Highfield Lane Compton Martin, Bath and North East Somerset
14 addresses across 3 postcodes (BS40), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 47902567.
- Sales: 16 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £600,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 1, E: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 G; Band D in Bath and North East Somerset costs £2,383 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 80% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Nailsea and Backwell, about 14.3 km (8.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 108 to 243 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Harptree Surgery, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 550 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 46% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £600,000 | £600,000 | £600,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £875,000 | £875,000 | £875,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £960,000 | £960,000 | £960,000 |
| 2014 | 1 | £999,500 | £999,500 | £999,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £1,075,000 | £1,075,000 | £1,075,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £249,950 | £249,950 | £249,950 |
| 2000 | 2 | £237,000 | £230,000 | £244,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £253,725 | £189,950 | £317,500 |
| 1997 | 1 | £142,000 | £142,000 | £142,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £200,000 | £200,000 | £200,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Sep 2023 | FURLONG COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Semi-detached | £600,000 | |
| 14 Sep 2017 | VALLEY VIEW BS40 6LA | Detached | £875,000 | |
| 25 Sep 2015 | ORCHARD LODGE BS40 6LA | Detached | £960,000 | |
| 20 Aug 2014 | ORCHARD LODGE BS40 6LA | Detached | £999,500 | |
| 18 May 2010 | ORCHARD LODGE BS40 6LA | Detached | £1,075,000 | |
| 23 Aug 2006 | VALLEY VIEW BS40 6LA | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2003 | HIGH HALL COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Detached | £540,000 | |
| 31 Dec 2001 | FURLONG COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Semi-detached | £249,950 | |
| 20 Oct 2000 | 2, SOUTHLAKES BS40 6LA | Detached | £244,000 | |
| 4 Feb 2000 | ORCHARD LODGE BS40 6LA | Detached | £230,000 | |
| 8 Oct 1999 | HIGH HALL COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Detached | £317,500 | |
| 23 Aug 1999 | SEPTEMBER COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Detached | £189,950 | |
| 25 Apr 1997 | 1, SOUTHLAKES BS40 6LA | Detached | £142,000 | |
| 20 Jun 1996 | HIGH HALL COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Detached | £200,000 | |
| 6 Mar 1995 | SEPTEMBER COTTAGE BS40 6JL | Detached | £125,000 | |
| 26 Jan 1995 | 2, SOUTHLAKES BS40 6LA | Detached | £152,500 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 154 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (2). Built: 1996-2002 (2); before 1900 (2); 2003-2006 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Bath and North East Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,383 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,589 | £1,854 | £2,119 | £2,383 | £2,913 | £3,443 | £3,972 | £4,767 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (24% of about 450 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Compton Martin. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, grade I
- COMBE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- COOMBE LODGE, grade II
- EARLS FARMHOUSE, grade II
- KING WALTER MONUMENT IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH EAST OF SOUTH CHAPEL OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- PARSONS HILL AND OLD RECTORY AND ATTACHED STABLE BLOCK, grade II
- SYMES MONUMENT IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 3 METRES SOUTH OF SOUTH AISLE OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
- UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENT AND CROSSE MONUMENT IN THE CHURCHYARD ABOUT 4 METRES NORTH OF PORCH OF ST MICHAELS CHURCH, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 8 December 2026 to 21 December 2026: BT, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 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 9 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 low and 0 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS40 6LA | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BS40 6JL | zone 2 | 0 / 1 / 1 | unlikely |
| BS40 6LB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 108 m and 243 m above sea level (130 m on average); the ground rises about 135 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS40 6JL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BS40 6LA | 80% | 80% | 80% | 0% |
| BS40 6LB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Nailsea and Backwell 476,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) |
| Parson Street 204,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Post Office Compton Martin | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Public Transport Interchange Bristol Airport | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Harptree Surgery | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Chew Pharmacy | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Harptree Dental Surgery | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Paulton Hospital | 11 km (6.8 miles) |
| Police station | Bristol Airport Police Station | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 410 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael and All Angels, a listed building (Grade I), 400 m (0.2 miles) north-west. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael and All Angels | Listed building, Grade I | 400 m (0.2 miles) north-west |
| Bowl barrow 250m west of Starve Lark Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Richmont Castle: the remains of a medieval castle, parts of its water management system and later C17 mining activity | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Starve Lark Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Compton Combe | Valley | 800 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Compton Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Harptree Combe | Valley | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Herriotts Mill Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Herons Green Bay | Bay | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Breach Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 14 |
6 of the street's 14 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 Bath and North East Somerset: see them on the Bath and North East Somerset page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Harptree Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
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 | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 31% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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: BT: Utility repair and maintenance works, 8 December 2026 to 21 December 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
All the streets in BS40 and across Bath and North East Somerset.
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.