Taunton
Taunton is covered by postcode districts TA1, TA2, TA3 and TA4. It is in the Somerset council area, England.
Every postcode in Taunton, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 42
- At medium risk at worst: 25
- At low risk at worst: 181
- At very low risk only: 38
- Not on the at-risk list: 1,371
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 1,657 postcodes in Taunton that ONS places, 42 have a home or business at high risk, 25 are at medium risk at worst, 181 are at low risk at worst, 38 are at very low risk only and 1,371 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 51.0179, longitude -3.1029. 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
42 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.
What is it like to live in Taunton?
Homes sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 1,173 of the 1,572 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 327 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 286 of its 1,657 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Taunton, 600 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 Taunton?
Homes in Taunton sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 777 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £399,998 178 sales
- Semi-detached £275,000 213 sales
- Terraced £230,000 253 sales
- Flat or maisonette £155,000 133 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole TA1 district, Taunton's main postcode district: a typical £260,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Taunton: 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 Taunton?
71 of the 1,657 postcodes now in use in Taunton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 976 homes sold in Taunton were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA1 district, 3%.
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 Taunton | Across the TA1 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 3 of 777 (Under 1%) | 2 of 515 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 20 of 976 (2%) | 20 of 680 (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 Taunton?
Ofcom reports on 1,572 of the 1,657 postcodes in Taunton. At 1,173 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 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 Taunton at risk of flooding?
286 of the 1,657 postcodes in Taunton 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 327 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 Taunton?
The open schools at the postcodes in Taunton (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
- North Town Academy400 m 470 pupils, 417 places
- St James Church School650 m 479 pupils, 420 places
- St George's Catholic School700 m 219 pupils, 210 places
- Silver Bridge School700 m 58 pupils, 66 places
- St Andrew's Church School750 m 223 pupils, 226 places
- Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School850 m 363 pupils, 420 places
- Parkfield Primary School1.1 km 436 pupils, 420 places
- Priorswood Primary School1.2 km 211 pupils, 210 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 Taunton?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Taunton is Taunton Rail Station, 600 m away in a straight line.
- Taunton Rail Station Railway station 600 mWalk
- Bishop's Lydeard Rail Station Railway station 7.6 kmDrive
- Bridgwater Rail Station Railway station 14.5 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 Taunton?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Taunton, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- St James Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01823 285400 100 mWalk
- French Weir Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2015, over 3 years old · Phone 01823 331381 700 mWalk
- Taunton Vale Healthcare Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01823 259444 1.6 kmCycle
- College Way Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01823 259333 1.9 kmCycle
- Crown Medical Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01823 282151 2.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Taunton safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 5,732 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Taunton 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
- 503 September 2025
- 527 October 2025
- 470 November 2025
- 471 December 2025
- 426 January 2026
- 393 February 2026
- 483 March 2026
- 500 April 2026
- 501 May 2026
- 431 June 2026
- 521 July 2026
- 506 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 107, bicycle theft 80, other crime 79, drugs 39, possession of weapons 32, theft from the person 11.
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 Taunton?
- Council
- Somerset
- Parliamentary constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Police force area
- Avon and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Gideon Amos (Liberal Democrat)
All 1,657 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 Taunton
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 Taunton
- 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
Taunton postcodes
1,657 postcodes in use in Taunton, by district:
Those districts are all in the TA postcode area.
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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 Taunton
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Taunton's £258,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Taunton
- What is it like to live in Taunton?
- Homes sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 1,173 of the 1,572 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 327 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 286 of its 1,657 postcodes. It has at least 7 primary schools, 3 secondary schools and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Taunton, 600 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 Taunton?
- Taunton is covered by postcode districts TA1, TA2, TA3 and TA4, across 1,657 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Taunton in?
- Taunton is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Taunton?
- Taunton is in the Taunton and Wellington parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Gideon Amos (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Taunton?
- Homes in Taunton sold for a typical £258,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 777 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Taunton?
- In Taunton, primary schools at its postcodes include North Town Academy, St James Church School and St George's Catholic School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Silver Bridge School, The Castle School and King's College Taunton. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Taunton have a railway station?
- Yes: Taunton is 600 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Taunton, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Taunton?
- Ofcom reports on 1,572 of the 1,657 postcodes in Taunton. At 1,173 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Taunton at risk of flooding?
- 286 of the 1,657 postcodes in Taunton 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 327 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 Taunton?
- 71 of the 1,657 postcodes now in use in Taunton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 20 of the 976 homes sold in Taunton were newly built (2%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA1 district, 3%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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