TA20 4PH

Marshwood Vale · Dorset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Chard
Local authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset
Postcode district
TA20
Postcode sector
TA20 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA20 4PS 315 m
TA20 4PQ 317 m
TA20 4QB 328 m
TA20 4PF 399 m
TA20 4PE 403 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA20 4PH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA20
Postcode sector
TA20 4
Latitude
50.822440
Longitude
-2.892432
British National Grid easting
337,235
British National Grid northing
102,925

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Dorset · E06000059
Parish or community
E04003604
Westminster constituency
West Dorset · E14001575
Output area
E00104140
Lower layer super output area
Dorset 023D · E01020535
Middle layer super output area
Dorset 023 · E02004273

Postcode source versions

Explore TA20

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Greenhill, High Street, Thorncombe, Chard, TA20 4PH 27 March 2015 £1,200,000
Turnpike Cottage, High Street, Thorncombe, Chard, TA20 4PH 16 August 2013 £335,000
Turnpike Cottage, High Street, Thorncombe, Chard, TA20 4PH 20 October 2006 £307,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    529 m
  2. Winsham Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.4 km
  3. Marshwood CofE Primary Academy

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other theft 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

4 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
TA20 4 residents
2,237

Age bands in TA20 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.5%

262 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.3%

190 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.8%

337 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.3%

735 residents

Age 65 and over
33.1%

753 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA20 4 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Thorncombe Crossroads

    BCT · Thorncombe

    0.0 miles
  • Thorncombe Crossroads

    BCT · Thorncombe

    0.0 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Thorncombe

    0.3 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Thorncombe

    0.3 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Thorncombe

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Dorset 023D, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

11,977 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy is the nearest published school at 529 m.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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