Home Close West Camel, Somerset
7 addresses across 2 postcodes (BA22), about 50 m long. USRN 36686623.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Somerset cost £282,498 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,021 a month.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 1).
- Flood: 16 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: 1 recorded flood covered 1 of its 2 postcode centres, most recently in October 2000.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 41 times (760 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; 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 Yeovil Pen Mill, about 8.5 km (5.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- 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 25 to 27 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Queen Camel Medical Centre, about 1.7 km (1 mile) away.
- People: About 450 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 84% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 9 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Somerset
A typical home in Somerset cost £282,498 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 37% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £459,165 |
| Semi-detached | £289,787 |
| Terraced | £235,285 |
| Flat or maisonette | £136,214 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £232,749 |
Private renters in Somerset paid £1,021 a month on average in September 2026, 6.3% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £695 |
| Two bedrooms | £918 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,142 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,628 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 57 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (4). Built: 1967-1975 (3); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (3); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 32 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (8 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BA22.
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band E (20% of about 550 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)
- Sunnydene Farm, Keep Street, West Camel: up to 7 homes, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southfield Farm Solar Park Somerset 14/00215/FUL | Solar farm | 11.5 MW | Operational Mar 2016 | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 14 at medium risk and 9 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 38 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 15 medium, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA22 7QN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA22 7QW | zone 3 | 2 / 14 / 9 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
1 recorded flood covered 1 of the centres of this street's postcodes, most recently in October 2000 (Cam, Bridghampton to Queen Camel; main river).
| When | Flood | Source and cause | Postcodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2000 | Cam, Bridghampton to Queen Camel | Main river; channel capacity exceeded (no raised defences) | BA22 7QW |
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 41 times, for 760 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Cam (S).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frog Lane Pumping Station Wessex Water | River Cam (S) | 41 | 760 | 170 m |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 7 addresses are between 25 m and 27 m above sea level (26 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA22 7QN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA22 7QW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Yeovil Pen Mill 170,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Castle Cary 355,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.4 km (6.5 miles) | |
| Sherborne 207,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Camel | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Yeovil | 8.9 km (5.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 41 km (25 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Queen Camel Medical Centre Good Dec 2019 | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 6 km (3.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Heron Dental Centre | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Yeovil District Hospital | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| Care homes | Fir Villa Residential Home Good Mar 2023 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Police station | Yeovil Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 9.6 km (5.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | Shell Hazelgrove Services, Sparkford Cashzone | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 930 m² | 40 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,110 m² | 40 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,780 m² | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Rectory, a listed building (Grade II*), 220 m south-east. 21 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Rectory | Listed building, Grade II* | 220 m south-east |
| Naish's Farm House, With Front Boundary Wall and Gate Piers | Listed building, Grade II* | 230 m south-west |
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade I | 250 m south-east |
| Wales Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Romano-British settlement immediately south west of Camel Hill Farm | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Medieval settlement remains 100m and 250m north of Downhead Manor Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Hazlegrove House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Pen Hill Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Steart Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| West Camel Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Steart Wood | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Steart Hill Copse | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south-west |
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) | 10.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 7 |
1 of the street's 7 addresses is 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Countess Gytha Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 86% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 27% at the higher standard (2025; 84% in 2024 and 90% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 180 childminders and 43 home childcarers (nannies) in Somerset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Walnut Tree BA22 7QF | Other catering premises | 210 m | 4 Good | 8 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Howell Hill (5); On or near Demelza Court (2); On or near Parsonage Road (1); On or near West Camel Farm (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 84% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 62% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 43% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 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) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
Nearby streets
Back Street · Howell Hill · Demelza Court · Fore Street · West Camel Farm · Frog Lane · South Street · Parsonage 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.