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TA4 1AB

Bishop's Hull & Taunton West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Taunton and Wellington
Postcode district
TA4
Postcode sector
TA4 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA1 5FJ 277 m
TA1 5EJ 304 m
TA1 5EH 342 m
TA1 5EN 372 m
TA1 5EL 388 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA4 1AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA4
Postcode sector
TA4 1
Latitude
51.018654
Longitude
-3.142162
British National Grid easting
319,983
British National Grid northing
124,986

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Bishop's Hull & Taunton West · E05014339
Parish or community
E04013213
Westminster constituency
Taunton and Wellington · E14001540
Output area
E00149038
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 TA4

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
37
Primary
23
Secondary
3

  1. Bishops Hull Primary School

    Academy converter

    667 m

  2. Norton Fitzwarren Church School

    Academy converter

    1.1 km

  3. Staplegrove Church School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
783
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 352
  • Shoplifting 88
  • Anti social behaviour 73
  • Public order 72
  • Criminal damage and arson 56

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
22
18 female, 4 male
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TA4 1 residents
5,618

Age bands in TA4 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%
929 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.6%
595 residents
Age 25 to 44
20.6%
1,154 residents
Age 45 to 64
30%
1,678 residents
Age 65 and over
22.1%
1,233 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA4 1 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
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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • FRENCH WEIR HEALTH CENTRE

    FRENCH WEIR AVENUE, TAUNTON, TA1 1NW

    ODS code L85001

    2.1 km

  • COLLEGE WAY SURGERY

    COMEYTROWE CENTRE, TAUNTON, TA1 4TY

    ODS code L85021

    2.1 km

  • ST JAMES MEDICAL CENTRE

    COAL ORCHARD, TAUNTON, TA1 1JP

    ODS code L85023

    2.8 km

  • LYNGFORD PARK

    FLETCHER CLOSE, TAUNTON, TA2 8SQ

    ODS code L85062

    4.1 km

  • TAUNTON VALE HEALTHCARE

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

    ODS code L85014

    4.3 km

  • CROWN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code L85006

    4.4 km

  • WARWICK HOUSE MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L85052

    4.7 km

Nearby transport

  • Farrant Close

    BCT · Taunton

    342 m

  • Post Office

    BCT · Taunton

    484 m

  • Church

    BCT · Taunton

    531 m

  • Bishop's Hull Road

    BCT · Taunton

    707 m

  • Hamwood Terrace

    BCT · Taunton

    761 m

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 667 m.

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

Recorded crime

783 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 352 events.

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