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TA24 8AU

Minehead · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Minehead
Ward
Minehead
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead
Postcode district
TA24
Postcode sector
TA24 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA24 8AZ 38 m
TA24 8AS 98 m
TA24 8AL 123 m
TA24 5HS 146 m
TA24 8AE 149 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA24 8AU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA24
Postcode sector
TA24 8
Latitude
51.201713
Longitude
-3.489460
British National Grid easting
296,036
British National Grid northing
145,777

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Minehead · E05014374
Parish or community
E04008846
Westminster constituency
Tiverton and Minehead · E14001548
Output area
E00149462
Lower layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 002B · E01029331
Middle layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 002 · E02006114

Postcode source versions

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Property

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30 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Old Farm Close, Minehead, TA24 8AU 11 June 2025 £326,000
15, Old Farm Close, Minehead, TA24 8AU 14 March 2025 £325,000
13, Old Farm Close, Minehead, TA24 8AU 8 January 2025 £372,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
4
Secondary
2

  1. Aurora Foxes

    Special post 16 institution

    747 m

  2. St Michael's Church of England First School

    Academy sponsor led

    829 m

  3. Minehead First School

    Academy converter

    835 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
772
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 312
  • Shoplifting 113
  • Anti social behaviour 97
  • Public order 69
  • Criminal damage and arson 60

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

12 female, 5 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
1.3
TA24 8 residents
4,956

Age bands in TA24 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
11.5%

525 residents

Age 15 to 24
6.8%

308 residents

Age 25 to 44
15.3%

697 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.8%

1,267 residents

Age 65 and over
38.7%

1,763 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA24 8 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.

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • MINEHEAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 IRNHAM ROAD, MINEHEAD, TA24 5DL

    ODS code L85019

    937 m

  • DUNSTER & PORLOCK SURGERIES

    WEST STREET, DUNSTER, MINEHEAD, TA24 6SN

    ODS code L85065

    3.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Parkhouse Road

    BCT · Periton

    0.1 miles

  • South Park

    BCT · Periton

    0.1 miles

  • Old Farm Road

    BCT · Periton

    0.1 miles

  • West Park

    BCT · Minehead

    0.1 miles

  • Poundfield Road

    BCT · Periton

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Somerset West and Taunton 002B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,429 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
8 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

Property market

The five-year median is £325,500 from 4 recorded sales in TA24 8AU. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Somerset is £281,571 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 2 secondary schools. Aurora Foxes is the nearest published school at 747 m.

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

Recorded crime

772 published events cover 12 months, averaging 64.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 312 events.

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