Yeovilton

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 25% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 7° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:08Sunset 16:40

9h 32m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

38US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

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

• 5.5 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.2% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

1 reported · August 2026

• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Wincanton Rural West · Avon And Somerset

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

856 reported road collisions (2025)

248 killed or seriously injured · 1,148 casualties · 15 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

24 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (18 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Yeovil Pen Mill (7.0 km)
• 0 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£282,498 average▲ 2.8% YoY

Across Somerset · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,016 average monthly rent▲ 6.2% YoY

• 1 bed £692
• 2 bed £913
• 3 bed £1,135

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

8,075 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 153.9p · BP (10.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · BP (10.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

15 charging locations within ~8 km

• 4 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Ilchester Limington Road Car Park (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Ham Hill Visitor Centre celebrates regional building excellence award success· 3 Nov 2026
• Somerset residents can now check mobile coverage based on real-world data· 2 Nov 2026
• New video showcases Somerset volunteers to inspire others to get involved· 2 Nov 2026
• Bridgwater’s historic clock to be reinstated· 30 Oct 2026
• Private Fostering Awareness Day highlights support available to families in Somerset· 30 Oct 2026

Source: Somerset Council

571,548 residents in Somerset

• Under 16: 17%
• 16–64: 58%
• 65+: 25%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK25,114
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK20,841
• Net moves+4,273

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 134 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

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

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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

306 schools · 76,894 pupils

218 primary · 28 secondary · 60 other

Ofsted: 100 of 137 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (73%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Somerset

555 CQC-registered services

• Care homes197
• GP practices73
• Dentists106
• Homecare agencies126
• Hospitals & hospices25

CQC ratings: 94% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 2 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Somerset

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

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

762 applications decided

89% granted · 678 granted, 84 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sarah Dyke

Liberal Democrat

Glastonbury and Somerton

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 5
• Con 31
• LD 61
• Grn 5
• Ref 2
• Oth 6

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

• GPs & clinics1
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,585 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

13 jobs advertised · £37,658 avg

e.g. Senior Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor, Aircraft Wildcat Supervisors (Avionics & Mechanica, Structured Cabling Engineer

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

32% low-carbon electricity

Gas 65% · Wind 15% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 8%

268 gCO₂/kWh · very 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

3 GP surgeries · 1 pharmacy in BA22

• Heron Medical Centre
• Queen Camel Medical Centre
• West Coker Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Glastonbury and Somerton:

• Permanent driving ban on intoxicated drivers guilty of causing death554 local signatures · 29,985 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks426 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases313 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• End the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid immediately251 local signatures · 76,640 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND184 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Yeovilton · 0.0 km

  Yeovilton is a village in Somerset, England, 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Ilchester and 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Yeovil. It had a population of 1,226 in the 2011 census, estimated at 1,418 in 2019.

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  Church of St Bartholomew, Yeovilton · 0.2 km

  The Church of St Bartholomew in the parish of Yeovilton, Somerset, England, was built around 1300. It is a Grade II* listed building.

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  St Mary's Church, Limington · 0.8 km

  The Church of Saint Mary in Limington, Somerset, England dates from the late 14th century and includes fragments of an earlier building. It has been designated as a Grade I listed building.

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  Limington · 0.8 km

  Limington, also archaically Lymington, is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Yeovilton and District, in Somerset, England, situated 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Yeovil. The parish has a population of…

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  River Cam (Somerset) · 0.9 km

  The River Cam is a tributary of the River Yeo in the south of Somerset, England.

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  RNAS Yeovilton · 1.0 km

  Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton, commonly referred to as RNAS Yeovilton, and sometimes as RAF Yeovilton, is an airbase of the Royal Navy, sited a few miles north of Yeovil, in the English county of Somerset. It is o…

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