A303 Somerset
8 addresses across 5 postcodes (BA9), about 5.1 km (3.2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 83227652.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Dorset), about 7.5 km (4.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.5 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 73 to 151 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Silton Surgery, about 3.6 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 820 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,561 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,707 | £1,992 | £2,276 | £2,561 | £3,130 | £3,699 | £4,268 | £5,121 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (20% of about 2,090 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 125.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- THE DOGS, grade I
- BALSAM HOUSE, grade II*
- CHURCH OF SAINT STEPHEN, grade II*
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, grade II*
- CLAPTON FARMHOUSE, grade II*
- NO 7 (PRIORS HOUSE) AND NO 7A (DENTAL SURGERY), grade II*
- PHYSICWELL HOUSE, grade II*
- WHITE HORSE HOTEL, grade II*
- 1 AND 3, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 1, CHURCH STREET, grade II
- 10 FLINGERS LANE AND ASSOCIATED OUTBUILDINGS, grade II
- 10, MARKET PLACE, grade II
- 10, NORTH STREET, grade II
- 11, 13, 15 AND 17, NORTH STREET, grade II
- 11, MARKET PLACE, grade II
- 11, MILL STREET, grade II
- 12, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 13, MARKET PLACE, grade II
- 14, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 14, MILL STREET, grade II
- 15, MILL STREET, grade II
- 16 AND 17, MARKET PLACE, grade II
- 16, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 17 AND 19, MILL STREET, grade II
- 17, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 18, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 19, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 2, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 2, MILL STREET, grade II
- 20, MILL STREET, grade II
And 95 more.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 5 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA9 9PQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA9 8LJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA9 9ET | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| BA9 9NZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA9 9PE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 73 m and 151 m above sea level (110 m on average); the ground rises about 77 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA9 8LJ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BA9 9ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA9 9NZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA9 9PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA9 9PQ | 78% | 78% | 78% | 22% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gillingham (Dorset) 358,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.7 miles) |
| Bruton 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.6 km (4.7 miles) | |
| Templecombe 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Leigh Common | 310 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 130 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 42.8 km (27 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Silton Surgery | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wincanton Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Wincanton Smile Centre | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Wincanton Community Hospital | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Police station | Wincanton Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 690 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4,290 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Clapton Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Clapton Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Ballands Castle | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Chesils Copse | Wood | 190 m south-east |
| Newfoundland Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Pen Forest | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Sunny Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Forty Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) east |
| Combe Bottom | Valley | 3 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 8 |
8 of the street's 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Somerset: see them on the Somerset page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chew Chew BBQSHED BA9 8LD | Mobile caterer | 260 m | 4 Good | 3 Jun 2025 |
| Hunters Lodge Inn BA9 8LD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 260 m | 4 Good | 23 May 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (avon-and-somerset).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 31% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 6 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- BA9 9PQ: 4 addresses of 24 in the postcode
- BA9 8LJ: 1 address of 16 in the postcode
- BA9 9ET: 1 address of 54 in the postcode
- BA9 9NZ: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- BA9 9PE: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
Nearby streets
A303 · Tally's Lane · B3081 · Beech Lane
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.