West Wick

9°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 7° · 40% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:11Sunset 16:38

9h 27m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

14US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Newport, 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

98 reported · August 2026▼ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences44
• Shoplifting18
• Anti-social behaviour10
• Criminal damage & arson9

7 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

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

285 reported road collisions (2025)

100 killed or seriously injured · 361 casualties · 13.1 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

153 food businesses within 2 miles

• 134 rated 4–5 ★ (112 top)
• 4 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Worle (0.7 km)
• 35 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,307 average▲ 3.6% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,209 average monthly rent▲ 3.2% YoY

• 1 bed £820
• 2 bed £1,079
• 3 bed £1,345

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

9.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.0 times median annual pay (8.8× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

3,448 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: 157.9p · Esso (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Esso (6 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

21 charging locations within ~8 km

• 8 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Miller & Carter Weston Gateway (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches18
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

216,734 residents in North Somerset · 580/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 24%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK12,474
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,580
• Net moves+2,894

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

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 215 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

7% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,491 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (23% of 101,970)

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

85 schools · 32,225 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

Ofsted: 26 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (93%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · North Somerset

220 CQC-registered services

• Care homes96
• GP practices17
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies42
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

• Not in the Green Belt
• 2 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

261 applications decided

92% granted · 240 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Dan Aldridge

Labour

Weston-super-Mare

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 12
• LD 9
• Grn 8
• Ref 3
• Oth 8

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens26
• Restaurants & cafés8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,065 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

79 jobs advertised · £39,555 avg

e.g. Sales Executive, Digital Merchandise Planner, Maintenance Assistant

Source: Adzuna

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.4% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,089 disposable income per head (2024)

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

49% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 110,569 certificates

8.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

6% low-carbon electricity

Gas 94% · Wind 6%

372 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 80.4 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 62.4 women · 62.6 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.6
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.9

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

2 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in BS24

• Stafford Medical Group
• Health Visiting

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Weston-super-Mare:

• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth194 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks177 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND163 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Launch a public inquiry into illegal migration in the UK146 local signatures · 78,478 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately135 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide

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

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  Worle railway station · 0.7 km

  Worle railway station, on the Bristol to Exeter line, serves the Worle and West Wick suburbs of Weston-super-Mare, and the village of St Georges in North Somerset, England. It is 16 miles (26 km) west of Bristol Templ…

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  St Georges, Somerset · 1.2 km

  St Georges is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. Its population in the 2011 census was 3,379.

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  Priory Community School · 1.3 km

  Priory Community School - an Academy Trust is a coeducational secondary school in Worle, a historical village close to Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England.

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  Worle Town railway station · 1.7 km

  Worle Town railway station served the village of Worle, North Somerset, England, from 1897 to 1940 on the Weston, Clevedon and Portishead Railway.

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  Worle · 1.9 km

  Worle is a village in the civil parish of Weston-super-Mare, in the North Somerset district, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. It is joined to the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare on its western edge. It…

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  Worle Community School · 1.9 km

  Worle Community School - an Academy is a coeducational secondary school academy located in Worle, a suburb of Weston-super-Mare in North Somerset, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)