Hack Lane Somerset
17 addresses across 1 postcode (TA5), about 850 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 34000033.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £284,000 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 13 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 1, D: 5, E: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 Bridgwater, about 13 km (8.1 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.3 km (1.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 101 to 121 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 17 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Quantock Medical Centre, about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: 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.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often burglary.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £284,000 | £253,000 | £315,000 |
| 2024 | 1 | £390,000 | £390,000 | £390,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £275,000 | £275,000 | £275,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £278,600 | £278,600 | £278,600 |
| 2013 | 1 | £216,000 | £216,000 | £216,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £134,000 | £134,000 | £134,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £134,500 | £134,500 | £134,500 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 2025 | 9 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £315,000 | |
| 19 Sep 2025 | 2 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £253,000 | |
| 21 Aug 2024 | 12 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £390,000 | |
| 6 Apr 2022 | 9 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £275,000 | |
| 22 Dec 2021 | 9 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £278,600 | |
| 12 Dec 2013 | 12 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £216,000 | |
| 24 Feb 2012 | 11 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £134,000 | |
| 1 Oct 2003 | 2 TA5 1EY | Semi-detached | £134,500 |
Energy performance certificates
13 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 68 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (12); Bungalow, semi-detached (1). Built: 1930-1949 (11); 1950-1966 (2). Tenure at assessment: rented (social) (7); owner-occupied (5).
Each home's certificates and sales (4 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 (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: 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.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 15 August 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 17 addresses are between 101 m and 121 m above sea level (112 m on average); the ground rises about 20 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% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13 km (8.1 miles) |
| Taunton 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bincombe Farm | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 12.7 km (7.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 29.9 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Quantock Medical Centre | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Church House Dental Clinic | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) |
| Hospital | Williton Hospital | 10.6 km (6.6 miles) |
| Police station | Williton Police Station | 10.5 km (6.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 950 m² | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.7 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 5,190 m² | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Stowey Castle, the site of St Michael's Chapel and a medieval kiln site, a scheduled monument, 590 m (0.4 miles) east. 10 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| 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 | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Remains of Keep to Stowey Castle | Listed building, Grade I | 620 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Churchyard cross in St Mary's churchyard | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Chapel E of Adscombe Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bin Combe | Valley | 490 m (0.3 miles) south-west |
| Alder Copse | Wood | 570 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Sir Alick's Plantation | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Long Copse | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Culls Pit | Lake or reservoir | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Dowsborough | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
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 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 17 |
5 of the street's 17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nether Stowey Church of England Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 880 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Hack Lane (1).
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 (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 30% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) 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.
Postcodes on this street
- TA5 1EY: 17 addresses of 18 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.