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Gomeldon

Gomeldon is a village in Wiltshire, England, with a population of around 1,000. There are 8 bus stops and the nearest railway station is Salisbury, 7.5 km away. In June 2026, there were around 5 recorded street crimes, most commonly violence & sexual offences. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Gomeldon area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Wiltshire area is less deprived than the average in England (IoD2019). The wider council area has around 510,333 residents at roughly 157 people per km².

Council
Wiltshire
County
Wiltshire
Constituency
Salisbury
Police force
Wiltshire
63/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.

Low crime95
Home affordability43
Affordable rents52
Good schools29
Life expectancy85
Low deprivation73
Employment86
Low council tax18

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

15°CLight drizzle

  • Today: 18° / 10° · 53% rain
  • Tomorrow: 22° / 13° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 06:32Sunset 19:34

13h 2m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

30US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, United Kingdom

Crime

11 reported · July 2026 83% YoY

  • Violence & sexual offences6
  • Public order3
  • Anti-social behaviour1
  • Burglary1

Neighbourhood team: Amesbury Rural · Wiltshire

Local policing priorities

  • Anti Social Behaviour (ASB)
  • Rural Crime/Burglaries

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

Road safety

880 reported road collisions (2024)

172 killed or seriously injured · 1,180 casualties · 17.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

8 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • Nearest station: Salisbury (7.5 km)
  • 8 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Salisbury (7.5 km):

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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£328,908 average 2.7% YoY

Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06

Detached£519,308
Semi-detached£328,456
Terraced£264,866
Flat£158,975

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,072 average monthly rent 5.9% YoY

  • 1 bed £743
  • 2 bed £964
  • 3 bed £1,209

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

Affordability

8.8× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.8 times median annual pay (8.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Asda (6.8 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 182.9p · Asda (6.8 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

33 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 350 kW
  • Nearest: Thyme & Tides Deli (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports pitches3
  • Playgrounds4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Population

510,333 residents in Wiltshire · 157/km²

  • Under 16: 18%
  • 16–64: 60%
  • 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Deprivation

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 231 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

Council tax

£2,572 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (25% of 233,060)

A £1,715
B £2,000
C £2,286
D £2,572
E £3,143
F £3,715
G £4,286
H £5,144

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

Schools

268 schools · 74,579 pupils

201 primary · 28 secondary · 39 other

Ofsted: 106 of 128 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (83%)

235inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Secondary schools:

  • Bishop Wordsworth's Church of England Grammar SchoolOutstanding
  • Malmesbury SchoolOutstanding
  • Abbeyfield SchoolGood
  • Bradon Forest SchoolGood
  • Kingsbury Green AcademyGood
  • Matravers SchoolGood
  • Melksham Oak Community SchoolGood
  • Sheldon SchoolGood
  • South Wilts Grammar SchoolGood
  • St Augustine's Catholic CollegeGood
  • The Corsham SchoolGood
  • The Trafalgar School at DowntonGood
  • The Wellington AcademyGood
  • Pewsey Vale SchoolRequires improvement
  • St Joseph's Catholic SchoolRequires improvement
  • Avon Valley Academy
  • Devizes School
  • Hardenhuish School
  • Kingdown School
  • Lavington School
  • Royal Wootton Bassett Academy
  • Sarum Academy
  • St John's Marlborough
  • St Laurence School
  • The Clarendon Academy
  • The John of Gaunt School
  • The Stonehenge School
  • Wyvern St Edmund's Academy

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Wiltshire

Care & health services

514 CQC-registered services

  • Care homes163
  • GP practices61
  • Dentists98
  • Homecare agencies152
  • Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 91% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 6 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Wiltshire

Heritage & planning

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

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

Planning decisions

832 applications decided

92.2% granted · 767 granted, 65 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Your MP

John Glen

Conservative

Salisbury

Recent votes:

  • AyeSocial Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading
  • NoDraft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1
  • AyeHealth Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Independent coalition

  • Lab 1
  • Con 38
  • LD 43
  • Ref 10
  • Oth 6

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

24,755 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

Jobs

4 jobs advertised

e.g. Online Physics Tutor - Part Time, Become a Physics Tutor in Gomeldon – Flexible & Remote, Online French Tutor - Part Time

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£751 median full-time weekly pay

2.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,404 disposable income per head (2024)

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

Energy efficiency

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 241,404 certificates

9.5% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

Grid electricity

46% low-carbon electricity

Gas 52% · Wind 30% · Biomass 10% · Nuclear 5%

217 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 82 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63.7 women · 63.8 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.4
  • Feeling worthwhile7.7
  • Happiness yesterday7.3
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.5

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

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Salisbury:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Gomeldon · 0.3 km

    Gomeldon is a small village in the valley of the River Bourne in Wiltshire, England, in the civil parish of Idmiston. It lies about 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Salisbury, between Winterbourne Gunner and Porton, and a…

  • Porton Meadows · 0.8 km

    Porton Meadows is a 17.6 hectare biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wiltshire, England, notified in 1988.

  • Defence CBRN Centre · 0.9 km

    The Defence Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Centre is a United Kingdom military facility at Winterbourne Gunner in Wiltshire, south of Porton Down and about 4 miles (6 km) north-east of Salisbury. It is…

  • Winterbourne Gunner · 0.9 km

    Winterbourne Gunner is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Winterbourne, in Wiltshire, England, about 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Salisbury. The village is near the River Bourne and the A338 road,…

  • Porton railway station · 0.9 km

    Porton railway station served the village of Porton, in Wiltshire, England, from 1854 to 1968 on the West of England line.

  • Porton · 1.1 km

    Porton is a village in the Bourne valley, Wiltshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Salisbury. It is the largest settlement in Idmiston civil parish.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

Frequently asked questions

Where is Gomeldon?
Gomeldon is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
How deprived is Gomeldon?
The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Gomeldon, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.