Porlock

Porlock is covered by postcode district TA24. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £290,000 Homes sold in Porlock, last 12 months. ▼ 10.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 0 of 69 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 33 of 69 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 143 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Porlock, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Porlock, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Porlock that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 36 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 18 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Porlock. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A39 TA24 8DJ: not on the flood risk listTA24 8ES: not on the flood risk listTA24 8ET: not on the flood risk listTA24 8EU: not on the flood risk listTA24 8EY: not on the flood risk listTA24 8EZ: not on the flood risk listTA24 8HA: not on the flood risk listTA24 8HB: not on the flood risk listTA24 8HD: not on the flood risk listTA24 8HE: not on the flood risk listTA24 8HU: not on the flood risk listTA24 8HZ: not on the flood risk listTA24 8JA: not on the flood risk listTA24 8JB: not on the flood risk listTA24 8JH: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LB: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LF: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LL: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LP: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LW: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LY: not on the flood risk listTA24 8NA: not on the flood risk listTA24 8NB: not on the flood risk listTA24 8NH: not on the flood risk listTA24 8NP: not on the flood risk listTA24 8NR: not on the flood risk listTA24 8NW: not on the flood risk listTA24 8PZ: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QD: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QE: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QF: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QG: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QN: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QQ: not on the flood risk listTA24 8QS: not on the flood risk listTA24 8LD: very low flood risk onlyTA24 8LA: low flood risk at worstTA24 8ND: low flood risk at worstTA24 8NS: low flood risk at worstTA24 8NT: low flood risk at worstTA24 8PH: low flood risk at worstTA24 8PJ: low flood risk at worstTA24 8PU: low flood risk at worstTA24 8PX: low flood risk at worstTA24 8PY: low flood risk at worstTA24 8QB: low flood risk at worstTA24 8QJ: low flood risk at worstTA24 8QL: low flood risk at worstTA24 8NN: medium flood risk at worstTA24 8BG: high flood riskTA24 8LE: high flood riskTA24 8LG: high flood riskTA24 8LH: high flood riskTA24 8LJ: high flood riskTA24 8LN: high flood riskTA24 8LQ: high flood riskTA24 8LZ: high flood riskTA24 8NE: high flood riskTA24 8NF: high flood riskTA24 8NG: high flood riskTA24 8NJ: high flood riskTA24 8NL: high flood riskTA24 8NQ: high flood riskTA24 8PS: high flood riskTA24 8PT: high flood riskTA24 8QA: high flood riskTA24 8QR: high flood riskTA24 8QW: high flood risk Porlock 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA24 8PS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk18 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Porlock, by flood risk Of the 69 postcodes in Porlock that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 36 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 18 postcodes at high or medium risk. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Porlock. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Porlock 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA24 8PS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk18 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 19
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 1
  • Not on the at-risk list: 36
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 69 postcodes in Porlock that ONS places, 19 have a home or business at high risk, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst, 1 are at very low risk only and 36 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 51.2090, longitude -3.5944. 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

19 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.

TA24 8PS22 at high riskTA24 8QR19 at high riskTA24 8NJ11 at high riskTA24 8NL11 at high riskTA24 8NF9 at high riskTA24 8PT9 at high riskTA24 8LE8 at high riskTA24 8LJ7 at high riskTA24 8NE6 at high riskTA24 8BG6 at high riskTA24 8NG6 at high riskTA24 8LN4 at high risk

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.

TA24 8NU

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA24 8PS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Porlock?

Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10.8% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 69 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 143 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 33 of its 69 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Minehead Medical Centre, 8.2 km from the middle.

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 Porlock?

Homes in Porlock sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 20 sales, down 10.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£290,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£325,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 10.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £542,500 6 sales
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £285,000 9 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 TA24 district, Porlock's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Porlock: 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 Porlock?

None of the 69 postcodes now in use in Porlock came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 20 homes sold in Porlock were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA24 district, Under 1%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn PorlockAcross the TA24 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 20 (0%) 0 of 252 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 20 (0%) 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 Porlock?

Ofcom reports on 69 of the 69 postcodes in Porlock. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit0 of 69
Postcodes where every home can get superfast63 of 69

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 Porlock at risk of flooding?

33 of the 69 postcodes in Porlock 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 143 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 33 of 69 postcodes High: 136Medium: 7Low: 91Very low: 18

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 Porlock?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Porlock. 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

Which GP surgeries are in Porlock?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Porlock. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

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

Is Porlock safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 59 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Porlock 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. 5 September 2025
  2. 13 October 2025
  3. 4 November 2025
  4. 2 December 2025
  5. 2 January 2026
  6. None February 2026
  7. 5 March 2026
  8. 6 April 2026
  9. 4 May 2026
  10. 5 June 2026
  11. 6 July 2026
  12. 7 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences28 reports
Other theft10 reports
Burglary8 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Public order3 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports
Criminal damage and arson1 report
Shoplifting1 report

Also: other crime 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 Porlock?

Council
Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Tiverton and Minehead
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Rachel Gilmour (Liberal Democrat)

All 69 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 Porlock

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

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Porlock postcodes

69 postcodes in use in Porlock, by district:

TA24 postcode district,69 postcodes

That district is in the TA postcode area.

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Places near Porlock

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Porlock's £290,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Minehead8.2 km, £260,000Lynton16.9 km, £275,000Watchet18.8 km, £213,000Dulverton19.1 km, £335,000Williton20.0 km, £270,000Llantwit Major23.5 km, £300,000Boverton23.8 km, £257,000St Athan25.2 km, £233,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Porlock

What is it like to live in Porlock?
Homes sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10.8% on the 12 months before. Ofcom reports on 69 postcodes here; at none of them can every home and business get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 143 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 33 of its 69 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Minehead Medical Centre, 8.2 km from the middle. 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 Porlock?
Porlock is covered by postcode district TA24, across 69 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Porlock in?
Porlock is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Porlock?
Porlock 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 Porlock?
Homes in Porlock sold for a typical £290,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 20 sales, down 10.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Porlock?
In Porlock, primary schools at its postcodes include St Dubricius Church of England VA School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Minehead Middle School, 8.5 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Porlock?
Ofcom reports on 69 of the 69 postcodes in Porlock. At none of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Porlock at risk of flooding?
33 of the 69 postcodes in Porlock 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 143 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 Porlock?
None of the 69 postcodes now in use in Porlock came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 20 homes sold in Porlock were newly built (0%), 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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