Somerset
TA5 house prices in Somerset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Somerset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£320,250
Range £210,000–£630,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in TA5: the typical (median) sold price is £320,250, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). TA5 is an active market, with about 15 recorded sales a month. By property type, 41% were detached homes (typically £400,000) and 35% were semi-detached homes (typically £270,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,561 a year: Somerset's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Somerset, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on TA5: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
250 sales since March 2025 make TA5 a steady market, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
When selling here, the spread in TA5 is wide, with most sales between £210,000 and £630,500, so lean on the nearest like-for-like sale rather than the middle figure; roughly 15 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseFor buyers, on price, TA5 is above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (47 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,561 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
With averages this broad, the free TA5 OfferCheck adds flood, crime, planning and council tax from the official sources.
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At a glance
TA5 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£320,250
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
15.0
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,561
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in TA5
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in TA5 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £400,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £163,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 96 | £400,000 | £300,000–£677,500 |
| Semi-detached | 81 | £270,000 | £215,000–£440,000 |
| Terraced | 50 | £241,000 | £185,000–£375,500 |
| Flat / maisonette | 6 | £163,000 | £82,000–£360,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in TA5
The quarterly typical price fell 3.6%, from £352,750 in Q1 2025 (8 sales) to £340,000 in Q3 2026 (15 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | £352,750 | 8 |
| Q2 2025 | £337,000 | 33 |
| Q3 2025 | £300,000 | 53 |
| Q4 2025 | £320,000 | 61 |
| Q1 2026 | £305,000 | 56 |
| Q2 2026 | £362,500 | 24 |
| Q3 2026 | £340,000 | 15 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 17 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of TA5 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most TA5 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £210,000 and £630,500, around a typical £320,250.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in TA5
Detached homes were 41% of recorded sales (96 of 233). 99% of sales were freehold and 1% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached41%
- Semi-detached35%
- Terraced21%
- Flat / maisonette3%
Tenure
- Freehold99%
- Leasehold1%
See the figures
247 freehold (99%) and 3 leasehold (1%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in TA5, including 5 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 28 Mar 2025 and 17 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
WOODLANDS, BRIDGWATER
£455,000 (2025)£1,650,000 (2026)+262.6% over 0.9 yrs (+321.6%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where TA5 sits in Somerset
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in TA5
THE NOOK, HIGH STREET, BRIDGWATER
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£395,000
4, TOLL HOUSE ROAD, BRIDGWATER
Detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£335,000
CHURCH END, BRIDGWATER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£450,000
6, POOLES CLOSE, BRIDGWATER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 5 Aug 2026
£215,000
22, MALHERBIE ROAD, BRIDGWATER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 31 Jul 2026
£300,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). TA5 includes the Bridgwater South ward.
In plain English
What the Somerset (TA5) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £400,000 against £241,000 for terraced homes: about 1.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £210,000 and £630,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (99%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 15 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 28 March 2025 and 17 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on TA5
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in TA5
£2,561
Band D a year in Somerset, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,707 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,992 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,276 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,561 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,130 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,699 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,268 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,121 |
These are Somerset's charges for 2026-27, the authority TA5 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Somerset · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near TA5
3
open schools within 3 km, nearest Brymore Academy.
All schools
Brymore Academy
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · TA5 2NB
1.3 km
Good · 2015
Spaxton CofE Primary School
Primary · Academies · TA5 1BS
2.1 km
Outstanding · 2014
Cannington Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · TA5 2HP
2.5 km
Good · 2014
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the TA5 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 3 open schools within 3 km, 3 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near TA5
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around TA5
47
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 20 October 2026.
Recent applications
Somerset/SCC/4145/2026Undecided
397 m
Lawful Development Certificate (LDC) Application Submission > Use of 6No. Existing Anaerobic Digestion Tanks at Cannington Enterprises Ltd., Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NJ
Received 2026-03-10
Somerset/SCC/4145/2026(45/26/00011)Undecided
397 m
Lawful Development Certificate (LDC) Application Submission > Use of 6No. Existing Anaerobic Digestion Tanks at Cannington Enterprises Ltd., Cannington, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NJ
Received 2026-03-10
Sedgemoor/13/24/00005Withdrawn
120 m
Application to determine if prior approval is required for a proposed installation of new telecommunications equipment, comprising 1no. 25m lattice mast, 1no. electricity transmission tower, 6no. cabinets, 12no. antennas on 2no. headframes, 4no. 600mm diameter transmission link dishes and ancillary development thereto.
Received 2024-04-11 · decided 2024-05-18
Sedgemoor/45/23/00027Permitted
157 m
Erection of ground mounted south facing solar panels and associated equipment of 2.029MWp installed capacity for the purpose of providing renewable energy to the Cannington Enterprises Manufacturing Plant
Received 2024-01-09 · decided 2025-04-26
Sedgemoor/45/22/00034Permitted
379 m
Erection of single storey extension and first floor extension to the East elevation. Demolition of porch to the North elevation.
Received 2022-11-09 · decided 2022-12-03
Sedgemoor/45/21/00021Permitted
289 m
Erection of first floor extension to the side (North) elevation.
Received 2021-06-29 · decided 2021-08-01
Applications are matched within 500 m of the TA5 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for TA5 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 47 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 20 October 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for TA5
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled TA5 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 7, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
TA5 1LZ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so TA5 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in TA5: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in TA5, band by band
Somerset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the TA5 median sold price of £320,250 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearSomerset | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £320,250 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,707 | £142 | 0.53% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,992 | £166 | 0.62% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,276 | £190 | 0.71% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,561 | £213 | 0.80% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,130 | £261 | 0.98% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,699 | £308 | 1.16% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,268 | £356 | 1.33% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,121 | £427 | 1.60% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the TA5 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Somerset, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in TA5 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 246 distinct addresses in the records we hold for TA5. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
THE NOOK, HIGH STREET, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1BT · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-08-17
4, TOLL HOUSE ROAD, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2NW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£335,000
2026-08-12
CHURCH END, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1RY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£450,000
2026-08-07
6, POOLES CLOSE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1LZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,000
2026-08-05
22, MALHERBIE ROAD, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1EP · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£300,000
2026-07-31
BARTONS FARM, BONSON HILL, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1JD · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,275,000
2026-07-31
15, CAMPION WAY, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2EZ · Flat / maisonette · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£180,000
2026-07-30
17, THEILLAY CLOSE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1JY · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£225,000
2026-07-29
4, CRISTATA WAY, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2GS · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-07-24
1, DUKE AVENUE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2HU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£342,000
2026-07-23
14, LOTUS DRIVE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2GD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-07-23
5, WILLSTOCK WAY, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2RR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-17
2, PYRUS WALK, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2RS · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£278,000
2026-07-16
4, STOCKHOLM TERRACE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1BS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-07-07
CLEEVE COTTAGE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1SA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£675,000
2026-07-01
10, BUGLE WAY, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2FR · Terraced · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£97,500
2026-06-26
10, CARNATION DRIVE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2SR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£235,000
2026-06-26
THE GRANARY, PARK LANE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2LU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£630,000
2026-06-04
13, LIME STREET, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1QR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-05-20
9, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2DF · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-05-19
4, STONE PLACE, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2SZ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£270,000
2026-05-15
3, LAVENDER WALK, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2GU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-05-11
THE SPINNEY, BRIDGWATER
TA5 2BH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£440,000
2026-05-06
WESTLEA, CASTLE HILL, BRIDGWATER
TA5 1ET · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-05-01
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near TA5
The closest districts to TA5 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in TA2 (Taunton) 7.5 miles
- House prices in TA7 (Bridgwater) 8 miles
- House prices in TA9 (Highbridge) 8.2 miles
- House prices in TA8 (Burnham-on-Sea) 8.3 miles
- House prices in TA4 (Taunton) 8.9 miles
- House prices in TA1 (Taunton) 9 miles
- House prices in TA3 (Taunton) 11 miles
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Data sources
Every TA5 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.