Watchet

Watchet is covered by postcode district TA23. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £213,000 Homes sold in Watchet, last 12 months. ▼ 10.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 30 of 123 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 18 of 124 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 63 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Watchet, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Watchet, by flood risk Of the 124 postcodes in Watchet that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 106 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Watchet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. TA23 0AA: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AB: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AD: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AS: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AT: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AU: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BA: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BJ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BL: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BN: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BP: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BQ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BU: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BW: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BX: not on the flood risk listTA23 0BY: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DA: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DB: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DD: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DH: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DJ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DL: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DN: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DP: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DQ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DR: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DS: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DT: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DU: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DW: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DX: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DY: not on the flood risk listTA23 0DZ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EA: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EB: not on the flood risk listTA23 0ED: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EH: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EJ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EL: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EN: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EP: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EQ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0ER: not on the flood risk listTA23 0ES: not on the flood risk listTA23 0ET: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EU: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EW: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EX: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EY: not on the flood risk listTA23 0EZ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FB: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FD: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FL: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FQ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0FR: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HB: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HD: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HH: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HJ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HL: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HN: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HP: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HQ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HR: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HS: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HT: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HU: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HW: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HX: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HY: not on the flood risk listTA23 0HZ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JA: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JF: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JH: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JL: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JN: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JQ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0JW: not on the flood risk listTA23 0QD: not on the flood risk listTA23 0QE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0RZ: not on the flood risk listTA23 0TE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0TG: not on the flood risk listTA23 0UA: not on the flood risk listTA23 0UB: not on the flood risk listTA23 0UE: not on the flood risk listTA23 0WD: not on the flood risk listTA23 0AJ: very low flood risk onlyTA23 0BZ: very low flood risk onlyTA23 0AR: low flood risk at worstTA23 0AX: low flood risk at worstTA23 0AZ: low flood risk at worstTA23 0FA: low flood risk at worstTA23 0FG: low flood risk at worstTA23 0JB: low flood risk at worstTA23 0QX: low flood risk at worstTA23 0AW: medium flood risk at worstTA23 0BB: medium flood risk at worstTA23 0BD: medium flood risk at worstTA23 0BE: medium flood risk at worstTA23 0BH: medium flood risk at worstTA23 0AN: high flood riskTA23 0AP: high flood riskTA23 0AQ: high flood riskTA23 0BS: high flood risk Watchet 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to TA23 0AN, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Watchet, by flood risk Of the 124 postcodes in Watchet that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 106 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Watchet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Watchet
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 5
  • At low risk at worst: 7
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 106
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 124 postcodes in Watchet that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 5 are at medium risk at worst, 7 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 106 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 51.1787, longitude -3.3284. 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.

TA23 0AN18 at high riskTA23 0BS16 at high riskTA23 0AQ2 at high riskTA23 0AP1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. TA23 0AN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Watchet?

Homes sold for a typical £213,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10.9% on the 12 months before. At 30 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 63 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 124 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is West Somerset Healthcare, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bishop's Lydeard, 16.7 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 Watchet?

Homes in Watchet sold for a typical £213,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, down 10.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£213,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£239,000
12 months to August 2026
£213,000

▼ down 10.9% on the 12 months before

Detached£320,000 12 sales
Semi-detached£227,813 8 sales
Terraced£200,000 21 sales
Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Across the whole TA23 district, Watchet's main postcode district: a typical £246,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Watchet: 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 Watchet?

2 of the 124 postcodes now in use in Watchet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 70 homes sold in Watchet were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA23 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

TA23 0FQsince October 2023TA23 0FRsince November 2022

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 WatchetAcross the TA23 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 44 (0%) 1 of 68 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 70 (1%) 25 of 119 (21%)

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 Watchet?

Ofcom reports on 123 of the 124 postcodes in Watchet. At 30 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit30 of 123
Postcodes where every home can get superfast117 of 123

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 Watchet at risk of flooding?

18 of the 124 postcodes in Watchet 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 63 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 18 of 124 postcodes High: 37Medium: 26Low: 89Very low: 35

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 Watchet?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Watchet. 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 Watchet?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Watchet is Bishop's Lydeard Rail Station, 16.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Bishop's Lydeard Rail Station Railway station 16.7 kmDrive
  • Watchet (West Somerset Railway) Underground, metro or tram 200 mWalk
  • Doniford Beach (West Somerset Railway) Underground, metro or tram 1.2 kmCycle

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 Watchet?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Watchet. 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.

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 Watchet safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 481 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Watchet 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. 23 September 2025
  2. 32 October 2025
  3. 36 November 2025
  4. 49 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 38 February 2026
  7. 49 March 2026
  8. 57 April 2026
  9. 48 May 2026
  10. 29 June 2026
  11. 47 July 2026
  12. 39 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences225 reports
Anti-social behaviour71 reports
Criminal damage and arson57 reports
Shoplifting49 reports
Public order27 reports
Other theft19 reports
Vehicle crime8 reports
Burglary7 reports

Also: other crime 7, possession of weapons 6, drugs 4, bicycle theft 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 Watchet?

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

All 124 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 Watchet

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Watchet postcodes

124 postcodes in use in Watchet, by district:

TA23 postcode district,124 postcodes

That district is in the TA postcode area.

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Places near Watchet

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Watchet's £213,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Williton2.1 km, £270,000Minehead10.7 km, £260,000Nether Stowey12.2 km, £332,500Wiveliscombe15.2 km, £258,750Bishops Lydeard16.8 km, £300,250Cannington18.8 km, £285,000Porlock18.8 km, £290,000Norton Fitzwarren21.1 km, £270,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Watchet

What is it like to live in Watchet?
Homes sold for a typical £213,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 10.9% on the 12 months before. At 30 of the 123 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 63 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 18 of its 124 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is West Somerset Healthcare, 2.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Bishop's Lydeard, 16.7 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 Watchet?
Watchet is covered by postcode district TA23, across 124 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Watchet in?
Watchet is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Watchet?
Watchet 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 Watchet?
Homes in Watchet sold for a typical £213,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 44 sales, down 10.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Watchet?
In Watchet, primary schools at its postcodes include Knights Templar Community Church School & Nursery; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Danesfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Community Middle School, 1.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Watchet have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Watchet is Bishop's Lydeard, 16.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Watchet?
Ofcom reports on 123 of the 124 postcodes in Watchet. At 30 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Watchet at risk of flooding?
18 of the 124 postcodes in Watchet 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 63 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 Watchet?
2 of the 124 postcodes now in use in Watchet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 70 homes sold in Watchet were newly built (1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the TA23 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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