Kingdown Road Kingdown, North Somerset
25 addresses across 6 postcodes (BS40), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 47831931.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £260,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 8 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 3, E: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 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 D; Band D in North Somerset costs £2,491 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 13% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Nailsea and Backwell, about 6.9 km (4.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 162 to 187 m above sea level.
- Noise: 6 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chew Medical Practice, about 4.1 km (2.6 miles) away.
- People: About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £260,000 | £260,000 | £260,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | £232,500 | £165,000 | £300,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £164,000 | £164,000 | £164,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £115,000 | £115,000 | £115,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Dec 2021 | THE OLD STABLES BS40 8FB | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 6 May 2016 | THE BARN BIRDS FARM BS40 8DW | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 31 Mar 2016 | THE OLD STABLES BS40 8FB | Detached | £165,000 | |
| 30 Oct 2000 | HAZEL PATCH BS40 5TP | Detached | £164,000 | |
| 16 Oct 1995 | HAZEL PATCH BS40 5TP | Detached | £115,000 |
Energy performance certificates
8 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 124 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (5); Bungalow, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (5); 1900-1929 (1); 2003 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in North Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,491 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,661 | £1,938 | £2,214 | £2,491 | £3,045 | £3,598 | £4,152 | £4,982 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (22% of about 1,230 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, North Somerset.
Listed buildings
- THE PARSONAGE, grade II*
- GATE PIERS TO SOUTH WEST OF THE PARSONAGE, grade II
- GATEPIERS AND WALLS AT THE PARSONAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 18 August 2026 to 20 August 2026: BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS40 8DP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BS40 5TP | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BS40 8DW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BS40 8DU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BS40 8DN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BS40 8FB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 162 m and 187 m above sea level (169 m on average); the ground rises about 25 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS40 5TP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BS40 8DN | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BS40 8DP | 88% | 88% | 88% | 0% |
| BS40 8DU | 13% | 13% | 13% | 0% |
| BS40 8DW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BS40 8FB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Nailsea and Backwell 476,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) |
| Parson Street 204,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bedminster 141,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Public Transport Interchange Bristol Airport | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Nova Scotia Ferry Landing Hotwells | 9.1 km (5.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Acre Airport Parking Ltd - Bristol Meet & Greet | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Chew Medical Practice | 4.1 km (2.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Chew Pharmacy | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Chew Magna Dental Practice | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Hospital | Bft Southmead South Bristol Community Hospital | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Bristol Airport Police Station | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Bridgwater Road Service Station Cashzone | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 6,460 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.5 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,150 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is The Parsonage, a listed building (Grade II*), 230 m east. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Parsonage | Listed building, Grade II* | 230 m east |
| Two confluent bowl barrows on Felton Hill | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Bowl barrow 170m east of Poplar Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north |
| Oval barrow on Felton Hill 100m east of The Round House | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Old Hill | Hill | 720 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Felton Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Mark's Wood | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) east |
| May's Grove Coppice | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Ham's Gully | Valley | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Oatfield Pool | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road, rail and aircraft noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways | Aircraft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 25 | 24 |
6 of the street's 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from aircraft, 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 North Somerset: see them on the North Somerset page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winford Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Jan 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winford Manor Hotel BS40 8DW | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 350 m | 5 Very good | 12 Dec 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 | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 64% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 40% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 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
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
- BS40 8DP: 10 addresses of 17 in the postcode
- BS40 5TP: 6 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- BS40 8DW: 5 addresses of 12 in the postcode
- BS40 8DU: 2 addresses of 15 in the postcode
- BS40 8DN: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
- BS40 8FB: 1 address
All the streets in BS40 and across North 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.