TA5 1BA

Cannington · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bridgwater
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater
Postcode district
TA5
Postcode sector
TA5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA5 1DR 665 m
TA5 1DT 787 m
TA5 1AZ 810 m
TA5 1BB 857 m
TA5 1AT 1.0 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA5 1BA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA5
Postcode sector
TA5 1
Latitude
51.102334
Longitude
-3.131625
British National Grid easting
320,865
British National Grid northing
134,280

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008645
Westminster constituency
Bridgwater · E14001126
Output area
E00148346
Lower layer super output area
Sedgemoor 007E · E01029125
Middle layer super output area
Sedgemoor 007 · E02006067

Postcode source versions

Explore TA5

16 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Spring Cottage, Merridge, Bridgwater, TA5 1BA 16 August 2023 £200,000
Spring Cottage, Merridge, Bridgwater, TA5 1BA 31 March 2023 £400,000
Travellers Rest, Merridge, Bridgwater, TA5 1BA 20 September 2017 £295,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Enmore Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.9 km
  2. Spaxton CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km
  3. Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
51

28 female, 23 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.0
TA5 1 residents
5,392

Age bands in TA5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.3%

718 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

445 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.8%

958 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.1%

1,624 residents

Age 65 and over
30.6%

1,650 residents

This postcode contained 0.9% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA5 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
20%
Next Generation Access
0%
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

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Lower Merridge

    0.5 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Lower Merridge

    0.5 miles
  • Demand Responsive Area

    BCT · Lower Aisholt

    0.7 miles
  • The Pines

    BCT · Courtway

    0.8 miles
  • The Pines

    BCT · Courtway

    0.8 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sedgemoor 007E, 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

14,864 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 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
2
Medium risk addresses
3
Low risk addresses
2
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 £300,000 from 2 recorded sales in TA5 1BA. 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

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Enmore Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

1 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 1 events.

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