Monkton Combe
Monkton Combe is a town or village in Wiltshire, England, featuring around 2 restaurants and cafés, 14 bus stops, and the nearest railway station being Freshford, 2.2 km away. There were around 7 recorded street crimes in June 2026, most commonly Anti-social behaviour. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Monkton Combe 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.
My Area Score
Good
Ranked 55th of 294 English council areas — better than 81% of them.
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
20°CSunny
- Today: 20° / 14° · 27% rain
- Tomorrow: 21° / 12° · Mist
Source: WeatherAPI
Daylight
Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:35
12h 59m of daylight today
Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec
Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk
Air quality
23US AQI · Good
Main pollutant: ozone
Source: WAQI · Bristol St Paul's, United Kingdom
Crime
4 reported · July 2026▼ 43% YoY
- Bicycle theft1
- Criminal damage & arson1
- Shoplifting1
- Violence & sexual offences1
Neighbourhood team: Peasedown and Paulton · Avon And Somerset
Local policing priorities
- The Neighbourhood Policing Team are looking into various reports of ASB in and around Peasedown St John, particularly on Orchard Way. In…
- There are increasing reports of youths or young people who are driving cars without either licence or not in accordance with their licenc…
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
128 food businesses within 2 miles
- 115 rated 4–5 ★ (98 top)
- 1 rated 0–2 (poor)
Source: Food Standards Agency
Flood risk
1 active warning/alert
- Flood alert: Tidal River Avon at Bristol, Pill and Shirehampton
Source: Environment Agency
Buses & trains
- Nearest station: Freshford (2.5 km)
- 16 bus stops within ~½ mile
Live trains from Freshford (2.4 km):
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Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail
House prices
£328,908 average▲ 2.7% YoY
Across Wiltshire · to 2026-06
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: 136.8p · AppleGreen (9 km)
- Cheapest diesel: 143.8p · AppleGreen (9 km)
10 stations within ~8 miles
Source: CMA fuel price scheme
EV charging
39 charging locations within ~8 km
- 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
- Fastest nearby: 120 kW
- Nearest: Wessex Water Services LTD (0.9 km)
Source: Open Charge Map
Sport & leisure
- Gyms1
- Swimming pools8
- Sports pitches67
- Playgrounds6
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)
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
- Within the Green Belt
- 157 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
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
- Schools5
- GPs & clinics1
- Parks & greens12
- Restaurants & cafés3
Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)
Local businesses
24,755 active business enterprises in the area
Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)
Jobs
47 jobs advertised · £26,436 avg
e.g. Sign Up as A Delivery Person - Earn With Uber Eats, Online Photography Tutoring Job in Monkton Combe – Flexible Schedule, Looking For Part-Time Opportunities? - Deliver with Uber Eats
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
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 Frome and East Somerset:
- Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership515 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
- Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership375 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
- Do not ban social media for under 16s300 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
- Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test262 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
- Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks250 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06
Notable places nearby
Monkton Combe · 0.2 kmMonkton Combe is a village and civil parish in north Somerset, England, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Bath. The parish, which includes the hamlet of Tucking Mill, had a population of 554 in 2013. It was formerly known as…
Monkton Combe School · 0.2 kmMonkton Combe School is a public school, in the village of Monkton Combe near Bath in Somerset, England.
Monkton Combe Halt railway station · 0.2 kmMonkton Combe Halt railway station was a railway station in Monkton Combe, Somerset, England. It was built by the Great Western Railway in 1910, on the Camerton branch of the Bristol and North Somerset Railway line.
St Michael's Church, Monkton Combe · 0.3 kmSt Michael's Church is the Church of England parish church of Monkton Combe, Somerset, England. It was also the parish church of Combe Down until the 1850s when the communities separated. It is a Grade II listed build…
- Ralph Allen School · 0.7 km
Ralph Allen School in Combe Down, Bath, England, is a co-educational, comprehensive secondary school with academy status. Located on the south-eastern edge of Bath, the school educates 11 to 18-year-olds from Bath and…
Tucking Mill · 1.0 kmTucking Mill is a small hamlet within the parish of Monkton Combe, Somerset, England. It lies on Midford Brook and was a key point on the now disused Somerset Coal Canal.
Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Monkton Combe?
- Monkton Combe is a town in Wiltshire, England, in the Wiltshire local authority.
- How deprived is Monkton Combe?
- The Wiltshire local authority, which includes Monkton Combe, is less deprived than the average in England on the IoD2019.