North Petherton

North Petherton is covered by postcode district TA6. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £270,000 Homes sold in North Petherton, last 12 months. ▼ 5.3% on the year before Gigabit broadband 37 of 121 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 20 of 121 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 84 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in North Petherton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in North Petherton, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 101 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 13 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: North Petherton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M5A38 TA6 6DA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6FU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6GT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6GZ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6HR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6HS: not on the flood risk listTA6 6HW: not on the flood risk listTA6 6LR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6LU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6LZ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ND: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NH: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NJ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NN: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NS: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NX: not on the flood risk listTA6 6NY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6PA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6PN: not on the flood risk listTA6 6PT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6PW: not on the flood risk listTA6 6PY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6PZ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QB: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QF: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QG: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QH: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QN: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QP: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QQ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QS: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6QZ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RB: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RD: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RE: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RF: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RG: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RH: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RJ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RL: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RN: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RP: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RQ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RS: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RW: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RX: not on the flood risk listTA6 6RY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SF: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SG: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SH: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SJ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SL: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SN: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SP: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SQ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SS: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ST: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6SW: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TA: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TB: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TD: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TE: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TF: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TH: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TJ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TL: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TN: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TP: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TQ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TR: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TW: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TX: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6TZ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6UY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6UZ: not on the flood risk listTA6 6XX: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZH: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZL: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZP: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZS: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZT: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZU: not on the flood risk listTA6 6ZY: not on the flood risk listTA6 6DB: low flood risk at worstTA6 6QD: low flood risk at worstTA6 6QX: low flood risk at worstTA6 6RZ: low flood risk at worstTA6 6SB: low flood risk at worstTA6 6TG: low flood risk at worstTA6 6LY: medium flood risk at worstTA6 6SZ: medium flood risk at worstTA6 6LX: high flood riskTA6 6NQ: high flood riskTA6 6NZ: high flood riskTA6 6PU: high flood riskTA6 6QE: high flood riskTA6 6QJ: high flood riskTA6 6QL: high flood riskTA6 6QW: high flood riskTA6 6SD: high flood riskTA6 6SE: high flood riskTA6 6SX: high flood riskTA6 6SY: high flood risk North Petherton 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA6 6LX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk13 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in North Petherton, by flood risk Of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 101 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 13 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: North Petherton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M5 North Petherton 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA6 6LX, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk13 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 12
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 101
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton that ONS places, 12 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst and 101 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.0906, longitude -3.0137. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

TA6 6LX8 at high riskTA6 6QE7 at high riskTA6 6SX5 at high riskTA6 6PU5 at high riskTA6 6SD5 at high riskTA6 6NQ5 at high riskTA6 6SY5 at high riskTA6 6QW4 at high riskTA6 6SE4 at high riskTA6 6QL1 at high riskTA6 6NZ1 at high riskTA6 6QJ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 13 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA6 6LX, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in North Petherton?

Homes sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 37 of the 121 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 84 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, 4.4 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 North Petherton?

Homes in North Petherton sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£270,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£284,975 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 5.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £345,000 11 sales
  • Semi-detached £252,000 17 sales
  • Terraced £232,500 11 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole TA6 district, North Petherton's main postcode district: a typical £232,750.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in North Petherton: 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 North Petherton?

18 of the 121 postcodes now in use in North Petherton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 62 homes sold in North Petherton were newly built (8%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA6 district, 4%.

The newest postcodes

TA6 6NDsince December 2023TA6 6GZsince November 2023TA6 6DBsince August 2023TA6 6GTsince July 2023TA6 6HRsince June 2023TA6 6UYsince January 2023

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 North PethertonAcross the TA6 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 40 (0%) 0 of 564 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 5 of 62 (8%) 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 North Petherton?

Ofcom reports on 121 of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit37 of 121
Postcodes where every home can get superfast118 of 121

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.

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

Is North Petherton at risk of flooding?

20 of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton 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 84 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 20 of 121 postcodes High: 51Medium: 33Low: 40

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 North Petherton?

The open schools at the postcodes in North Petherton. 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

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 North Petherton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in North Petherton is Bridgwater Rail Station, 4.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Bridgwater Rail Station Railway station 4.4 kmCycle
  • Taunton Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive
  • Bishop's Lydeard Rail Station Railway station 13.2 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 North Petherton?

The GP practices at the postcodes in North Petherton. 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 North Petherton safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 430 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in North Petherton 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. 29 September 2025
  2. 52 October 2025
  3. 41 November 2025
  4. 26 December 2025
  5. 28 January 2026
  6. 43 February 2026
  7. 49 March 2026
  8. 32 April 2026
  9. 31 May 2026
  10. 41 June 2026
  11. 39 July 2026
  12. 19 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences191 reports
Anti-social behaviour74 reports
Shoplifting45 reports
Public order35 reports
Criminal damage and arson32 reports
Other theft18 reports
Burglary12 reports
Vehicle crime12 reports

Also: other crime 6, drugs 2, possession of weapons 2, robbery 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 North Petherton?

Council
Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Bridgwater
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sir Ashley Fox (Conservative)

All 121 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

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North Petherton postcodes

121 postcodes in use in North Petherton, by district:

TA6 postcode district,121 postcodes

That district is in the TA postcode area.

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Places near North Petherton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside North Petherton's £270,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bridgwater4.1 km, £228,500Westonzoyland6.4 km, £272,500Monkton Heathfield6.8 km, £270,000Creech St Michael7.3 km, £358,475Cannington7.4 km, £285,000Woolavington10.0 km, £305,000Taunton10.2 km, £258,000Norton Fitzwarren11.6 km, £270,000 All places A to Z

Questions about North Petherton

What is it like to live in North Petherton?
Homes sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. At 37 of the 121 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 84 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 121 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, 4.4 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 North Petherton?
North Petherton is covered by postcode district TA6, across 121 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is North Petherton in?
North Petherton is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for North Petherton?
North Petherton 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 North Petherton?
Homes in North Petherton sold for a typical £270,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 40 sales, down 5.3% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in North Petherton?
In North Petherton, primary schools at its postcodes include North Petherton Primary School and Petherton Park School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Petherton Park School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does North Petherton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in North Petherton is Bridgwater, 4.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in North Petherton?
Ofcom reports on 121 of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton. At 37 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is North Petherton at risk of flooding?
20 of the 121 postcodes in North Petherton 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 84 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 North Petherton?
18 of the 121 postcodes now in use in North Petherton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 5 of the 62 homes sold in North Petherton were newly built (8%), 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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