Riverside Lower Godney, Somerset
103 addresses across 1 postcode (BA5), about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) long. USRN 25007054.
- Energy: 40 homes have an energy certificate (C: 8, D: 13, E: 11, F: 4, G: 4).
- Flood: 10 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 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Highbridge and Burnham, about 16.3 km (10 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 4 to 6 m above sea level.
- Noise: 13 of its 103 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Glastonbury Surgery, about 4.1 km (2.5 miles) away.
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 48% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
40 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 132 m². Most common: House, detached (12); House, semi-detached (12); Bungalow, detached (8). Built: before 1900 (17); 1996-2002 (5); 1976-1982 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (18); rented (private) (8); rented (social) (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (20 addresses)
- 6 Riverside, Lower Godney
- 8 Riverside, Lower Godney
- Annexe, Lower Godney House, Lower Godney
- Dairy House, Lower Godney
- Hawthorns Cottage, Lower Godney
- High Beech Farmhouse, Lower Godney
- Little Acre, Lower Godney
- Lower Godney House, Lower Godney
- Manor Farm Cottage, Lower Godney
- Mearepool Farm, Lower Godney
- Michaelmas Cottage, Lower Godney
- Moorlands, Lower Godney
- Myrtle Farm, Lower Godney
- Redgate Farm, Lower Godney
- Rivendell, Lower Godney
- The Franks, Lower Godney
- The Sheppey Inn, Lower Godney
- Thornreed House, Lower Godney
- Tor Barn, Lower Godney
- Willow Bridge Farm, Lower Godney
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: 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
- DOUBLE GATE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 2 November 2026 to 4 November 2026: BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY, Utility asset works, some carriageway incursion, on the carriageway, verge (minor works)
Finished in the last three months
- 9 October 2026 to 12 October 2026: BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
- 2 September 2026 to 3 September 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the carriageway, verge (major works)
- 26 August 2026: BT, Utility asset works, road closure, on the verge (major works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 9 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 62 homes the Environment Agency counts, 4 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 2 low and 11 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 103 addresses are between 4 m and 6 m above sea level (5 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA5 1RZ | 24% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 16.3 km (10 miles) |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Sheppey Inn Lower Godney | 270 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Park Street | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 22.4 km (14 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Glastonbury Surgery | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Glastonbury Dac | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Hospital | West Mendip Hospital | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Police station | Street Police Station | 6.5 km (4.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Radstock Co-op - Glastonbury Cashzone | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 220 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5,610 m² | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 550 m² | 2.7 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Duck decoy 1km south east of Manor Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Duck decoy 1km south east of Manor Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Barrow Hill | Hill | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north |
| Yarley Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Fenny Castle Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) east |
| Russell's Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
| Hembury Wood | Wood | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) north-east |
| Bushy Combe | Valley | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 13 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 90 | 103 |
13 of the street's 103 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
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 | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 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) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 38% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 25% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY: Utility repair and maintenance works, 9 October 2026 to 13 October 2026 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
- Roadworks Street works permit: BRISTOL WATERWORKS COMPANY: Utility asset works, 2 November 2026 to 4 November 2026 (some carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- BA5 1RZ: 103 addresses of 104 in the postcode
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.