Pitcot Lane Somerset
20 addresses across 3 postcodes (BA3), about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 25006360.
- Sales: 10 recorded sales since 1995; in 2017 the median was £655,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, E: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 C; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Frome, about 12.4 km (7.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 178 to 219 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 20 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Mendip Country Practice, about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- People: About 130 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 1 | £655,000 | £655,000 | £655,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £400,000 | £400,000 | £400,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £520,000 | £520,000 | £520,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £305,000 | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £115,015 | £115,015 | £115,015 |
| 1996 | 1 | £51,000 | £51,000 | £51,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Jul 2019 | VEREKER HOUSE BA3 4SX | Detached | £629,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 31 Mar 2017 | PITCOT COTTAGE BA3 4SX | Detached | £655,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2015 | PITCOT BARN BA3 4SX | Detached | £400,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2009 | BRICK COTTAGE BA3 4SX | Semi-detached | £285,000 | |
| 29 May 2007 | PITCOT COTTAGE BA3 4SX | Detached | £520,000 | |
| 25 Nov 2005 | VEREKER HOUSE BA3 4SX | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2004 | BRICK COTTAGE BA3 4SX | Semi-detached | £305,000 | |
| 5 Jan 2002 | UPPER BARLAKE COTTAGE BA3 4SX | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 16 Jul 1998 | UPPER BARLAKE COTTAGE BA3 4SX | Detached | £115,015 | |
| 2 Jan 1996 | HOME LEIGH BA3 4SX | Semi-detached | £51,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 192 m². Most common: House, detached (2); House, semi-detached (2); Bungalow, detached (1). Built: 1900-1929 (2); 1991-1995 (1); before 1900 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 C (24% of about 970 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- MILEPOST AT NGR ST 6545 4995 ON ROADSIDE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 1 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
- 21 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, no carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 21 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
- 21 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
- 21 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the verge (minor works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 178 m and 219 m above sea level (198 m on average); the ground rises about 41 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA3 4SX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| BA3 4SY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| BA3 4SZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Frome 288,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.4 km (7.7 miles) |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bath View Stratton on the Fosse | 750 m (0.5 miles) |
| Car parks | HF Veale & Sons Ltd. - Depot Parking | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 22 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Mendip Country Practice | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Coleford Pharmacy | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Dental Centre | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Paulton Hospital | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| Police station | Radstock Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Radstock Co-op - Coleford Cashzone | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 9,670 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,490 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,820 m² | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Vigor, a listed building (Grade I), 860 m (0.5 miles) north. 20 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Vigor | Listed building, Grade I | 860 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Church of St Andrew | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Medieval and post-medieval coal mining remains in Harridge Wood and Edford Wood South | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Medieval coal mining remains immediately south of Benter Cross | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Short Shrubbery | Wood | 860 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Holcombe Wood | Wood | 880 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Shoots Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Loocombe Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| Stoke Bottom | Valley | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Bullock's Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 18 | 20 |
2 of the street's 20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Vigor & St John Church School Church of England | Primary | 0–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 40% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 31% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 61% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 32% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 61% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 3% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 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 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 1 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
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.