Williton

15°CSunny

• Today: 16° / 9° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 18° / 9° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:43

13h 6m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Cardiff Centre, United Kingdom

38 reported · July 2026▲ 19% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences22
• Criminal damage & arson5
• Public order3
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Williton and Watchet · 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)

69 food businesses within 2 miles

• 62 rated 4–5 ★ (57 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Williton (0.8 km)
• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap

£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: 165.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Morrisons (11.3 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• Fastest nearby: 22 kW
• Nearest: Williton Central car park (0.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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
• Leading Together: Inclusion, Belonging and Impact· 7 Sept 2026
• A Paw-fect day out: Ham Hill Fun Dog Show returns this September· 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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 87 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

Rachel Gilmour

Liberal Democrat

Tiverton and Minehead

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)

• Schools3
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

10 jobs advertised · £34,370 avg

e.g. Be Your Own Boss - Deliver with Uber Eats, Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, 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

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: 84.4 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 Tiverton and Minehead:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership414 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership312 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office310 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s276 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases259 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide

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

• Battlegore Burial Chamber · 0.6 km

  Battlegore Burial Chamber is a Bronze Age burial chamber located in Williton, Somerset. It is composed of three round barrows and possibly a long, chambered barrow. The site was excavated in 1931 by George Gray. The n…

• Williton Rural District · 0.8 km

  Williton was a rural district in Somerset, England, from 1894 to 1974.

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  Williton · 0.8 km

  Williton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. The village lies 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Watchet, and 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Taunton, its post town. As well as the village itself, the parish a…

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  Williton railway station · 0.8 km

  Williton railway station in Williton, Somerset, England, was opened by the West Somerset Railway in 1862 and closed by British Rail in 1971. It was reopened in 1976 as a heritage line. The locomotive workshops here ar…

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  Sampford Brett · 0.9 km

  Sampford Brett is a village and civil parish situated at the south-western edge of the Quantock Hills, Somerset, England, less than 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Williton, just off the A358 road to Taunton.

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  Orchard Wyndham · 1.4 km

  Orchard Wyndham is a historic manor near Williton in Somerset, centred on the synonymous grade I listed manor house of Orchard Wyndham that was situated historically in the parish of Watchet and about two miles south…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)