# TA8 2TQ: area report for a postcode in Somerset

TA8 2TQ 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 TA8 2TQ for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/somerset) › [TA8](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ta8) › [TA8 2](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/ta8-2)

## Around this postcode

- **9 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 25% on July. Sedgemoor 004E: 37 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **Highbridge and Burnham, 2.5 km**: About 31 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **2 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **12 of 12 properties in TA8 2TQ at 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=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **England’s least deprived 50%**: This neighbourhood, Sedgemoor 004E. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **£282,062 average price**: For the whole of Somerset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 650 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 310 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at TA8 2TQ**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **Low road and rail noise at TA8 2TQ**: Road 44 dB, rail under 40 dB or not modelled (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **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=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ
- **6.4 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Burnham-On-Sea Infant School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/burnham-on-sea-infant-school-e150952) | Primary | 310 m (4 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), January 2023, before the school changed | – |
| [St Andrew's Church Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-andrews-church-junior-school-e150953) | Primary | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), May 2022, before the school changed | – |
| [St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/st-josephs-catholic-primary-and-nursery-school-e148951) | Primary | 860 m (11 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade | 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [The King Alfred School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/the-king-alfred-school-e146439) | Secondary | 1.4 km (17 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2022 | Attainment 8 of 40.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Churchfield Church School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/churchfield-church-school-e139278) | Primary | 1.7 km (21 minutes on foot) | Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met | 29% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| September 2025 | £232,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| January 2026 | £212,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 40 m |
| March 2025 | £260,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| November 2024 | £227,500 | Terraced, established, freehold | 60 m |
| June 2024 | £200,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2026 | £249,950 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 80 m |
| April 2023 | £340,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 90 m |
| September 2024 | £156,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 100 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: SYMPHONY NORTH HEALTHCARE (650 m)
- Pharmacies: TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (300 m); DAY LEWIS PHARMACY (650 m); BURNHAM ON SEA PHARMACY (960 m)
- Dental practices: TAYLOR WATTS AND SLABBERT DENTAL (880 m)
- Supermarkets: Tesco Burnham (310 m, Tesco); Lidl Burnham-on-Sea (750 m, Lidl); Morrisons Daily Burnham (820 m, Morrisons)

## 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 004E (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 14.3** (2025). Sedgemoor 004E has a deprivation score of 14.3 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 13,618th least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £249,500** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Sedgemoor 004E was £249,500 in 2025. Joint 11,391st cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,459** (2021). Sedgemoor 004E had 1,459 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 21,024th 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: 99.6%** (January 2026). In Sedgemoor 004E, 99.6% 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.

## TA8 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £276,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in TA8 was £276,000 in 2025. Joint 969th cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 17,031** (2021). TA8 had 17,031 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,115th least 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: 0%** (2022). About 0% of people in TA8 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: 92.1%** (January 2026). In TA8, 92.1% 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: 51.2392, -2.9837

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=-2.9837,51.2392,TA82TQ

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