Minehead
Minehead is covered by postcode district TA24. It is in the Somerset council area, England.
Every postcode in Minehead, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 12
- In use before 2020: 398
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 410 postcodes in Minehead that ONS places, 12 are new since 2020 and 398 were in use before 2020.
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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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 51.2033, longitude -3.4766. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 5 newest postcodes
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. TA24 9DY, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Minehead?
Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 239 of the 398 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,309 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 176 of its 410 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes.
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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Minehead?
Homes in Minehead sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 172 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £385,000 41 sales
- Semi-detached £302,500 44 sales
- Terraced £232,500 36 sales
- Flat or maisonette £139,000 51 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TA24 district, Minehead's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Minehead: 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 Minehead?
12 of the 410 postcodes now in use in Minehead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 213 homes sold in Minehead were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA24 district, Under 1%.
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 Minehead | Across the TA24 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 172 (0%) | 0 of 252 (0%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 3 of 213 (1%) | 3 of 301 (Under 1%) |
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 Minehead?
Ofcom reports on 398 of the 410 postcodes in Minehead. At 239 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Minehead at risk of flooding?
176 of the 410 postcodes in Minehead 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 1,309 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 Minehead?
The open schools at the postcodes in Minehead. 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
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
Which GP surgeries are in Minehead?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Minehead. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Minehead Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2025 · Phone 01643 703441 100 mWalk
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Find a GP on the NHS websiteSource: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Minehead safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,248 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Minehead 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
- 104 September 2025
- 110 October 2025
- 105 November 2025
- 97 December 2025
- 81 January 2026
- 127 February 2026
- 132 March 2026
- 109 April 2026
- 94 May 2026
- 99 June 2026
- 105 July 2026
- 85 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 13, other crime 10, drugs 7, possession of weapons 6, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 2.
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 Minehead?
- Council
- Somerset
- Parliamentary constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead
- Police force area
- Avon and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrat)
All 410 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 Minehead
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 Minehead
- 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
Minehead postcodes
410 postcodes in use in Minehead, by district:
That district is in the TA postcode area.
Check a Minehead 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 Minehead
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Minehead's £260,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Minehead
- What is it like to live in Minehead?
- Homes sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 239 of the 398 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 1,309 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 176 of its 410 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 2 secondary schools at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. 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 and NHS England, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Minehead?
- Minehead is covered by postcode district TA24, across 410 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Minehead in?
- Minehead is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Minehead?
- Minehead is in the Tiverton and Minehead parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Minehead?
- Homes in Minehead sold for a typical £260,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 172 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Minehead?
- In Minehead, primary schools at its postcodes include Minehead First School and St Michael's Church of England First School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Minehead Middle School and West Somerset College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Minehead?
- Ofcom reports on 398 of the 410 postcodes in Minehead. At 239 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Minehead at risk of flooding?
- 176 of the 410 postcodes in Minehead 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 1,309 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 Minehead?
- 12 of the 410 postcodes now in use in Minehead came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 3 of the 213 homes sold in Minehead were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA24 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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