Ilminster

Ilminster is covered by postcode district TA19. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £245,000 Homes sold in Ilminster, last 12 months. ▼ 2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 118 of 157 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 41 of 158 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 225 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Ilminster, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ilminster, by flood risk Of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Ilminster. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. TA19 0AD: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AE: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AH: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AL: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AN: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AP: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AR: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AT: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AU: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AW: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AX: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AY: not on the flood risk listTA19 0AZ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BB: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BD: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BE: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BF: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BG: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BL: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BS: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BU: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BW: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BX: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BY: not on the flood risk listTA19 0BZ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DA: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DD: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DE: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DG: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DP: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DQ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DR: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DU: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DW: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DX: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DY: not on the flood risk listTA19 0DZ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0ED: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EH: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EL: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EN: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EP: not on the flood risk listTA19 0ER: not on the flood risk listTA19 0ES: not on the flood risk listTA19 0ET: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EW: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EX: not on the flood risk listTA19 0EZ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0FB: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HA: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HB: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HD: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HE: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HF: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HG: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HH: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HL: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HN: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HQ: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HR: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HT: not on the flood risk listTA19 0HW: not on the flood risk listTA19 0JA: not on the flood risk listTA19 0WW: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AA: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AB: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AD: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AE: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AF: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AG: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AH: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AL: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AN: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AP: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AQ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AR: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AU: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AW: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AY: not on the flood risk listTA19 9AZ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BA: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BD: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BE: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BF: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BG: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BH: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BN: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BP: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BQ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BT: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BU: not on the flood risk listTA19 9BW: not on the flood risk listTA19 9DG: not on the flood risk listTA19 9DJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9DL: not on the flood risk listTA19 9DW: not on the flood risk listTA19 9EL: not on the flood risk listTA19 9FA: not on the flood risk listTA19 9FF: not on the flood risk listTA19 9FH: not on the flood risk listTA19 9FJ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9FL: not on the flood risk listTA19 9GB: not on the flood risk listTA19 9JZ: not on the flood risk listTA19 9PE: not on the flood risk listTA19 9PF: not on the flood risk listTA19 9PL: not on the flood risk listTA19 9RP: not on the flood risk listTA19 9SP: not on the flood risk listTA19 9SR: not on the flood risk listTA19 9FX: very low flood risk onlyTA19 0BA: low flood risk at worstTA19 0BP: low flood risk at worstTA19 0DB: low flood risk at worstTA19 0DH: low flood risk at worstTA19 0DS: low flood risk at worstTA19 0DT: low flood risk at worstTA19 0EE: low flood risk at worstTA19 0EF: low flood risk at worstTA19 0EU: low flood risk at worstTA19 0EY: low flood risk at worstTA19 0FA: low flood risk at worstTA19 9AT: low flood risk at worstTA19 9DA: low flood risk at worstTA19 9DB: low flood risk at worstTA19 9DD: low flood risk at worstTA19 9DN: low flood risk at worstTA19 9DS: low flood risk at worstTA19 9FE: low flood risk at worstTA19 9FG: low flood risk at worstTA19 9FU: low flood risk at worstTA19 0BN: medium flood risk at worstTA19 0BQ: medium flood risk at worstTA19 9PH: medium flood risk at worstTA19 0EA: high flood riskTA19 0EB: high flood riskTA19 9BB: high flood riskTA19 9BL: high flood riskTA19 9BS: high flood riskTA19 9BX: high flood riskTA19 9BY: high flood riskTA19 9BZ: high flood riskTA19 9DF: high flood riskTA19 9DH: high flood riskTA19 9DP: high flood riskTA19 9DR: high flood riskTA19 9FY: high flood riskTA19 9PN: high flood riskTA19 9PP: high flood riskTA19 9PS: high flood riskTA19 9PW: high flood risk Ilminster 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA19 9PP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA19 0EA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Ilminster, by flood risk Of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 117 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 7 postcodes at high or medium risk; 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Ilminster. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Ilminster 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA19 0EA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 17
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 20
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 117
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster that ONS places, 17 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 20 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 117 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 50.9270, longitude -2.9156. 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

17 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.

TA19 9PP30 at high riskTA19 0EA25 at high riskTA19 9BZ23 at high riskTA19 9PS18 at high riskTA19 9DP13 at high riskTA19 0EB13 at high riskTA19 9PW11 at high riskTA19 9BX9 at high riskTA19 9DH6 at high riskTA19 9BY6 at high riskTA19 9DF4 at high riskTA19 9PN3 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA19 9PP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA19 0EA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Ilminster?

Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 118 of the 157 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 225 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 158 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Crewkerne, 11.3 km 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 Ilminster?

Homes in Ilminster sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£245,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£250,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £380,000 12 sales
  • Semi-detached £265,000 25 sales
  • Terraced £235,000 36 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £168,500 8 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole TA19 district, Ilminster's main postcode district: a typical £286,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ilminster: 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 Ilminster?

4 of the 158 postcodes now in use in Ilminster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 111 homes sold in Ilminster were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA19 district, 3%.

The newest postcodes

TA19 9GBsince August 2021TA19 9FUsince July 2021TA19 9FXsince July 2021TA19 9FYsince January 2021

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

PeriodIn IlminsterAcross the TA19 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 81 (0%) 3 of 164 (2%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 111 (0%) 8 of 231 (3%)

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 Ilminster?

Ofcom reports on 157 of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster. At 118 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit118 of 157
Postcodes where every home can get superfast151 of 157

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 checker

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

Is Ilminster at risk of flooding?

41 of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster 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 225 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 41 of 158 postcodes High: 169Medium: 56Low: 169Very low: 28

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 Ilminster?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Ilminster. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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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 Ilminster?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ilminster is Crewkerne Rail Station, 11.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Crewkerne Rail Station Railway station 11.3 kmDrive
  • Taunton Rail Station Railway station 16.9 kmDrive
  • Axminster Rail Station Railway station 17.6 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 Ilminster?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Ilminster. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Ilminster safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 388 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ilminster 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

  1. 19 September 2025
  2. 41 October 2025
  3. 45 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 30 January 2026
  6. 31 February 2026
  7. 54 March 2026
  8. 46 April 2026
  9. 25 May 2026
  10. 20 June 2026
  11. 28 July 2026
  12. 23 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences166 reports
Anti-social behaviour61 reports
Criminal damage and arson33 reports
Other theft27 reports
Public order25 reports
Shoplifting20 reports
Vehicle crime18 reports
Burglary17 reports

Also: other crime 8, drugs 4, bicycle theft 3, robbery 3, theft from the person 2, possession of weapons 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Ilminster?

Council
Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Yeovil
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat)

All 158 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 Ilminster

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Ilminster postcodes

158 postcodes in use in Ilminster, by district:

TA19 postcode district,158 postcodes

That district is in the TA postcode area.

Check a Ilminster 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 Ilminster

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Ilminster's £245,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chard6.7 km, £238,000South Petherton7.9 km, £340,000Tatworth9.5 km, £317,500Crewkerne9.9 km, £233,750Curry Rivel11.1 km, £330,000Martock11.4 km, £250,000Creech St Michael14.1 km, £358,475Langport14.1 km, £280,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Ilminster

What is it like to live in Ilminster?
Homes sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2% on the 12 months before. At 118 of the 157 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 225 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 41 of its 158 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Crewkerne, 11.3 km 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 Ilminster?
Ilminster is covered by postcode district TA19, across 158 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Ilminster in?
Ilminster is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Ilminster?
Ilminster is in the Yeovil parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Ilminster?
Homes in Ilminster sold for a typical £245,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, down 2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Ilminster?
In Ilminster, primary schools at its postcodes include Herne View Church of England Primary; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is 3 Dimensions, 6.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Ilminster have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ilminster is Crewkerne, 11.3 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Ilminster?
Ofcom reports on 157 of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster. At 118 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Ilminster at risk of flooding?
41 of the 158 postcodes in Ilminster 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 225 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 Ilminster?
4 of the 158 postcodes now in use in Ilminster came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 111 homes sold in Ilminster were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA19 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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