Fox Close Westford, Somerset
6 addresses across 2 postcodes (TA21), about 30 m long. USRN 39603993.
- Sales: 6 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £417,500 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4).
- Flood: 2 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 B; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Tiverton Parkway, about 10.3 km (6.4 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Park, is about 1 km (0.6 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 61 to 63 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 6 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wellington Medical Centre, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 62% of households owned their home and 31% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 6 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £417,500 | £417,500 | £417,500 |
| 2017 | 1 | £262,500 | £262,500 | £262,500 |
| 2016 | 2 | £256,250 | £255,000 | £257,500 |
| 2008 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 Mar 2023 | 1 TA21 0ER | Detached | £417,500 | |
| 4 Oct 2017 | 1 TA21 0ER | Detached | £262,500 | |
| 30 Sep 2016 | 2 TA21 0ER | Detached | £257,500 | |
| 12 Aug 2016 | 4 TA21 0ER | Detached | £255,000 | |
| 23 Jun 2008 | 5 TA21 0ER | Detached | £225,000 | |
| 19 Mar 2004 | 3 TA21 0ER | Semi-detached | £195,000 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: House, detached (2); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: 1983-1990 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
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 (42% of about 620 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Weavers Arms/Oaken Ground, Rockwell Green, Wellington, TA21 9BY, permissioned (430 m (0.3 miles))
- Haymans Mill, Payton Road, Wellington TA21 0EA: up to 8 homes, Expired (450 m (0.3 miles))
- Swallowfield West of Station Road, Wellington, TA21 8NL, not permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
- Block H, Tonedale Mill, Wellington TA21 0AW: up to 69 homes, Expired (900 m (0.6 miles))
- Swallowfield West of Station Road, Wellington, TA21 8NL: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
- Swallowfield Factory, Wellington, TA21 8NL, not permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
- Relyon, Wellington TA21 8NN, not permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
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 3 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 19 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 1 low and 0 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA21 0ER | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA21 0DN | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 2 / 3 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 6 addresses are between 61 m and 63 m above sea level (62 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA21 0DN | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA21 0ER | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Tiverton Parkway 683,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) |
| Taunton 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Greenway Road Rockwell Green | 320 m |
| EV charging points | MFG Charging Station | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 29.5 km (18 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 47 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wellington Medical Centre | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wellington Pharmacy | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Station Road Dental Practice | 950 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Wellington & District Cottage Hospital | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Police station | Wellington Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | SGN Ltd - St John's Service Station, Taunton Deane Cashzone | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Park 1.7 ha | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 460 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 8,430 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6,170 m² | 350 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Tonedale Mills (west complex), a listed building (Grade II*), 840 m (0.5 miles) north-east. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Tonedale Mills (west complex) | Listed building, Grade II* | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Tonedale Mills (East complex) | Listed building, Grade II* | 910 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Wellington Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Nynehead Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| The Basins | Lake or reservoir | 620 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Runnington Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Harpford Wood | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Stedhams Covert | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Hobby Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Wellington Hill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 5 | 6 |
1 of the street's 6 addresses is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwell Green Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 290 m | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Court Fields School | Secondary | 11–16 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Beech Grove Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Wellesley Park Primary School | Primary | 0–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Report card (Apr 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| St John's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | Good (Mar 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covenant Care TA21 0DW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 6 Dec 2016 |
| Linden House Nursing Home TA21 0DW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 220 m | 5 Very good | 24 Apr 2025 |
| Rockwell Green C of E Primary School TA21 9DJ | School/college/university | 270 m | 5 Very good | 1 Apr 2026 |
| M J Coate Butchers TA21 9BY | Retailers - other | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 3 Generally satisfactory | 12 Feb 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Orchard Close (4); On or near Fox Close (2).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 62% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 28% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 60% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 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) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
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
Nearby streets
Linden Hill · Burchills Close · Orchard Close · Linden Hill · Linden Hill · Allendale Close · Westford Close · Brooklands Road · Greenway Road · West Ford Drive · Rackfield
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.