TA3 5RY

Blackdown & Neroche · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
TA3
Postcode sector
TA3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA3 5RP 133 m
TA3 5RW 455 m
TA3 5RR 621 m
TA3 5RN 750 m
TA3 5BS 945 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA3 5RY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 April 1987
Terminated
1 December 1990
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA3
Postcode sector
TA3 5
Latitude
50.982004
Longitude
-3.035599
British National Grid easting
327,400
British National Grid northing
120,800

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008823
Westminster constituency
Taunton and Wellington · E14001540
Output area
E00149121
Lower layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 019B · E01029270
Middle layer super output area
Somerset West and Taunton 019 · E02006112

Postcode source versions

Explore TA3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Thurlbear Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    884 m
  2. Somerset Progressive School

    Other independent special school

    1.9 km
  3. Hatch Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
12
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Public order 2
  • Other crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TA3 5 residents
5,851

Age bands in TA3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.7%

854 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

545 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.9%

1,035 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.5%

1,654 residents

Age 65 and over
29.4%

1,706 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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • WARWICK HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L85052

    4.1 km

  • TAUNTON VALE HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code L85014

    4.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Homefield Cottage

    BCT · Slough Green

    0.4 miles
  • Slough Cottage

    BCT · Slough Green

    0.4 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Thurlbear

    0.6 miles
  • Primary School

    BCT · Thurlbear

    0.6 miles
  • Stoke Court

    BCT · Thurlbear

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Somerset West and Taunton 019B, 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

15,543 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
7 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Thurlbear Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 884 m.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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