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TA8 2BS

Burnham on Sea North · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Burnham on Sea North
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Bridgwater
Postcode district
TA8
Postcode sector
TA8 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
TA8 2UW 288 m
TA8 2DE 301 m
TA8 2UL 347 m
TA8 2UN 348 m
TA8 2EL 380 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
TA8 2BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 November 2013
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
TA
Postcode district
TA8
Postcode sector
TA8 2
Latitude
51.248197
Longitude
-2.984702
British National Grid easting
331,369
British National Grid northing
150,353

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Burnham on Sea North · E05014348
Parish or community
E04008611
Westminster constituency
Bridgwater · E14001126
Output area
E00148293
Lower layer super output area
Sedgemoor 002E · E01029115
Middle layer super output area
Sedgemoor 002 · E02006062

Postcode source versions

Explore TA8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
9
Secondary
1

  1. Burnham-On-Sea Infant School

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    757 m

  2. St Andrew's Church Junior School

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    1.4 km

  3. St Joseph's Catholic Primary and Nursery School

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    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
577
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 257
  • Anti social behaviour 76
  • Other theft 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 48
  • Public order 47

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
TA8 2 residents
9,188

Age bands in TA8 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
10.2%

938 residents

Age 15 to 24
7%

643 residents

Age 25 to 44
14.9%

1,372 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

2,611 residents

Age 65 and over
39.6%

3,650 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.

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+
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 Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • SYMPHONY NORTH HEALTHCARE

    8-10 LOVE LANE, BURNHAM-ON-SEA, TA8 1EU

    ODS code L85016

    1.3 km

  • BRENT AREA MEDICAL CENTRE

    ANVIL HOUSE, BRENT ROAD, EAST BRENT, HIGHBRIDGE, TA9 4JD

    ODS code L85601

    3.7 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rugby Club Entrance

    BCT · Burnham-on-Sea

    0.2 miles

  • Rugby Club Entrance

    BCT · Burnham-on-Sea

    0.2 miles

  • Creswick Way

    BCT · Burnham-on-Sea

    0.2 miles

  • Creswick Way

    BCT · Burnham-on-Sea

    0.2 miles

  • Caernarvon Way

    BCT · Burnham-on-Sea

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Sedgemoor 002E, 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

25,768 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
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

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 1 secondary schools. Burnham-On-Sea Infant School is the nearest published school at 757 m.

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

Recorded crime

577 published events cover 12 months, averaging 48.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 257 events.

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