Bincombe Bincombe, Somerset
10 addresses across 2 postcodes (TA5), about 820 m long. USRN 34004678.
9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2024 the median was £785,000 across 1 sale. 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 2). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band B; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises. The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, about 12.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden is about 2.0 km away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 101 to 138 m above sea level. 3 of its 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Quantock Medical Centre, about 1.1 km away. About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 77% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | £785,000 | £785,000 | £785,000 |
| 2023 | 2 | £600,000 | £450,000 | £750,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £492,500 | £435,000 | £550,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £188,000 | £188,000 | £188,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Nov 2024 | BINCOMBE COTTAGE TA5 1EZ | Detached | £785,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2023 | BILBERRY BARN TA5 1EZ | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 7 Jun 2023 | BRAMLEY BARN TA5 1EZ | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 27 Nov 2020 | BILBERRY BARN TA5 1EZ | Other | £300,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Sep 2020 | BINCOMBE FARM TA5 1EZ | Other | £802,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 11 May 2018 | BILBERRY BARN TA5 1EZ | Other | £440,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Jul 2003 | BINCOMBE HOUSE TA5 1EZ | Detached | £550,000 | |
| 27 Jun 2003 | BINCOMBE COTTAGE TA5 1EZ | Detached | £435,000 | |
| 21 Sep 1998 | BINCOMBE COTTAGE TA5 1EZ | Detached | £188,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 224 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (2); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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 B (24% of about 1,030 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- STAKES COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 10 addresses are between 101 m and 138 m above sea level (117 m on average); the ground rises about 38 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA5 1EY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA5 1EZ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.7 km |
| Taunton 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 12 within 800 m; nearest Bincombe Farm | 270 m |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 12.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 30.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Quantock Medical Centre | 1.1 km |
| NHS dentists | Church House Dental Clinic | 9.4 km |
| Hospital | Williton Hospital | 10.9 km |
| Police station | Williton Police Station | 10.8 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.0 km |
| Play area | Unnamed 320 m² | 1.0 km |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,190 m² | 1.5 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stowey Castle, the site of St Michael's Chapel and a medieval kiln site, a scheduled monument, 520 m north-east. 17 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stowey Castle, the site of St Michael's Chapel and a medieval kiln site | Scheduled monument | 520 m north-east |
| Remains of Keep to Stowey Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 570 m north-east |
| Church of St Peter and St Paul | Listed building, Grade II* | 700 m south |
| Chapel E of Adscombe Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south |
| Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Combe | Valley | 640 m west |
| Alder Copse | Wood | 1.1 km north |
| Rectory Wood | Wood | 1.2 km south-west |
| Long Copse | Wood | 1.2 km west |
| Robin Upright's Hill | Hill | 2.1 km west |
| Culls Pit | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 10 |
3 of the street's 10 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 940 m | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
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 | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 77% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 33% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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.
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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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.