Schools
39 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 4 secondary schools. St James Church School is the nearest published school at 191 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
TA1 1YJ
Taunton East · Somerset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Taunton East
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Taunton and Wellington
- Postcode district
- TA1
- Postcode sector
- TA1 1
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- TA1 1YJ
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 July 1995
- Terminated
- 1 December 1996
- Postcode area
- TA
- Postcode district
- TA1
- Postcode sector
- TA1 1
- Latitude
- 51.017422
- Longitude
- -3.096266
- British National Grid easting
- 323,200
- British National Grid northing
- 124,800
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Somerset · E06000066
- Electoral ward
- Taunton East · E05014382
- Parish or community
- E04013217
- Westminster constituency
- Taunton and Wellington · E14001540
- Output area
- E00149202
- Lower layer super output area
- Somerset West and Taunton 011A · E01029285
- Middle layer super output area
- Somerset West and Taunton 011 · E02006105
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore TA1
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 39
- Primary
- 23
- Secondary
- 4
- 191 m
St James Church School
Academy sponsor led
- 446 m
Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 566 m
Silver Bridge School
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 5,373
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 2,188
- Shoplifting 781
- Anti social behaviour 580
- Public order 552
- Criminal damage and arson 367
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- TA1 1 residents
- 6,752
Age bands in TA1 1
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.3%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 22.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 18.1%
995 residents
666 residents
2,184 residents
1,472 residents
1,176 residents
Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.
Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.
GP practices
8
within 5 km straight-line
ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE
COAL ORCHARD, TAUNTON, TA1 1JP
ODS code L85023
397 m
TAUNTON VALE HEALTHCARE
THE BLACKBROOK SURGERY, LISIEUX WAY, TAUNTON, TA1 2LB
ODS code L85014
1.1 km
FRENCH WEIR HEALTH CENTRE
FRENCH WEIR AVENUE, TAUNTON, TA1 1NW
ODS code L85001
1.2 km
CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE
CROWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE WAY, TAUNTON, TA2 8QY
ODS code L85006
1.7 km
WARWICK HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE
HOLWAY GREEN, UPPER HOLWAY ROAD, TAUNTON, TA1 2QA
ODS code L85052
1.7 km
LYNGFORD PARK
FLETCHER CLOSE, TAUNTON, TA2 8SQ
ODS code L85062
2.1 km
COLLEGE WAY SURGERY
COMEYTROWE CENTRE, TAUNTON, TA1 4TY
ODS code L85021
2.2 km
CREECH
HYDE LANE, CREECH ST. MICHAEL, TAUNTON, TA3 5FA
ODS code L85609
3.8 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Alms Houses
BCT · Taunton
- 0.2 miles
Primark
BCT · Taunton
- 0.2 miles
Old Hospital
BCT · Taunton
- 0.2 miles
South Street
BCT · Taunton
- 0.2 miles
Old Hospital
BCT · Taunton
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Somerset West and Taunton 011A, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.
Overall IMD decile
5 of 10
Overall England rank
15,711 of 33,755
- Income
- 6 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 5 of 10
- Crime
- 2 of 10
- Housing and services
- 8 of 10
- Living environment
- 3 of 10
These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
5,373 published events cover 12 months, averaging 447.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2,188 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.