School Lane Combwich, Somerset
24 addresses across 1 postcode (TA5), about 250 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 34001169.
- Sales: 8 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £350,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 12 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 2, D: 2, E: 4, F: 3).
- 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 C; 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 7.4 km (4.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 19 to 28 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 24 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Cannington Health Centre, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 30% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2015 | 3 | £285,000 | £260,000 | £373,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2004 | 2 | £243,500 | £212,000 | £275,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £100,000 | £100,000 | £100,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2025 | 4 TA5 2QS | Semi-detached | £350,000 | |
| 13 Nov 2015 | 17 TA5 2QS | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 17 Jul 2015 | 3 TA5 2QS | Terraced | £373,000 | |
| 2 Apr 2015 | 7 TA5 2QS | Terraced | £260,000 | |
| 1 May 2008 | 3 TA5 2QS | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2004 | 19 TA5 2QS | Detached | £275,000 | |
| 30 Jan 2004 | 10 TA5 2QS | Semi-detached | £212,000 | |
| 3 Apr 2002 | 9 TA5 2QS | Detached | £100,000 |
Energy performance certificates
12 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 109 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (4); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (3); 1950-1966 (3); 1930-1949 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7); rented (social) (2); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 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 C (22% of about 590 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
- 19 October 2026 to 23 October 2026: WESSEX WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
- 9 October 2026 to 11 October 2026: WESSEX WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, give and take, on the carriageway (minor 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 24 addresses are between 19 m and 28 m above sea level (24 m on average); the ground rises about 9 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA5 2QS | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Ship Inn Combwich | 190 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Station Bridgwater | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 6.2 km (3.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 31.4 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Cannington Health Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Rowlands Pharmacy | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Bridgwater Dental Centre | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgwater Hospital | 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Police station | Avon and Somerset Police | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 4,700 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 700 m² | 310 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.9 ha | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,930 m² | 240 m |
Landmarks
7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Combwich Pill | Tidal water | 310 m east |
| Home Covert | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Firgrove Covert | Wood | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Cannington Park Quarry | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Marchant's Sands | Wetland | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Bower Hill | Hill | 3.1 km (2 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.0 | 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 | 23 | 24 |
1 of the street's 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otterhampton Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 80 m | Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Impact Food Group @ Otterhampton Primary School TA5 2QS | School/college/university | 30 m | 5 Very good | 12 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near School Lane (3); On or near Church Hill (3); On or near Brookside Road (1); On or near Nursery Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 38% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 28% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 59% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 30% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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 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
- Energy certificates New energy certificate: band E, bungalow, detached (lodged 22 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- TA5 2QS: 24 addresses of 25 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Ship Lane · Cornish Close · Nursery Close · Fender Orchard · Martyn Close · Church Hill · Harbour View · River View · Riverside · Kiln Close · Brookside Road · Brookside Road
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.