Curry Rivel
Village · 1,676 residents
52Fair
Fair · better than 1 in 10 villages
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
Each arc is a topic, coloured by its score
What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 47 per 1,000 people a year against 100
Check before you view
- Flood risk: 34% of the area is in the highest flood zone, so check the street
- Radon: part of the area is in an affected zone, and a home test is cheap
- Health scores 35, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Curry Rivel a good place to live?
Curry Rivel scores 52/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as fair — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (75).
It scores lowest on health (35) and food & drink (37).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Curry Rivel in South West, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Curry Rivel
Detached houses behind stone walls and long gravel drives set the tone here — this is a village built around big freehold plots rather than terraces, and the property record backs that up: of the recent sales sampled, the overwhelming majority were detached, every single one sold freehold, and nothing was new-build. A For Sale board on a Curry Rivel street is almost always announcing a family-sized house on its own land, not a starter flat or a new estate.
The numbers around age and income tell you who's likely behind that gate: a median age well into the fifties, comfortably older than the regional average, points to a settled population rather than a churn of young renters. There's one school in the immediate data, Curry Rivel Church of England VC Primary, rated Good, which gives local families a solid if not exceptional option without needing to travel for it. Transport here is a genuine strength — the connectivity grade lands well above the rest of the scorecard, with a cluster of local stops even though this is a small village of a couple of hundred people, suggesting getting out and about is easier than the sleepy setting implies. On price, the picture is striking: the median detached sale here runs meaningfully above the national detached average, and against the Somerset benchmark overall this is a distinctly pricier corner of the county, roughly half as much again. This is not a place you drift into by accident on a tight budget.