B3223 Somerset
84 addresses across 12 postcodes (TA24), about 8.8 km (5.5 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 43702650.
- Energy: 28 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, C: 1, D: 6, E: 11, F: 4, G: 5).
- Flood: 6 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Umberleigh, about 26.7 km (17 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 2.6 km (1.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 2.3 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 255 to 394 m above sea level.
- Noise: 37 of its 84 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- People: About 520 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 29% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
28 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 111 m². Most common: House, detached (12); House, semi-detached (6); Bungalow, detached (5). Built: before 1900 (16); 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (private) (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (14 addresses)
- 1 Beech Park, Simonsbath
- Ashcombe Bungalow, Simonsbath
- Bridge House, Exford
- Clovenrocks Annexe, Simonsbath
- Hawkridge, Simonsbath
- Higher Riscombe Farm, Simonsbath
- Pound Cottage, Simonsbath
- South Ley Bungalow, Exford
- Stable Flat, Simonsbath
- Stockleigh Lodge, Exford
- The Cottage, Birch Cleave Barns, Simonsbath
- The Old Pottery, Simonsbath
- The Old Vicarage, Simonsbath
- White House Cottage, Exford
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 neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (22% of about 940 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 8.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST LUKE, grade II
- EXFORD BRIDGE AT NGR SS 8525 3836, grade II
- GALLEON HOUSE RIDING STABLES, grade II
- LINHAY AND STABLE ADJOINING, ABOUT 100 METRES WEST OF SIMONSBATH HOUSE HOTEL, grade II
- LUCKESSES FARMHOUSE, grade II
- SIMONSBATH BRIDGE AT NGR SS 7720 3909, grade II
- SIMONSBATH HOUSE HOTEL, grade II
- YEALSCOMBE, grade II
Roadworks
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 6 January 2027 to 11 January 2027: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works, permit applied for)
Finished in the last three months
- 22 September 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
- 14 September 2026 to 17 September 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, stop/go boards, on the carriageway (standard works)
- 2 September 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
- 25 August 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 5 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 10 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 16 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 0 low and 1 very low.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA24 7SH | not in 2 or 3 | 2 / 0 / 9 | unlikely |
| TA24 7PX | zone 3 | 2 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7JY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7JS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7PZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7PU | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7QA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TA24 7QD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7JU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7JX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA24 7SL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 84 addresses are between 255 m and 394 m above sea level (317 m on average); the ground rises about 139 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA24 7AX | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA24 7JS | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| TA24 7JU | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| TA24 7JX | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| TA24 7JY | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| TA24 7PU | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA24 7PX | 100% | 13% | 13% | 0% |
| TA24 7PZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA24 7QA | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA24 7QD | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA24 7SH | 78% | 78% | 78% | 22% |
| TA24 7SL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Umberleigh 54,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 26.7 km (17 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 36.9 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacies | Porlock Pharmacy | 9.7 km (6 miles) |
| Hospital | Minehead Comm Hospital | 16.5 km (10 miles) |
| Police station | Minehead Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 15.8 km (9.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 7,040 m² | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,930 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Penn Allotment 1.4 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Greenclose Plantation | Wood | 520 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Scrubbed Wood | Wood | 530 m (0.3 miles) north-east |
| Little Riscombe Plantation | Wood | 570 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Brow Wood | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Rat Combe | Valley | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Red Stone Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 2.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 7.4 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 14 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 19 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 47 | 84 |
37 of the street's 84 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (avon-and-somerset).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 30% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 48% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 38% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 10% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 32% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 6 January 2027 to 11 January 2027 (road closure) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- TA24 7SH: 30 addresses of 41 in the postcode
- TA24 7PX: 12 addresses of 13 in the postcode
- TA24 7JY: 10 addresses
- TA24 7JS: 7 addresses
- TA24 7PZ: 7 addresses
- TA24 7PU: 5 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- TA24 7QA: 4 addresses
- TA24 7QD: 3 addresses
- TA24 7AX: 2 addresses
- TA24 7JU: 2 addresses
- TA24 7JX: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- TA24 7SL: 1 address of 10 in the postcode
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.
- 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.