# TA6 6LJ: area report for a postcode in Somerset

TA6 6LJ is a postcode in Somerset.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Somerset. Open the map at TA6 6LJ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) › [TA6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ta6) › [TA6 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ta6-6)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 800% on July. Sedgemoor 014I: 105 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **Bridgwater, 1.5 km**: About 18 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 640 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **12 of 12 properties in TA6 6LJ at very low risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **England’s most deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Sedgemoor 014I. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **£282,062 average price**: For the whole of Somerset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 400 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **10% can get gigabit broadband at TA6 6LJ**: Superfast for 70%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **Low road and rail noise at TA6 6LJ**: Road 53 dB, rail 47 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ
- **10.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Somerset Bridge Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/somerset-bridge-primary-school-e123695) | Primary | 640 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), March 2024 | 73% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Polden Bower School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/polden-bower-school-e123938) | Special | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2024 | – |
| [Hamp Nursery and Infants' School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamp-nursery-and-infants-school-e123681) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, April 2023 | – |
| [Robert Blake Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/robert-blake-academy-e151626) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), October 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [Hamp Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hamp-academy-e139717) | Primary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2022 | 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [St John and St Francis Church School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-john-and-st-francis-church-school-e139338) | Primary | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2022 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Eastover Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/eastover-primary-school-e123679) | Primary | 1.8 km (22 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, May 2023 | 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [University Centre Somerset College Group](https://openindex.co.uk/school/university-centre-somerset-college-group-e130803) | Sixth form and further education | 1.8 km (23 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| December 2023 | £240,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 10 m |
| February 2026 | £181,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 380 m |
| August 2023 | £315,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 420 m |
| April 2025 | £265,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 470 m |
| August 2026 | £277,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 520 m |
| June 2026 | £252,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 540 m |
| May 2025 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 560 m |
| February 2024 | £268,500 | Detached, established, freehold | 560 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SOMERSET BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE (420 m)
- Pharmacies: SOMERSET PHARMACY (420 m); STOCKMOOR PHARMACY (970 m)
- Dental practices: SUPERNOVA DENTAL (590 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Taunton Road (400 m, Morrisons); Morrisons Daily Bridgwater Taunton Road (900 m, Morrisons); Co-op Stockmoor Park Bridgwater (950 m, The Southern Co-operative); Co-op Bridgwater (980 m, The Radstock Co-operative Society)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £282,062** (July 2026). Somerset’s average house price was £282,062 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £36,279** (2025). Full-time workers living in Somerset earned a median of £36,279 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 103rd lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.8×** (2025). A home in Somerset costs 7.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 143rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 19.1** (2025). Somerset has a deprivation score of 19.1 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 143rd most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Sedgemoor 014I (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 17.6** (2025). Sedgemoor 014I has a deprivation score of 17.6 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 16,687th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £265,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sedgemoor 014I was £265,000 in 2025. Joint 12,910th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,412** (2021). Sedgemoor 014I had 1,412 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,751st least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 91.2%** (January 2026). In Sedgemoor 014I, 91.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## TA6 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £235,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in TA6 was £235,000 in 2025. Joint 636th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 53,134** (2021). TA6 had 53,134 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 157th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 13%** (2022). About 13% of people in TA6 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 89.9%** (January 2026). In TA6, 89.9% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset)
- Centre: 51.1148, -2.9898

Council: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Bridgwater](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/bridgwater): Sir Ashley Fox (Conservative), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.9898,51.1148,TA66LJ

## How to cite

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