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A village of 1,004 in Somerset, South West.
Norton St Philip has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Its strongest subject is safety (A): 11.3 violent and sexual offences and 7 home and vehicle crimes per 1,000 residents a year, averaged Sep 2023 to Aug 2026. Its weakest is cost of living (D): median sale £525,000, 9.9 years of area income; rent £1,016 a month.
No state school with published KS2 or GCSE results is in or within 3 km of this town, so it has no School Grade. ONS publishes one rent for all of Somerset, so this town's Cost Grade uses house prices and council tax only.
The 3 things Norton St Philip does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compared with the 2,160 UK towns with an overall grade (schools within England), ordered by how far Norton St Philip is from typical. American towns are graded separately.
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Historic England lists them inside Norton St Philip’s built-up area, along with 1 scheduled monument.
43% of its homes were built before 1919, against 15% in the typical UK town.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Norton St Philip.
The heritage lists give each building’s grade but not its age, so we don’t say which is oldest.
For Norton St Philip, that is above both Somerset’s towns (90) and England’s towns (39). Norton St Philip’s listed buildings include The George Inn, Grade I. Norton St Philip has 89 listed buildings on Historic England’s list: 1 Grade I, 2 Grade II*.
Historic England list, October 2026 · Valuation Office Agency, homes by build period · OGL
Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Pupils | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton St Philip Church of England First SchoolLargest primary schoolPrimary | Primary | 55 | – |
Norton St Philip sits above both Somerset’s towns (67%) and England’s towns (61%) on this measure. 5% of households live in social housing.
| By type | Median | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £600,000 | 29 |
| Semi-detached | £365,000 | 9 |
| Terraced | £505,000 | 13 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid · ONS private rents · MHCLG / Welsh Government council tax · ONS Census 2021 tenure · OGL
Violent crime ran at 11.3 per 1,000 residents a year, below both Somerset’s towns (27.3) and England’s towns (22). Police recorded 33 crimes inside Norton St Philip’s built-up area in the 12 months to August 2026, plus 2 reports of anti-social behaviour. Violence and sexual offences were 42% of the crimes; the police category includes harassment and stalking.
Not gradedAnti-social behaviour, shoplifting and other theft are shown but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident.
data.police.uk street-level crime · points inside the ONS built-up-area boundary · OGL
Women here live to 86.5 on average and men to 82.3 (2019–23). Norton St Philip has no GP practice of its own; the nearest is 3 miles away. At the census, 85% of people in Norton St Philip called their health good or very good, above both Somerset’s towns (82%) and England’s towns (82%).
| Census 2021 | Norton St Philip | Somerset | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 85% | 82% | 82% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4% | 5.1% | 5.2% |
| Disabled (Equality Act) | 16% | 18% | 17% |
ONS Census 2021, general health and disability · OHID Fingertips, life expectancy 2019–23 · OGL
The Census was taken on 21 March 2021, in lockdown, so 47% of workers were mainly at home; shares here are of those who travelled.
That puts Norton St Philip below both Somerset’s towns (46%) and England’s towns (45%). At the census, 8% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train.
ONS Census 2021, method of travel and distance to work · ONS small-area income · DWP claimant count · OGL
On this, Norton St Philip is above both Somerset’s towns (32%) and England’s towns (34%). People 65 and over make up 32% of the town. Norton St Philip has a median age of 53.6.
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women.
| Norton St Philip | Somerset | England | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 12% | 16% | 18% |
| 15–24 | 9% | 11% | 12% |
| 25–44 | 16% | 23% | 27% |
| 45–64 | 32% | 26% | 25% |
| 65+ | 32% | 23% | 18% |
| No qualifications | 7.8% | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship | 3.9% | 6.1% | 5.3% |
| A levels or similar | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| Degree level | 51% | 32% | 34% |
ONS Census 2021 · Somerset and England: all residents of their built-up areas · OGL
Museums, castles, gardens and days out in and near Norton St Philip. Best known first.
Castle · English HeritageFarleigh Hungerford Castle2.8 km outside town, to the northeast
Museum · National TrustWestwood Manor4.5 km outside town, to the northeast
Historic houseIford Manor3.6 km outside town, to the northeastCastleCastleBeckington Castle4.4 km outside town, to the southeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
The nearest built-up areas, from ONS’s 2022 boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton St Philip | 1,004 | — | — | D | A | A |
| Beckington | 1,001 | 2.9 | — | D | B | A |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 2.9 | — | C+ | A+ | A+ |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 3.7 | — | C+ | A+ | A+ |
| Southwick | 1,856 | 4 | — | A | B− | A− |
| Peasedown St John | 6,668 | 4.4 | B | C | B | B |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 4.5 | A | C+ | B | A |
| Frome | 27,904 | 5 | D | C− | C− | B− |
Beckington, Westwood, Winsley and Southwick have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. People: Census 2021. Miles: centre to centre.
That is 36.4 times the typical UK town for its size. Its Grade I building is The George Inn. It also has 1 scheduled monument.
Homes cost more than in most UK towns: the median sale over three years was £525,000, against £277,000 in the typical UK town. By type: terraced houses £505,000, semi-detached houses £365,000 and detached houses £600,000.
Village in Somerset, England
Norton St Philip is a built-up area of 1,004 people, in the Mendip council area. TownRatings uses ONS’s 2022 built-up areas as towns: the physical town, as people mean the word, rather than a council district, so its figures cover the town itself.
Built from ONS geography and Census 2021
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · HM Land Registry Price Paid (standard sales, September 2023 to August 2026) · ONS Price Index of Private Rents (August 2026, by council) · MHCLG and Welsh Government council tax, Band D 2026–27 (with parish precepts in England) · data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS small-area life expectancy and healthy life expectancy, 2019 to 2023 (England and Wales), OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (England) and Census 2021 health, adjusted for age · ONS small-area income estimates (financial year ending 2023) · DWP claimant count via Nomis (January to August 2026) · Historic England, National Heritage List for England (listed buildings, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, battlefields, World Heritage Sites), October 2026, inside the ONS 2022 built-up-area boundary · Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties by build period (31 March 2025) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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