priory in East Coker, Somerset, England, contains portions of a substantial house dating from the mid-14th century to around 1400. Emery says the building was not a priory as it had been termed by the late-19th-…

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  Church of St Mary, Hardington Mandeville · 1.7 km

  The Anglican Church of St Mary in Hardington Mandeville, Somerset, England was built in 1123. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)