Rush Leaze Sandford, North Somerset
37 addresses across 1 postcode (BS25), about 320 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 47851169.
- Energy: 11 homes have an energy certificate (A: 11).
- Flood: No postcode centre on the street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
- 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.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Yatton, about 6.3 km (3.9 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 16 to 21 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 37 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Winscombe Surgery, about 2.2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 90% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 33 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
11 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: Maisonette, semi-detached (4); House, semi-detached (3); House, detached (2). Built: 2024 (11).
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (31% of about 830 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 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this street's postcodes yet.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 37 addresses are between 16 m and 21 m above sea level (19 m on average); the ground rises about 5 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
No Ofcom coverage figures for these postcodes.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Yatton 527,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Worle 398,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km (4 miles) | |
| Weston Milton 107,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest School Sandford | 100 m |
| Bus or coach station | Public Transport Interchange Bristol Airport | 9.9 km (6.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour | 11.6 km (7.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | Roam Charging Station | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Winscombe Surgery | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Surgery | 1.7 km (1 mile) |
| Hospital | Bft Southmead Weston General Hospital | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
| Police station | North Somerset Police Centre | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Southern Co-Operative Banwell Knightcott Road, Banwell Cashzone | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,310 m² | 110 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,840 m² | 150 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,280 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Star Roman villa, 275m north east of Wimblestone, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Star Roman villa, 275m north east of Wimblestone | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Wimblestone standing stone | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Banwell Camp: a large multivallate hillfort on Banwell Plain | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Green Hill | Hill | 610 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Sandford Wood | Wood | 760 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Sandford Hill | Hill | 790 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Lyncombe Wood | Wood | 850 m (0.5 miles) south-east |
| Knowle Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Dolebury Bottom | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.9 | 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 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 35 | 37 |
2 of the street's 37 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 North Somerset: see them on the North Somerset page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandford Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 100 m | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Churchill Academy & Sixth Form | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (May 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Winscombe Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandford Stores BS25 5QB | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 150 m | 4 Good | 4 Sep 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 14 |
| Public order | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 4 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Burglary | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Dabinett Drive (23); On or near Helens Road (4); On or near The Beeches (3); On or near Greenhill Road (3).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 90% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 9% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 13% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
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
- BS25 5AT: 37 addresses
Nearby streets
Greenhill Croft · Helens Road · The Beeches · Greenhill Lane · Fieldway · Morgan Sweet Place · Sandmead Road · Court Drive · Underwood End · Dabinett Drive
All the streets in BS25 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.