A38 Bridgwater, Somerset
9 addresses across 3 postcodes (TA6), about 150 m long, classed as a a road. USRN 34000564.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Somerset cost £282,498 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,021 a month.
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Saltlands Waste Disposal Site, is 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Storm overflows: 1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) spilled 8 times (9 hours) in 2025.
- Energy projects: 3 renewable energy projects nearby are planned or being built; the nearest, Saltlands Avenue - Solar Parks, is 630 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 94% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 6 to 8 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is East Quay Medical Centre, about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 710 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 47% of households owned their home and 17% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Somerset
A typical home in Somerset cost £282,498 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 37% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £459,165 |
| Semi-detached | £289,787 |
| Terraced | £235,285 |
| Flat or maisonette | £136,214 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £232,749 |
Private renters in Somerset paid £1,021 a month on average in September 2026, 6.3% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £695 |
| Two bedrooms | £918 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,142 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,628 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
Council tax
What each band costs in Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,561 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,707 | £1,992 | £2,276 | £2,561 | £3,130 | £3,699 | £4,268 | £5,121 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (36% of about 1,630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Energy projects nearby
6 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 3 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saltlands Avenue - Solar Parks Somerset 20/22/00001 | Solar farm | 8.9 MW | Planning application made Jan 2022 | 630 m (0.4 miles) |
| Horsey Levels - Solar Farm Somerset 09/21/00035 | Solar farm | 24 MW | Operational | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Walpole Landfill AD (Waste AD) Somerset 41/10/00007 | Anaerobic digestion | 1.6 MW | Operational Feb 2014 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Walpole Landfill | Landfill Gas | 1.6 MW | Operational Mar 1999 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Showground Road Somerset 1/37/15/093 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 7.8 MW | Being built Jul 2019 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Showground Road, Bridgwater Energy Recovery Facility Somerset SCC/3761/2020 | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 7.8 MW | Planning application made Oct 2020 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 33 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA6 4RN | zone 3 | 0 / 0 / 8 | unlikely |
| TA6 4AP | zone 3 | 0 / 1 / 11 | unlikely |
| TA6 4AW | zone 3 | 0 / 1 / 14 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
1 storm overflow within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes spilled 8 times, for 9 hours in all, in 2025. They discharge into River Parrett (Estuarine).
| Overflow | Into | Spills | Hours | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumping Station at Bristol Road Wessex Water | River Parrett (Estuarine) | 8 | 9 | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
A storm overflow lets sewage diluted with rainwater into a river, stream or the sea when heavy rain overwhelms the sewers, so the spills here affect the water they run into, not homes. A spill is counted the regulators' way: a first 12 hours, then each 24 hours it goes on.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 440 m (0.3 miles) away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltlands Waste Disposal Site Bridgwater, Somerset | 1977 to 1992 | Inert, industrial, commercial, household; gas control on site | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's 9 addresses are between 6 m and 8 m above sea level (8 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA6 4AP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TA6 4AW | 94% | 94% | 94% | 6% |
| TA6 4RN | 100% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.7 km (4.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Express Park Industrial Estate Bridgwater | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Station Bridgwater | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
| Car parks | Apcoa | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 32.1 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | East Quay Medical Centre Good Jun 2018 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Bridgwater Dental Centre | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgwater Hospital | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Casa di Lusso Good Oct 2025 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Police station | Avon and Somerset Police | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Bridgwater - Parkway, Parkway Cashzone | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 90 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 940 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 9,060 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Horsey medieval settlement immediately north of Board's Farm, a scheduled monument, 1 km (0.6 miles) east.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Horsey medieval settlement immediately north of Board's Farm | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Motte with two baileys immediately east of Bristol Road, Down End | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Cut | Wetland | 470 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Pims Pill Reach | Tidal water | 570 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Pims Pill | Tidal water | 650 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Withy Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Ashen Covert | Wood | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
| Knowle Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 7 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 1 | 9 |
8 of the street's 9 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Somerset: see them on the Somerset page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willowdown Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met | 66% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 58% in 2024 and 39% in 2023) |
| Chilton Trinity School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Sep 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 42.3 (42.0 in 2025 and 43.0 in 2024); 34.7% grade 5+ in English and maths |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
4 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 510 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mama Bear's Day Nursery TA6 4RR | Full day care | 80 | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 510 m (0.3 miles) |
| Butterflies Day Nursery @ Woodlands TA6 4FJ | Full day care | 89 | Good (Jun 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Future Stars Coaching at Willowdown Primary School TA6 4FU | Full day care | 15 | Not inspected yet | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
| Sunbeams Nursery TA6 4PT | Full day care | 29 | Good (Jun 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 180 childminders and 43 home childcarers (nannies) in Somerset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dine Contract Catering TA6 4GZ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 240 m | 5 Very good | 14 May 2025 |
| E18hteen Distillery Ltd TA6 4AR | Manufacturers/packers | 290 m | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Tesco Express TA6 4GZ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 310 m | 5 Very good | 10 Mar 2025 |
| ADM Protexin Ltd TA6 4WA | Distributors/Transporters | 320 m | Exempt | |
| Smart Fish Bar TA6 4WB | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 330 m | 5 Very good | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Lo&BeHold Bakes TA6 4FY | Other catering premises | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (avon-and-somerset).
Road safety
7 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 5 slight, in which 2 people were seriously hurt. 1 involved a cyclist; 2 involved a motorcyclist. 57% happened in the dark, and 57% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 Nov 2024 09:33 | Slight | 1 person | A38, 40 mph | Wet road |
| 10 Aug 2024 11:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 8 Feb 2024 05:38 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 4 Dec 2023 06:05 | Slight | 1 person | A38, 30 mph | Dark, wet road |
| 1 Dec 2022 17:05 | Slight | 2 people | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, wet road |
| 7 May 2022 12:40 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A38, 40 mph | Daylight |
| 18 Oct 2021 01:34 | Slight | 1 person | A38, 40 mph | Dark, street lights on |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 29% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 10% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 47% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 22% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 33% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 62% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 13% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 5% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 17% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 68% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 17% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 23% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 3 to 4 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- TA6 4RN: 7 addresses of 42 in the postcode
- TA6 4AP: 1 address of 57 in the postcode
- TA6 4AW: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Hanworth Drive · Musk Close · Regents Court · Osier Place · Willow Man Road · Kings Road · Bristol Road · Regents Walk · Swallows Mead · Britannia Way
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.