Cannard's Grave Road Shepton Mallet, Somerset
124 addresses across 48 postcodes (BA4), about 2 km (1.2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 25003409.
- Energy: 25 homes have an energy certificate (B: 5, C: 9, D: 3, E: 3, F: 3, G: 2).
- Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 B; 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 Castle Cary, about 9.1 km (5.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Collett Park, is about 520 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 147 to 167 m above sea level.
- Noise: 102 of its 124 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Park Medical Practice, about 750 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 1,840 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 60% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 36 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 124 m². Most common: House, detached (9); House, semi-detached (6); House, mid-terrace (6). Built: before 1900 (9); 2015 (3); 2020 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (5); rented (social) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 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 B (29% of about 2,720 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Shepton Mallet (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 6.
- 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
- HIGHFIELD HOUSE, grade II
- SHEPTON MALLET WAR MEMORIAL, grade II
- STABLE TO REAR OF HIGHFIELD HOUSE, grade II
- TERRACE OF THREE COTTAGES ATTACHED TO LEFT OF THE FIELD INN, grade II
- THE FIELD INN, grade II
- Warehouse and street wall to rear of Highfield House, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 23 November 2026 to 27 November 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 19 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
- 13 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, some carriageway incursion, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
- 12 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, multi-way signals, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
- 7 October 2026 to 8 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, lane closure, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 6 August 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, lane closure, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 21 July 2026 to 27 July 2026: WALES AND WEST UTILITIES LTD, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway, carriageway (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA4 4LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 4LY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 5RE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 5 | unlikely |
| BA4 5RW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 5RP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 5BP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 5BT | not in 2 or 3 | ||
| BA4 5RT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 4BW | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 1 / 6 | unlikely |
| BA4 4BX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 4GE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 4GF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 4LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9ST | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9SZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9TT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA4 9ZZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 144 addresses are between 147 m and 167 m above sea level (155 m on average); the ground rises about 20 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA4 4BW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA4 4BX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA4 4GE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BA4 4GF | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BA4 4LU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BA4 4LX | 94% | 22% | 22% | 0% |
| BA4 4LY | 6% | 6% | 6% | 0% |
| BA4 5BP | 100% | 78% | 56% | 0% |
| BA4 5RE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA4 5RP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA4 5RT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA4 5RW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Castle Cary 355,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) |
| Bruton 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.1 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Somerville Close Cannards Grave | 380 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Wells | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Townsend Retail Car Park | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 25.6 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Park Medical Practice | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shepton Mallet Pharmacy | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Dept. | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Shepton Mallet Community Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Shepton Mallet Police Station | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Radstock Co-op - Shepton Mallet, Whitstone Road Cashzone | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Collett Park 7.6 ha | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 80 m² | 120 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,780 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 120 m² | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 7.6 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is An area of the Romano-British linear village at Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet, a scheduled monument, 530 m (0.3 miles) east. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| An area of the Romano-British linear village at Fosse Lane, Shepton Mallet | Scheduled monument | 530 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Market cross in the market place | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Two bowl barrows on Barren Down, 250m north west of Princes Lodge | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Whitstone Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Doulting Sheep Sleight | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Beard Hill | Hill | 1.6 km (1 mile) south |
| Sleight Plantation | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Chesterblade Bottom | Valley | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) south-east |
| Beacon Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 4 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 29 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 48 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 21 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 124 |
102 of the street's 124 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitstone | Secondary | 11–16 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery | Primary | 2–7 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| Bowlish Infant School | Primary | 4–7 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Jul 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention; Achievement: Needs attention; Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Needs attention; Early years: Needs attention; Safeguarding standards: Met |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferndale Residential Home BA4 5PS | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 360 m | 5 Very good | 25 May 2011 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 24 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 3 |
| Public order | 3 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Home Fields (18); On or near Spencer Road (5); On or near Julian Close (4); On or near Hobbs Road (4); On or near Walnut Grove (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 60% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 29% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 30% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 60% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 90% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 3 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 2 to 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.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 23 November 2026 to 27 November 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 13 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 19 October 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 12 October 2026 (multi-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- BA4 4LX: 25 addresses of 29 in the postcode
- BA4 4LY: 23 addresses of 76 in the postcode
- BA4 5RE: 13 addresses
- BA4 5RW: 9 addresses
- BA4 5RP: 4 addresses
- BA4 5BP: 3 addresses of 19 in the postcode
- BA4 5BT: 3 addresses
- BA4 5RT: 3 addresses
- BA4 9SJ: 2 addresses
- BA4 4BW: 1 address of 60 in the postcode
- BA4 4BX: 1 address of 18 in the postcode
- BA4 4GE: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- BA4 4GF: 1 address
- BA4 4LU: 1 address
- BA4 9SA: 1 address
- BA4 9SB: 1 address
- BA4 9SD: 1 address
- BA4 9SE: 1 address
- BA4 9SF: 1 address
- BA4 9SG: 1 address
- BA4 9SH: 1 address
- BA4 9SL: 1 address
- BA4 9SN: 1 address
- BA4 9SP: 1 address
- BA4 9SQ: 1 address
- BA4 9SR: 1 address
- BA4 9SS: 1 address
- BA4 9ST: 1 address
- BA4 9SU: 1 address
- BA4 9SW: 1 address
- BA4 9SX: 1 address
- BA4 9SY: 1 address
- BA4 9SZ: 1 address
- BA4 9TA: 1 address
- BA4 9TB: 1 address
- BA4 9TD: 1 address
- BA4 9TE: 1 address
- BA4 9TF: 1 address
- BA4 9TG: 1 address
- BA4 9TJ: 1 address
- BA4 9TL: 1 address
- BA4 9TN: 1 address
- BA4 9TP: 1 address
- BA4 9TQ: 1 address
- BA4 9TR: 1 address
- BA4 9TS: 1 address
- BA4 9TT: 1 address
- BA4 9ZZ: 1 address
Nearby streets
Cranmore Close · Bollnas Close · Spencer Road · Thorne Lane · Dark Lane · James Close · Whiting Close · Clarks Meadow · Walnut Grove · Home Fields · Abbot Lane · Sherring Road
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.