Bridgwater
Bridgwater is covered by postcode districts TA5, TA6 and TA7. It is in the Somerset council area, England.
Every postcode in Bridgwater, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 18
- At medium risk at worst: 59
- At low risk at worst: 573
- At very low risk only: 184
- Not on the at-risk list: 414
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,248 postcodes in Bridgwater that ONS places, 18 have a home or business at high risk, 59 are at medium risk at worst, 573 are at low risk at worst, 184 are at very low risk only and 414 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.1267, longitude -2.9993. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The postcodes at high risk
18 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 32 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA6 3JW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 20 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA6 3LS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA6 6BQ, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What is it like to live in Bridgwater?
Homes sold for a typical £228,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 1,050 of the 1,199 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,068 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 834 of its 1,248 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bridgwater?
Homes in Bridgwater sold for a typical £228,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 534 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £226,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £228,500
▲ up 1.1% on the 12 months before
Across the whole TA6 district, Bridgwater's main postcode district: a typical £232,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bridgwater: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Bridgwater?
68 of the 1,248 postcodes now in use in Bridgwater came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 653 homes sold in Bridgwater were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA6 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bridgwater | Across the TA6 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 1 of 534 (Under 1%) | 0 of 564 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 12 of 653 (2%) | 28 of 743 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bridgwater?
Ofcom reports on 1,199 of the 1,248 postcodes in Bridgwater. At 1,050 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bridgwater at risk of flooding?
834 of the 1,248 postcodes in Bridgwater have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,068 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
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, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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
Which schools are in Bridgwater?
The open schools at the postcodes in Bridgwater (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Northgate Primary School500 m 258 pupils, 446 places
- Eastover Primary School550 m 403 pupils, 420 places
- Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre900 m 382 pupils, 420 places
- Hamp Academy1.0 km 307 pupils, 360 places
- Hamp Nursery and Infants' School1.0 km 234 pupils, 180 places
- St John and St Francis Church School1.3 km 421 pupils, 436 places
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bridgwater1.4 km 199 pupils, 210 places
- Bridgwater College Academy1.4 km 1,561 pupils, 1,880 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bridgwater?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bridgwater is Bridgwater Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- Bridgwater Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 10.3 kmDrive
- Taunton Rail Station Railway station 13.6 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bridgwater?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bridgwater, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Cranleigh Gardens Medical Centre250 m
- Taunton Road Medical Centre300 m
- Redgate Medical Centre800 m
- East Quay Medical Centre1.0 km
- Somerset Bridge Medical Centre1.4 km
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bridgwater safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 6,969 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bridgwater over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 575 September 2025
- 606 October 2025
- 599 November 2025
- 492 December 2025
- 505 January 2026
- 554 February 2026
- 631 March 2026
- 572 April 2026
- 584 May 2026
- 553 June 2026
- 668 July 2026
- 630 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 149, other crime 126, drugs 88, bicycle theft 64, possession of weapons 34, theft from the person 22.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bridgwater?
- Council
- Somerset
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bridgwater
- Police force area
- Avon and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Sir Ashley Fox (Conservative)
All 1,248 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources
Moving to Bridgwater
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Somerset about council tax Somerset council
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bridgwater
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Bridgwater postcodes
1,248 postcodes in use in Bridgwater, by district:
Those districts are all in the TA postcode area.
Check a Bridgwater postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Bridgwater
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bridgwater's £228,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bridgwater
- What is it like to live in Bridgwater?
- Homes sold for a typical £228,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 1,050 of the 1,199 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,068 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 834 of its 1,248 postcodes. It has 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes, or more. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bridgwater?
- Bridgwater is covered by postcode districts TA5, TA6 and TA7, across 1,248 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bridgwater in?
- Bridgwater is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Bridgwater?
- Bridgwater is in the Bridgwater parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Ashley Fox (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bridgwater?
- Homes in Bridgwater sold for a typical £228,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 534 sales, up 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bridgwater?
- In Bridgwater, primary schools at its postcodes include Northgate Primary School, Eastover Primary School and Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre; secondary schools at its postcodes include Robert Blake Academy, Bridgwater College Academy and Chilton Trinity School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bridgwater have a railway station?
- Yes: Bridgwater is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bridgwater, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bridgwater?
- Ofcom reports on 1,199 of the 1,248 postcodes in Bridgwater. At 1,050 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bridgwater at risk of flooding?
- 834 of the 1,248 postcodes in Bridgwater have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 1,068 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bridgwater?
- 68 of the 1,248 postcodes now in use in Bridgwater came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 12 of the 653 homes sold in Bridgwater were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA6 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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