Millbatch Close Meare, Somerset
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (BA6), about 120 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 25008423.
- Sales: 2 recorded sales since 1995; in 2014 the median was £150,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3).
- 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 E; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 97% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Highbridge and Burnham, about 14 km (8.7 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 12 to 14 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Glastonbury Surgery, about 5.1 km (3.2 miles) away.
- People: About 250 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 60% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 19 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £378,000 | £378,000 | £378,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Apr 2014 | BIRCHVIEW HOUSE BA6 9GT | Detached | £150,000 | New build. |
| 4 Sep 2013 | BAY TREE HOUSE BA6 9GT | Detached | £378,000 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 191 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: 2007-2011 (3). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (2); owner-occupied (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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 1 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: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA6 9GT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA6 9SR | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 5 addresses are between 12 m and 14 m above sea level (13 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA6 9GT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA6 9SR | 100% | 97% | 97% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14 km (8.7 miles) |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Millbatch Meare | 110 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Park Street | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 14.7 km (9.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 24.1 km (15 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Glastonbury Surgery | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Abbey Dental Health Centre | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Hospital | West Mendip Hospital | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| Police station | Street Police Station | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 180 m² | 240 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.9 ha | 390 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,670 m² | 280 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Village Cross Adjacent to Entrance of and in Churchyard, Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade II*), 420 m (0.3 miles) east. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Village Cross Adjacent to Entrance of and in Churchyard, Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 420 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 440 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Manor Farmhouse With Attached Range of Outbuildings | Listed building, Grade I | 470 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| The Abbot's Fish House and fishponds | Scheduled monument | 630 m (0.4 miles) east |
| The Abbot's Fish House | Listed building, Grade I | 700 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Lake villages NW of Oxenpill | Scheduled monument | 900 m (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Duck decoy, 950m south west of junction of Westhay Moor Drove and Lewis's Drove | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beggars Bush Copse | Wood | 3 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Henhills Copse | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-west |
| Bathing House Copse | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south-west |
| Hatch Hill Coppice | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south |
| Brickhills Copse | Wood | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-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) | 8.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meare Village Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 410 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meare Manor BA6 9SR | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 80 m | 5 Very good | 6 Nov 2025 |
| Millbatch Farm BA6 9SR | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 90 m | 5 Very good | 30 Nov 2010 |
| Little Starlings BA6 9SP | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 320 m | 5 Very good | 2 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Millbatch (7); On or near Great House Court (3); On or near St Mary'S Road (2); On or near Sunnymeade (2); On or near The Levels (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 39 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 18% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 60% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 32% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 8% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 23% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 68% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 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
Great House Court · Abbots Close · Moorview Close · The Levels · Sunnymeade · Moor View Close · Bramble Close · St Marys Road · Millbatch · The Orchard · Down's Orchard · Muddy Lane
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.