BS22 7RL North Somerset
Live postcode, introduced December 2002. Ward: Wick St Lawrence & St Georges. Region: South West.
Streets
- Oak Court, Weston-super-Mare: 8 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in North Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,491 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,661 | £1,938 | £2,214 | £2,491 | £3,045 | £3,598 | £4,152 | £4,982 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band B (38% of about 610 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Davan Caravans Shepherds Way St Georges, permissioned (660 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 8 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 8 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 6 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Worle 398,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 900 m |
| Weston Milton 107,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.3 km | |
| Weston-Super-Mare 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 13 stops within 400 m, 42 within 800 m; nearest Reed Way St Georges | 50 m |
| Ferry terminal | Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour | 6.2 km |
| Car parks | Worle Station Car Park | 880 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 13.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Stafford Medical Group | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest North Worle Pharmacy | 660 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Ground Floor Dental Surgery | 1.2 km |
| Hospital | Bft Southmead Weston General Hospital | 6.7 km |
| Police station | North Somerset Police Centre | 850 m |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Mfg - Worle | 710 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,190 m² | 210 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 5.3 ha | 240 m |
| Play area | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 220 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 170 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,700 m² | 1.8 km |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 5.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Motte at Castle Batch, a scheduled monument, 1.1 km west. 1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Motte at Castle Batch | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Worle Hill | Hill | 2.5 km west |
| Woolvers Hill | Hill | 2.8 km south |
| Woodspring Bay | Bay | 3.9 km north |
| Ashcombe Wood | Wood | 4.2 km west |
| The Combe | Valley | 5.0 km south |
| Acorn Lakes | Lake or reservoir | 5.0 km north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 8 | 8 |
None of the postcode's 8 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road or rail traffic.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 34% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 81% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Oak Court.