Somerset Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Somerset Council is the one council for Somerset: there is no county council above it, so it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 20,408 postcodes in use in Somerset, in 54 postcode districts across 5 postcode areas.

76% of homes and businesses in Somerset can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 11,332 homes and businesses in Somerset in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Its own pages listed
11
Postcodes in use
20,408
Postcode districts
54
Towns and villages
54

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Somerset Council

somerset.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Somerset Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Housing

Roads and parking

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Somerset Council. GOV.UK lists 12. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 1 page had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left it out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Somerset?

Across Somerset, 76% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 75% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre75% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)76% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)95% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Somerset?

Band D for 2026‑27: £2,561 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.

BandA year
Band A£1,707
Band B£1,992
Band C£2,276
Band D£2,561
Band E£3,130
Band F£3,699
Band G£4,268
Band H£5,121

Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How many homes in Somerset are at risk of flooding?

Across Somerset, the Environment Agency puts 11,332 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 4,246 postcodes with any property at risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 4,246 postcodes High: 6,128Medium: 5,204Low: 39,783Very low: 10,425

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Surface water

In Somerset the Environment Agency counts 9,147 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (2.4% of all its properties), 7,784 at medium risk (2.1%) and 25,700 at low risk (6.8%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Somerset

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

BA postcode area: Bath, postcodes in use here:7,390 of 15,524BS postcode area: Bristol, postcodes in use here:866 of 27,448DT postcode area: Dorchester, postcodes in use here:160 of 7,945EX postcode area: Exeter, postcodes in use here:8 of 22,913TA postcode area: Taunton, postcodes in use here:11,984 of 12,113

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Somerset.

Towns and villages

TauntonYeovilBridgwaterFromeWellsMineheadBurnham-on-SeaShepton MalletChardGlastonburyWellingtonStreetWincantonCrewkerneCheddarSomertonCastle CaryIlminsterHighbridgeLangportWatchetBrutonNorth PethertonWilliton

The 24 with the most postcodes in Somerset, of 54. Browse places A to Z.

Is an address in Somerset?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

All councils, A to Z

What Somerset covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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