Schools
20 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 3 secondary schools. Hamp Academy is the nearest published school at 872 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
TA5 2GW
North Petherton · Somerset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Post town
- Bridgwater
- Ward
- North Petherton
- Local authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater
- Postcode district
- TA5
- Postcode sector
- TA5 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- TA5 2GW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 December 2015
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- TA
- Postcode district
- TA5
- Postcode sector
- TA5 2
- Latitude
- 51.113235
- Longitude
- -3.015658
- British National Grid easting
- 329,001
- British National Grid northing
- 135,374
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Somerset · E06000066
- Electoral ward
- North Petherton · E05014376
- Parish or community
- E04008637
- Westminster constituency
- Bridgwater · E14001126
- Output area
- E00186548
- Lower layer super output area
- Sedgemoor 014H · E01035117
- Middle layer super output area
- Sedgemoor 014 · E02006074
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore TA5
Property
3 recorded
sales at this postcode
| Address | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 3, Roberta Walk, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA5 2GW | 29 January 2016 | £229,950 |
| 2, Roberta Walk, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA5 2GW | 18 December 2015 | £299,950 |
| 1, Roberta Walk, North Petherton, Bridgwater, TA5 2GW | 18 December 2015 | £304,950 |
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 20
- Primary
- 13
- Secondary
- 3
- 872 m
Hamp Academy
Academy sponsor led
- 1.0 km
Hamp Nursery and Infants' School
Community school
- 1.1 km
Polden Bower School
Foundation special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 2,243
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 975
- Anti social behaviour 253
- Shoplifting 232
- Public order 191
- Criminal damage and arson 178
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 11
- Postcode households
- 3
- Residents per household
- 3.7
- TA5 2 residents
- 6,913
7 female, 4 male
Age bands in TA5 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 17.2%
- Age 15 to 24
- 11.4%
- Age 25 to 44
- 22.8%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.7%
- Age 65 and over
- 21.9%
1,234 residents
816 residents
1,629 residents
1,908 residents
1,569 residents
This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider TA5 2 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+
- 100%
- Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
- 100%
- Gigabit-capable
- 100%
- 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
6
within 5 km straight-line
SOMERSET BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTRE
STOCKMOOR PARK, TAUNTON ROAD, BRIDGWATER, TA6 6LD
ODS code L85607
1.4 km
TAUNTON ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
12-16 TAUNTON ROAD, BRIDGWATER, TA6 3LS
ODS code L85042
1.6 km
CRANLEIGH GARDENS MEDICAL CENTRE
CRANLEIGH GARDENS, BRIDGWATER, TA6 5JS
ODS code L85025
2.1 km
NORTH PETHERTON SURGERY
MILL STREET, NORTH PETHERTON, BRIDGWATER, TA6 6LX
ODS code L85056
2.4 km
REDGATE MEDICAL CENTRE
WESTON ZOYLAND ROAD, BRIDGWATER, TA6 5BF
ODS code L85051
2.4 km
EAST QUAY MEDICAL CENTRE
EAST QUAY, BRIDGWATER, TA6 4GP
ODS code L85035
2.7 km
Nearby transport
- 0.2 miles
Bowerings Road
BCT · Hamp
- 0.2 miles
Risemoor Road
BCT · Bridgwater
- 0.2 miles
Risemoor Road
BCT · Bridgwater
- 0.2 miles
Risemoor Road
BCT · Bridgwater
- 0.2 miles
Bryer Close
BCT · Hamp
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sedgemoor 014H, 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
18,568 of 33,755
- Income
- 5 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 6 of 10
- Crime
- 5 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
Recorded crime
2,243 published events cover 12 months, averaging 186.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 975 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.