TA24 8JU

Dulverton & Exmoor · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Minehead
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
TA24
Postcode sector
TA24 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA24 8LU 700 m
TA24 8JS 889 m
TA24 8LT 1.0 km
TA24 8LS 1.2 km
TA24 8JT 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA24 8JU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA24
Postcode sector
TA24 8
Latitude
51.187183
Longitude
-3.627022
British National Grid easting
286,390
British National Grid northing
144,365

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008844
Westminster constituency
Tiverton and Minehead · E14001548
Output area
E00149478
Lower layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 002D · E01029336
Middle layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 002 · E02006114

Postcode source versions

Explore TA24

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Nutscale Mill, Porlock, Minehead, TA24 8JU 19 December 2025 £495,000
Blackford, Porlock, Minehead, TA24 8JU 29 June 2023 £308,000
Tarr Ball, Porlock, Minehead, TA24 8JU 21 October 2014 £450,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
1
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. St Dubricius Church of England VA School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.2 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

2 female, 1 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.0
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
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

  • Whitstone Post

    BCT · Porlock

    1.3 miles
  • Whitstone Post

    BCT · Porlock

    1.3 miles
  • Porlock Hill

    BCT · Porlock

    1.8 miles
  • Porlock Hill

    BCT · Porlock

    1.8 miles
  • Porlock Library

    BCT · Porlock

    2.0 miles

Relative deprivation

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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

9,093 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 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
1
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 £401,500 from 2 recorded sales in TA24 8JU. 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

1 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Dubricius Church of England VA School is the nearest published school at 2.0 miles.

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