Yeovil

19°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 20° / 16° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Mist

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:41Sunset 19:31

12h 50m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

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

409 reported · July 2026▲ 17% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences134
• Shoplifting117
• Anti-social behaviour65
• Public order23

Neighbourhood team: Yeovil Town · 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)

354 food businesses within 2 miles

• 317 rated 4–5 ★ (302 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yeovil Pen Mill (1.4 km)
• 17 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£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: 153.9p · BP (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (2.4 km)

6 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

13 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 75 kW
• Nearest: Tesco Extra - Yeovil (0.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Gyms2
• Sports pitches23
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds13

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• 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

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

• In a conservation area (Yeovil)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 111 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

Adam Dance

Liberal Democrat

Yeovil

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)

• Schools13
• GPs & clinics5
• Pharmacies4
• Supermarkets7
• Parks & greens16
• Restaurants & cafés54

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,445 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

935 jobs advertised · £39,934 avg

e.g. Deliver with Uber Eats - Sign Up and Start Earning, Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Sales Administrator

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

30% low-carbon electricity

Gas 41% · Imports 29% · Solar 20% · Biomass 6%

184 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South 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 Yeovil:

• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership423 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office369 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s332 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership302 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test234 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide

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

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  Church of St John the Baptist, Yeovil · 0.1 km

  The Church of St John the Baptist in Yeovil, Somerset, is a Church of England parish church.

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  Yeovil · 0.1 km

  Yeovil is a town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is close to the county's southern border with Dorset, 126 miles (203 km) west of London, 42 miles (68 km) south of Bristol, 6 miles (10 km) west of Sherborne…

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  Yeovil Town House · 0.1 km

  The Town House is a municipal building in Union Street in Yeovil, Somerset, England. The building, which is the meeting place of Yeovil Town Council, is a Grade II listed building.

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  Holy Trinity Church, Yeovil · 0.2 km

  Holy Trinity Church is a former Church of England church at Yeovil, Somerset, England. The church was designed by Benjamin Ferrey and was built between 1843 and 1846. It is a Grade II listed building.

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  Huish Athletic Ground · 0.3 km

  Huish Athletic Ground, more commonly referred to as Huish, was a football stadium located in Yeovil, Somerset, England. It was the second home ground of Yeovil Town Football Club, after the Pen Mill Athletic Ground wh…

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  Yeovil Hospital · 0.4 km

  Yeovil Hospital, previously known as Yeovil District Hospital, is a hospital in Yeovil, Somerset, England, managed by Somerset NHS Foundation Trust.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)