Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 33 min4:57 am – 9:30 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 55 min8:13 am – 4:08 pm
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People9,929 residentsin the Bishop's Hull & Norton Fitzwarren census areaMedian age 39.94,084 households66% of homes owner-occupied31% owned outright17% social rented, 15% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.3% unemployment rate66% of adults are economically active, 5,065 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: health and social work 25%, retail and wholesale 14%, public administration and defence 10%Getting to work: 25% work from home, 57% go by car, 1% take public transport, 16% walk or cycle74% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages32% of adults hold a degree or higher15% have no qualifications, 6% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 95%Source: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 22°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 9°C, lows 2°C811 mm of rain a year, 24 days with 10 mm or morewettest month December34 days of air frost, 13 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Nearby landmarksSteps Waterlake · 1.9 miStone Gallows Hillhill · under a mileCastleman's Hillhill · under a mileMill Streamriver · 2.9 miVale of Taunton Deanevalley · 2.4 miLeigh Reservoirreservoir · 3.6 miSource: Ordnance Survey Open Names
Parks and green spacesMillennum Gardenpark · 1.1 miTrull Greenpark · 1.5 miGoodland Gardenspark · 2.2 miGalmington Playing Fieldplaying field · 1.3 mi · 4 haGalmington Allotmentsallotments · 1.3 miKing George's Fieldplaying field · 1.7 mi · 3 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes55 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197011 of magnitude 3+, 1 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 4.0 on 25 Feb 197444 mi away, NewportMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 8 Feb 202614 mi away, Chard, SomersetSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 4.9 · PM2.5 5.3 · PM10 9.3 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband84% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)Every premises can get at least 10 Mbit/s (the universal service obligation)4,322 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation45 m148 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 27 to 71 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalBft Southmead Musgrove Park Hospital1.5 miGP surgeryCollege Way Surgery4 surgeries within 2 miles1.4 miPharmacyWell4 pharmacies within 2 miles1.5 miDentistParkfield Surgeries1.9 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi9 schools7 primary, 1 secondary, 1 independentPrimaryOrchard Grove Primary Schoolages 2-11, 130 pupils1.0 miPrimaryBishops Hull Primary Schoolages 4-11, 205 pupils1.2 miSecondaryThe Castle Schoolages 11-19, 1,207 pupils1.8 miCollegeUniversity Centre Somerset College Group11.4 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportExeter International Airport EXT22 miMajor airportCardiff International Airport CWL28 miRailway stationTaunton2.6 miBus stationCoach ParkTaunton2.1 miFerryBridgwater Ferry Terminal12 miBus stops21 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the TA4 postcode district.
