Westbury-sub-Mendip
Westbury-sub-Mendip is a village in Somerset, England, with a population of around 801. It has around 1 restaurant and café. There were around 1 recorded street crime in June 2026, most commonly other theft. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Westbury-sub-Mendip area — all from official UK open data.
My Area Score
Mixed
Ranked 208th of 294 English council areas — better than 29% of them.
A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. Scored on 80% of the full weighting — some data isn't available here. See the rankings · methodology
Weather
17°CPatchy rain nearby
- Today: 18° / 16° · 87% rain
- Tomorrow: 23° / 17° · Fog
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:34
12h 55m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
21US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom
Crime
3 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY
- Anti-social behaviour1
- Violence & sexual offences1
- Other crime1
Neighbourhood team: Wells Rural · Avon And Somerset
Local policing priorities
- Wells Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team – Poaching Awareness & Rural Crime Update Wells Rural Neighbourhood Policing Team is continuing t…
- Plant and Machinery Theft: Wells Neighbourhood Policing Team has identified an increase in reports of plant and machinery theft across th…
Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)
Road safety
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)
Food hygiene
11 food businesses within 2 miles
- 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
- 0 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
Buses & trains
- 0 bus stops within ~½ mile
Source: OpenStreetMap
House prices
£281,571 average▲ 4.5% YoY
Across Somerset · to 2026-06
Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)
Private rents
£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
Affordability
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
Fuel prices
- Cheapest petrol: 139.9p · Esso (6.3 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 146.9p · Esso (6.3 km)
6 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
10 charging locations within ~8 km
- 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 50 kW
- Nearest: Wookey Farm Camping (3.3 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Sports pitches2
- Playgrounds1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local news
- 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
Population
571,548 residents in Somerset
- Under 16: 17%
- 16–64: 58%
- 65+: 25%
Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)
Council tax
£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
Schools
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)
Secondary schools:
- The Castle SchoolOutstanding
- Buckler's Mead SchoolGood
- Court Fields SchoolGood
- Haygrove SchoolGood
- Holyrood AcademyGood
- Preston School AcademyGood
- Sexey's SchoolGood
- St Dunstan's SchoolGood
- The King Alfred School an AcademyGood
- WhitstoneGood
- Ansford AcademyRequires improvement
- Robert Blake SchoolRequires improvement
- West Somerset CollegeRequires improvement
- Huish Episcopi AcademyInadequate
- Monkton Wood AcademyInadequate
- Bishop Fox's School
- Brymore Academy
- Chilton Trinity School
- Crispin School Academy
- Frome Community College
- King Arthur's School
- Kingsmead Academy
- Pyrland School
- Stanchester Academy
- The Blue School
- The Kings of Wessex Academy
- Wadham School
- Westfield Academy
Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset
Care & health services
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
Heritage & planning
- In a conservation area (Westbury sub Mendip)
- Not in the Green Belt
- 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km
Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)
Planning decisions
788 applications decided
87.2% granted · 687 granted, 101 refused
Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1
Your MP
Tessa Munt
Liberal Democrat
Wells and Mendip Hills
Recent votes:
- AyeTerminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading
- AyeClosure motion
- NoSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
- AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
Source: UK Parliament
Council control
Liberal Democrat majority
- Lab 5
- Con 31
- LD 62
- Grn 4
- Ref 3
- Oth 4
Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)
Amenities nearby
- Schools1
- Restaurants & cafés1
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
28,445 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
1 jobs advertised
e.g. Independent Member Avon and Somerset Police and Crime Panel
Source: Adzuna
Local economy
£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
Energy efficiency
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
Grid electricity
28% low-carbon electricity
Gas 72% · Wind 28%
285 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity
Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO
Health
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
Local petitions
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
Notable places nearby
Church of St Lawrence, Westbury-sub-Mendip · 0.1 kmThe Church of St Lawrence in Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, England was built in the 12th century. It is a Grade II* listed building.
Westbury-sub-Mendip · 0.2 kmWestbury-sub-Mendip is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The village is on the southern slopes of the Mendip Hills, 4 miles (6.4 km) from Wells and Cheddar.
- Lodge Hill railway station · 0.4 km
Lodge Hill railway station was on the Bristol and Exeter Railway's Cheddar Valley line in Somerset from 1870 until 1963. The station served the village of Westbury-sub-Mendip, but was not named Westbury because of the…
St Paul's Church, Easton · 1.8 kmSt Paul's Church is a Church of England church in Easton, Somerset, England. The church, which was designed by Richard Carver and built in 1843, has been a Grade II listed building since 1987.
Rodney Stoke · 1.8 kmRodney Stoke is a small village and civil parish, located at grid reference ST486501, 5 miles north-west of Wells, in the English county of Somerset. The village is on the A371 between Draycott and Westbury-sub-Mendip.
Rodney Stoke SSSI · 2.1 kmRodney Stoke is a 69.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest, just north of the village of Rodney Stoke in the Mendip Hills, Somerset, notified in 1957.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
Nearby towns
Frequently asked questions
- Where is Westbury-sub-Mendip?
- Westbury-sub-Mendip is a town in Somerset, England, in the Somerset local authority.
- What is the population of Westbury-sub-Mendip?
- Westbury-sub-Mendip has an approximate settlement population of 801.