Kirlegate Oxenpill, Somerset
30 addresses across 2 postcodes (BA6), about 390 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 25000829.
- Energy: 18 homes have an energy certificate (D: 5, E: 10, F: 3).
- Flood: 3 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 E; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 93% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Highbridge and Burnham, about 13.6 km (8.4 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 8 to 12 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 30 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Glastonbury Surgery, about 5.6 km (3.5 miles) away.
- People: About 740 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 37% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 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
18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 88 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (12); House, detached (6). Built: 1976-1982 (9); 1983-1990 (5); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (1).
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 (22% of about 730 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 3 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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 13 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA6 9TA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA6 9TY | not in 2 or 3 | 3 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 30 addresses are between 8 m and 12 m above sea level (10 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA6 9TA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA6 9TY | 100% | 93% | 93% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.6 km (8.4 miles) |
| Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.7 km (9.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Millbatch Meare | 340 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Park Street | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 14.3 km (8.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 24 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Glastonbury Surgery | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Abbey Dental Health Centre | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Hospital | West Mendip Hospital | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Police station | Street Police Station | 6.2 km (3.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 200 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.9 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,670 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Lake villages NW of Oxenpill, a scheduled monument, 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Lake villages NW of Oxenpill | Scheduled monument | 510 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Village Cross Adjacent to Entrance of and in Churchyard, Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 830 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 830 m (0.5 miles) east |
| Manor Farmhouse With Attached Range of Outbuildings | Listed building, Grade I | 860 m (0.5 miles) east |
| The Abbot's Fish House and fishponds | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Henhills Copse | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) south-west |
| Beggars Bush Copse | Wood | 3 km (1.9 miles) south |
| Bathing House Copse | Wood | 3.3 km (2 miles) south-west |
| Furze Nidon Copse | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Skinner's Wood | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) west |
| Hempstitch Hill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south |
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) | 8.1 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 26 | 30 |
4 of the street's 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meare Village Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown and Daughters of Glastonbury BA6 9TJ | Retailers - other | 330 m | 5 Very good | 3 May 2019 |
| Millbatch Farm BA6 9SR | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 390 m | 5 Very good | 30 Nov 2010 |
| Meare Manor BA6 9SR | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 390 m | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Down'S Orchard (3); On or near Alexanders Close (1); On or near Meareway (1); On or near St Mary'S Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 22% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 39% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 34% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 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) | 44% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 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 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
Countryman Close · Westhay Road · Alexanders Close · Down's Orchard · Moor View Close · Moorview Close · Sunnymeade · Chapel Lane · Westhay 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.