Weston-super-Mare

15°CCloudy

• Today: 16° / 13° · 20% rain
• Tomorrow: 19° / 11° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:42

13h 6m 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 · Cardiff Newport Road, United Kingdom

551 reported · July 2026▲ 16% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences216
• Anti-social behaviour106
• Criminal damage & arson45
• Shoplifting44

Neighbourhood team: Weston Town Centre · Avon And Somerset

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

288 reported road collisions (2024)

56 killed or seriously injured · 379 casualties · 13.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 443 rated 4–5 ★ (341 top)
• 5 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Weston-super-Mare (0.4 km)
• 83 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£314,628 average▲ 7.5% YoY

Across North Somerset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,205 average monthly rent▲ 3.4% YoY

• 1 bed £818
• 2 bed £1,075
• 3 bed £1,341

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 139.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 146.8p · AppleGreen (10.6 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

18 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 160 kW
• Nearest: Carlton Street Car Park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms2
• Swimming pools3
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds6

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)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 221 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

6% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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 · 32,275 pupils

64 primary · 11 secondary · 10 other

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

80inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

221 CQC-registered services

• Care homes97
• GP practices17
• Dentists40
• Homecare agencies43
• Hospitals & hospices6

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · North Somerset

• In a conservation area (Weston-super-Mare)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 70 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

233 applications decided

89.7% granted · 209 granted, 24 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dan Aldridge

Labour

Weston-super-Mare

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 10
• Con 12
• LD 9
• Grn 8
• Ref 2
• Oth 8

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

• Schools6
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets5
• Parks & greens18
• Restaurants & cafés117

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

10,005 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

882 jobs advertised · £37,079 avg

e.g. Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Flexible Schedule, Amazon Flex Delivery Driver - Earn £14 - £18 per hour*, Gopuff Delivery Drivers or Riders - Work when you want!

Source: Adzuna

£768 median full-time weekly pay

2.5% 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

68% low-carbon electricity

Solar 63% · Gas 28% · Imports 4% · Wind 4%

115 gCO₂/kWh · moderate 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

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

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership419 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office400 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s360 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance265 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test260 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Weston-super-Mare Town Hall · 0.1 km

  Weston-super-Mare Town Hall is a municipal building in Walliscote Grove Road in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The building, which is the headquarters of North Somerset Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Victoria Methodist Church · 0.1 km

  Victoria Methodist Church is a former Methodist church in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. The original church of 1899-1900 was destroyed by fire in 1934. It was replaced by the current church, which was designed…

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  Plaza Cinema, Weston-super-Mare · 0.2 km

  The Plaza Cinema is an art deco cinema in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, owned by Merlin Cinemas. It was built by Odeon Cinemas and known as the Odeon Weston-super-Mare until 2023. It was designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt…

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  Weston-super-Mare · 0.2 km

  Weston-super-Mare is a seaside town and civil parish in the North Somerset unitary district, in the county of Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel 20 miles (32 km) south-west of Bristol between Worlebury…

• The Breeze (North Somerset) · 0.2 km

  The Breeze (North Somerset) was an Independent Local Radio station serving North Somerset, England.

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  Weston Museum · 0.4 km

  Weston Museum is a museum in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England. It was established in 1861. It is home to Weston Town Council museum collection with exhibits relating to Weston-super-Mare and the surrounding…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)