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On Parsons Way, in Wells Town
What it's like at BA5 2FZ: every home that has sold on Parsons Way since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Parsons Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 23 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Parsons WayTerraced | Feb 2026 | £310,000 | 100 m² | £3,100/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Parsons WaySemi-detached | Jul 2001 | £32,000 | 62 m² | £516/m² | 1 |
| 2a, Parsons WayTerraced | Jul 1999 | £48,000 | 107 m² | £449/m² | 2 |
| 5, Parsons WaySemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £178,000 | 63 m² | £2,825/m² | 2 |
| 6, Parsons WayTerraced | Feb 2022 | £190,000 | 66 m² | £2,879/m² | 2 |
| 7, Parsons WayTerraced | Jun 2015 | £185,000 | 89 m² | £2,079/m² | 2 |
| 8, Parsons WayTerraced | Dec 2007 | £171,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 10, Parsons WayTerraced | Mar 2022 | £210,000 | 64 m² | £3,281/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Castle Cary, a drive away (16 km), with 355k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Cemetery, 100 m away, with a bus about every 43 minutes on weekdays (routes 126, 67); 7 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 81 minutes away by public transport (48 by car).
The nearest primary school is St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Blue School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 49.7 · 15.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 800 m away, with Burcott Stores closer still (400 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Wells Health Centre (950 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Barbershop is 1.1 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal United Hospital Bath, 27 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 29 restaurants and cafés and 17 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Wells Holiday Park is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and Wells R.F.C the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 106 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 33% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Wells).
There are 266 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 18% flats and 18% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 20 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 30% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
8 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Wells and Mendip Hills constituency: Tessa Munt MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 11,121 (22.1%), turnout 69%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 47%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 13%, Labour 7%.
5 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BA5 2FZ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Parsons Way in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 19 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 87.8% | 73.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.7% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 9.3% | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.5% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Brean · about 35 min
Nearest: Brean Leisure Park · about 35 min
Nearest: Twerton Park · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.