TA1 5FD

Bishop's Hull & Taunton West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Taunton
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
TA1
Postcode sector
TA1 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA1 5BF 128 m
TA1 5FF 128 m
TA1 5FH 156 m
TA1 5ER 162 m
TA1 5FA 201 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA1 5FD
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 2011
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA1
Postcode sector
TA1 5
Latitude
51.012107
Longitude
-3.139506
British National Grid easting
320,158
British National Grid northing
124,255

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04013213
Westminster constituency
Taunton and Wellington · E14001540
Output area
E00186647
Lower layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 012A · E01029256
Middle layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 012 · E02006106

Postcode source versions

Explore TA1

22 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
15, Gwyther Mead, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5FD 12 October 2020 £425,000
7, Gwyther Mead, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5FD 10 January 2020 £415,000
6, Gwyther Mead, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA1 5FD 21 August 2019 £362,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. Bishops Hull Primary School

    Academy converter

    598 m
  2. Orchard Grove Primary School

    Free schools

    1.3 km
  3. Bishop Henderson Church of England Primary School, Taunton

    Voluntary aided school

    1.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
805
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 392
  • Public order 108
  • Anti social behaviour 85
  • Criminal damage and arson 59
  • Other theft 51

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
31

16 female, 15 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.1
TA1 5 residents
7,325

Age bands in TA1 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

1,185 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

692 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.6%

1,527 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.3%

1,862 residents

Age 65 and over
25.6%

1,809 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA1 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km

  • COLLEGE WAY SURGERY

    COMEYTROWE CENTRE, TAUNTON, TA1 4TY

    ODS code L85021

    1.5 km

  • FRENCH WEIR HEALTH CENTRE

    FRENCH WEIR AVENUE, TAUNTON, TA1 1NW

    ODS code L85001

    2.0 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    COAL ORCHARD, TAUNTON, TA1 1JP

    ODS code L85023

    2.7 km

  • TAUNTON VALE HEALTHCARE

    THE BLACKBROOK SURGERY, LISIEUX WAY, TAUNTON, TA1 2LB

    ODS code L85014

    4.1 km

  • WARWICK HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    HOLWAY GREEN, UPPER HOLWAY ROAD, TAUNTON, TA1 2QA

    ODS code L85052

    4.3 km

  • LYNGFORD PARK

    FLETCHER CLOSE, TAUNTON, TA2 8SQ

    ODS code L85062

    4.4 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE

    CROWN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, VENTURE WAY, TAUNTON, TA2 8QY

    ODS code L85006

    4.5 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bishop's Hull Road

    BCT · Taunton

    0.1 miles
  • Waterfield Drive

    BCT · Taunton

    0.2 miles
  • Stonegallows

    BCT · Taunton

    0.2 miles
  • Stonegallows

    BCT · Taunton

    0.2 miles
  • Crematorium

    BCT · Taunton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Somerset West and Taunton 012A, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,223 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
10 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.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

37 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Bishops Hull Primary School is the nearest published school at 598 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

805 published events cover 12 months, averaging 67.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 392 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.