The Batch Compton Martin, Bath and North East Somerset
8 addresses across 1 postcode (BS40), about 150 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 47902510.
- Sales: 5 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £605,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 2).
- 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 G; Band D in Bath and North East Somerset costs £2,383 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Nailsea and Backwell, about 13.8 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 100 to 105 m above sea level.
- Noise: 7 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Harptree Surgery, about 1.6 km away.
- People: About 300 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 92% of households owned their home and 54% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £605,000 | £605,000 | £605,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £335,000 | £335,000 | £335,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £355,000 | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £150,000 | £150,000 | £150,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £128,000 | £128,000 | £128,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2021 | BATCH COTTAGE BS40 6JB | Detached | £605,000 | |
| 22 Oct 2013 | BATCH COTTAGE BS40 6JB | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 11 Feb 2011 | THE BEECHES BS40 6JB | Detached | £355,000 | |
| 31 May 2002 | COURT COTTAGE BS40 6JB | Terraced | £150,000 | |
| 8 May 1998 | MENDIP COTTAGE BS40 6JB | Detached | £128,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 150 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Bath and North East Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,383 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,589 | £1,854 | £2,119 | £2,383 | £2,913 | £3,443 | £3,972 | £4,767 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (24% of about 450 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Compton Martin. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
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
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 100 m and 105 m above sea level (102 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS40 6JB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Nailsea and Backwell 476,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km |
| Parson Street 204,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.0 km | |
| Yatton 527,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 15.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 4 within 800 m; nearest Post Office Compton Martin | 20 m |
| Bus or coach station | Public Transport Interchange Bristol Airport | 9.3 km |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 7.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 9.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Harptree Surgery | 1.6 km |
| Pharmacies | Chew Pharmacy | 6.9 km |
| NHS dentists | Harptree Dental Surgery | 1.6 km |
| Hospital | Paulton Hospital | 11.4 km |
| Police station | Bristol Airport Police Station | 9.0 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 410 m² | 1.8 km |
| Playing field | The Glebe Field 8,440 m² | 1.9 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Michael and All Angels, a listed building (Grade I), 100 m south-east. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Michael and All Angels | Listed building, Grade I | 100 m south-east |
| Bowl barrow 250m west of Starve Lark Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km south-west |
| Bowl barrow 400m north-west of Starve Lark Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km south-west |
| Bowl barrow 300m north of Hazel Manor | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Compton Combe | Valley | 710 m south-west |
| Compton Wood | Wood | 770 m west |
| Well Plantation | Wood | 1.3 km west |
| Breach Hill | Hill | 2.6 km north |
| Herons Green Bay | Bay | 2.7 km north-east |
| Herriotts Mill Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 8 |
7 of the street's 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ubley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ring O Bells BS40 6JE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 190 m | 5 Very good | 11 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Undertown (1); On or near The Street (1); On or near The Batch (1); On or near Tinker'S Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 92% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 57% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 25% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 54% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 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 8 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
- BS40 6JB: 8 addresses
Nearby streets
The Reddings · Mill Lane · Undertown · Rectory Lane · The Coombe · The Barton · Tinker's Lane · Undertown Lane · Hazel Barrow · Yew Tree Lane
All the streets in BS40 and across Bath and North East 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.