The Drove Sheepway, North Somerset
21 addresses across 4 postcodes (BS20), about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 47832188.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in North Somerset cost £314,307 in August 2026 (+3.6% on a year); private rents averaged £1,212 a month.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 4 historic landfill sites within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Future Development Area Royal Portbury Dock, is 20 m away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 0 times (0 hours) in 2025.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Energy projects: 2 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PV panels, is 840 m (0.5 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the M5, carries 115,619 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 89% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Portway Park and Ride, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 6 to 11 m above sea level.
- Noise: 11 of its 21 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Harbourside Family Practice, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 360 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 93% of households owned their home and 34% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in North Somerset
A typical home in North Somerset cost £314,307 in August 2026, 3.6% more than a year before. That is 16% more than five years earlier and 34% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £536,372 |
| Semi-detached | £342,114 |
| Terraced | £274,586 |
| Flat or maisonette | £169,859 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £246,206 |
Private renters in North Somerset paid £1,212 a month on average in September 2026, 3.1% more than a year before. That is 40% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £822 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,082 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,350 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,851 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 9,887 kWh of it on average in 2024, 8% less than the district's 10,767 kWh, and 2,503 kWh of electricity, 28% less than the district's 3,480 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS20 7WW | 50 | 1,455 kWh | 53 | 7,559 kWh |
| BS20 7TF | 7 | 5,135 kWh | 5 | 31,070 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is BS20.
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 (27% of about 670 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: 1 protected tree on or by this street.
- Green belt: yes, North Somerset.
Listed buildings
- ELM TREE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
9 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 2 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar PV panels North Somerset 24/P/2345/SJA | Solar farm | 5.9 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Dec 2024 | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Etex Building Performance, Redland Avenue - Solar Panels North Somerset 24/P/2346/SJA | Solar farm | 6.2 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Dec 2024 | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Avonmouth Port - extension Bristol, City of 10/02547/F | Wind 3 turbines | 9 MW | Operational Apr 2014 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Avonmouth Port Bristol, City of 05/03131/F | Wind 3 turbines | 6 MW | Operational Aug 2007 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Avonmouth Low Carbon Energy Facility - Phase 2 Bristol, City of 10/02837/F | Advanced Conversion Technologies | 6.5 MW | Operational Dec 2013 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Avonmouth Bristol, City of 10/02837/F | Advanced Conversion Technologies | 6.5 MW | Operational Jun 2013 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Accolade Wines Bristol, City of 17/02240/F | Wind 1 turbine, 130 m tall | 2.5 MW | Operational Jun 2019 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| Avonmouth Wind Power Bristol, City of 08/04925/F | Wind 4 turbines | 8.2 MW | Operational Feb 2014 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Bristol STW (Waste AD) Bristol, City of 10/02511/F | Anaerobic digestion | 10 MW | Operational Dec 2012 | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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 60 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 3 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BS20 7XH | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BS20 7XQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BS20 7WW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| BS20 7TF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 0 times, for under an hour in all, in 2025. They discharge into Portbury Drove Rhyne.
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portbury Drove Pumping Station Wessex Water | Portbury Drove Rhyne | 0 | 0 | 90 m |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
By postcode centre: 3 to 5% (2); 5 to 10% (3).
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
4 historic landfill sites are within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 20 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Future Development Area Royal Portbury Dock Bristol | 1982 to 1987 | Inert, industrial | 20 m |
| Elm Tree Farm Portbury | 1975 to 1982 | Inert | 80 m |
| Priory Farm Portbury, Bristol | 1987 to 1991 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 120 m |
| Royal Portbury Dock Proposed Development Area Adjacent to Dock Road, Bristol, Avon | until 1969 | Inert | 250 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 21 addresses are between 6 m and 11 m above sea level (9 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS20 7TF | 56% | 28% | 28% | 0% |
| BS20 7WW | 100% | 89% | 89% | 0% |
| BS20 7XH | 40% | 0% | 0% | 60% |
| BS20 7XQ | 8% | 0% | 0% | 67% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Portway Park and Ride 59,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Avonmouth 171,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Shirehampton 64,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km (2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Station Road Sheepway | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bristol | 9.4 km (5.8 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Portishead Pier Portishead Harbour | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Car parks | Waitrose Portishead Car Park | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Harbourside Family Practice Good Jan 2019 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Magna Pharmacy Portishead | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Evolve Dentistry Limited | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Spire Bristol Hospital Good Jun 2022 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) |
| Care homes | Harbour Care Centre Good Jan 2023 | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Police station | Port of Bristol Police | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Gordano Bristol Forecourt, Portbury Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 7,130 m² | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 420 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,490 m² | 270 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 660 m (0.4 miles) south-east. 11 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 660 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Slight univallate hillfort on Conygar Hill | Scheduled monument | 720 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Portbury Heavy Anti-aircraft Battery, 180m north-west of Springfield Cottage | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Conygar Hill | Hill | 760 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Bulling's Wood | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| The Royal Portbury Dock | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Chapel Pill | Tidal water | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Nelson Point | Wetland | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) north-east |
| Bullock's Bottom | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 10 | 21 |
11 of the street's 21 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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Portbury | Primary | 4–11 | 770 m (0.5 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 86% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 14% at the higher standard (2025; 59% in 2024 and 50% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
1 nursery, pre-school or club within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 690 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Mary's ASC BS20 7TR | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 690 m (0.4 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 121 childminders and 19 home childcarers (nannies) in North Somerset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baxterstorey @ Kerry Foods BS20 7XN | Other catering premises | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 23 Jun 2025 |
| Napier Catering BS20 7XN | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 22 Sep 2026 |
| Priory Hotel BS20 7TN | Pub/bar/nightclub | 480 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 15 Jul 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (avon-and-somerset).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 100% happened in the dark. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2025 22:06 | Serious | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the M5 between 20 and 19, with 115,619 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 270 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A369 | Not recorded | 27,255 estimated; counted 2022 | 1% | 270 m | |
| M5 | 20 to 19 | 115,619 counted 2025 | 8% | +19% since 2015 | 270 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 34% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 93% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 55% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 41% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 54% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 67% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 34% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 21% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 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 9 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
- Food hygiene ratings Napier Catering (restaurant/cafe/canteen, BS20 7XN) now 5 Very good, was 4 Good (rated 22 September 2026) found 31 October 2026
Postcodes on this street
- BS20 7XH: 13 addresses of 31 in the postcode
- BS20 7XQ: 4 addresses of 83 in the postcode
- BS20 7WW: 3 addresses of 64 in the postcode
- BS20 7TF: 1 address of 33 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Station Road · Priory Road · Banyard Road
All the streets in BS20 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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.