Whitchurch (Bath and North East Somerset)

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 11° · 35% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:39Sunset 19:33

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

19US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

139 reported · July 2026▼ 4% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences49
• Anti-social behaviour19
• Shoplifting14
• Vehicle crime14

Neighbourhood team: Stockwood · Avon And Somerset

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

187 reported road collisions (2024)

41 killed or seriously injured · 249 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

198 food businesses within 2 miles

• 169 rated 4–5 ★ (133 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

1 active warning/alert

• Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton

Source: Environment Agency

• Nearest station: Keynsham (4.3 km)
• 26 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£404,480 average▼ 0.1% YoY

Across Bath and North East Somerset · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,881 average monthly rent▲ 7.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,205
• 2 bed £1,520
• 3 bed £1,806

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

10.4× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.4 times median annual pay (10.1× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 154.9p · Esso (6.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 184.9p · Asda (1.5 km)

27 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

93 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Revive_BCC_02 (2 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds8

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

193,409 residents in Bath and North East Somerset · 559/km²

• Under 16: 16%
• 16–64: 64%
• 65+: 19%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 274 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

2% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,383 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 86,890)

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

94 schools · 31,546 pupils

63 primary · 14 secondary · 17 other

Ofsted: 39 of 41 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (95%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Bath and North East Somerset

186 CQC-registered services

• Care homes55
• GP practices26
• Dentists59
• Homecare agencies29
• Hospitals & hospices4

CQC ratings: 90% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Bath and North East Somerset

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

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

380 applications decided

93.2% granted · 354 granted, 26 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Dan Norris

Independent

North East Somerset and Hanham

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 6
• Con 2
• LD 38
• Grn 3
• Oth 9

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

• Schools9
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies3
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens7
• Restaurants & cafés15

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

9,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£790 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£28,582 disposable income per head (2024)

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

42% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 93,877 certificates

10.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Solar 51% · Wind 24% · Gas 16% · Imports 5%

69 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.7 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 65.6 women · 65.3 men

52% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.7
• Happiness yesterday7.2
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.6

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in North East Somerset and Hanham:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership342 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s323 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership315 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test313 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office262 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

• Whitchurch Halt railway station · 0.2 km

  Whitchurch Halt railway station served the village of Whitchurch, Somerset, England on the Bristol and North Somerset Railway.

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  Whitchurch, Bristol · 0.4 km

  Whitchurch is a village in north Somerset, England and an adjoining suburb of southern Bristol, bounded by Hartcliffe to the west and Hengrove and Knowle to the north. The suburb was initially developed during the 1930s.

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  Bristol Telephones F.C. · 0.6 km

  Bristol Telephones Football Club is a football club based in Stockwood, Bristol, England. They are currently members of the Western League Division One and play at Stockwood Lane.

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  Hengrove Athletic F.C. · 1.1 km

  Hengrove Athletic Football Club is a football club based in the Bristol suburb of Hengrove. Affiliated to the Somerset County FA, they are currently members of the Somerset County League Premier Division and play at N…

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  St Augustine's Church, Whitchurch, Bristol · 1.2 km

  St. Augustine's Church was a Church of England church located on Whitchurch Lane in Whitchurch, Bristol.

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  Counterslip Baptist Church · 1.3 km

  Counterslip Baptist Church is a church located in south Bristol, England. It has been located on its Wells Road site on the Wells Road since the 1950s having previously been located on Counterslip near Bristol Bridge.…

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