B3152 Castle Cary, Somerset
21 addresses across 5 postcodes (BA22,BA7), about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 36609705.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 5, F: 2).
- 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 C; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Fairfield, is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 103 to 109 m above sea level.
- Noise: 17 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Millbrook Surgery, Castle Cary, about 1.5 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 400 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 74% of households owned their home and 40% 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
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 115 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (4); 1930-1949 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (5); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 addresses)
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 C (25% of about 2,200 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- ABBEY COTTAGES, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 16 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, stop/go boards, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 22 addresses are between 103 m and 109 m above sea level (106 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA22 7AA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA22 7AD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA22 7AG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA22 7AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA7 7HF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Castle Cary 355,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Bruton 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Templecombe 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.7 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Harvester Galhampton | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 37 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Millbrook Surgery, Castle Cary | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Bramcote Dental Surgery | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Wincanton Community Hospital | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) |
| Police station | Wincanton Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Morrisons Daily - Castle Cary Fore Street Cashzone | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Fairfield 2.1 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,210 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 6,790 m² | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,520 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park Pond, a scheduled monument, 1.6 km (1 mile) north. 3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| A motte with two baileys immediately north of Park Pond | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| The Round House | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Marl Pit Copse | Wood | 640 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Beanclose Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Lodge Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Hilly Copse | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Park Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Combe Bottom | Valley | 3 km (1.9 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 6 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 8 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 21 |
17 of the street's 21 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
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Cary Community Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Requires improvement (Dec 2021, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Babylonstoren (UK) Ltd BA22 7AE | Retailers - other | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 22 Aug 2022 |
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 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 42% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 9% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 16 October 2026 (stop/go boards) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- BA22 7AA: 9 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- BA22 7AG: 5 addresses of 8 in the postcode
- BA22 7AD: 3 addresses
- BA22 7AQ: 3 addresses
- BA7 7HF: 1 address of 24 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.