Spring Lane Moorlinch, Somerset
14 addresses across 2 postcodes (TA7), about 130 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 34001484.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £370,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 5 homes have an energy certificate (D: 4, E: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 C; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 75% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, about 9.2 km (5.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 27 to 35 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Polden Medical Practice, about 2.7 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 420 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 81% of households owned their home and 41% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £290,000 | £290,000 | £290,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £395,000 | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £187,500 | £187,500 | £187,500 |
| 2010 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £285,000 | £285,000 | £285,000 |
| 1998 | 1 | £76,250 | £76,250 | £76,250 |
| 1997 | 2 | £168,000 | £151,000 | £185,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 2022 | HONEY TA7 9DD | Semi-detached | £370,000 | |
| 5 Jun 2019 | HONEY TA7 9DD | Semi-detached | £290,000 | |
| 26 Feb 2015 | POUND COTTAGE TA7 9DD | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 18 Jan 2013 | HONORA TA7 9DD | Semi-detached | £187,500 | |
| 3 Jun 2010 | EASTER COTTAGE TA7 9DD | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 28 Nov 2007 | EASTER COTTAGE TA7 9DD | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 6 Mar 1998 | GARDA TA7 9DD | Semi-detached | £76,250 | New build. |
| 21 Nov 1997 | SILVER BIRCHES TA7 9DD | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 3 Oct 1997 | HILL HOUSE TA7 9DD | Detached | £151,000 |
Energy performance certificates
5 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 142 m². Most common: House, detached (3); Bungalow, detached (1); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1976-1982 (1); 1950-1966 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
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 C (24% of about 970 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
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA7 9DD | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| TA7 9BZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 27 m and 35 m above sea level (31 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA7 9BZ | 75% | 75% | 75% | 25% |
| TA7 9DD | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) |
| Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.8 km (8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Demand Responsive Area Moorlinch | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | Coach Park Street | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 9.5 km (5.9 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 30 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Polden Medical Practice | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Woolavington Pharmacy | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Family Dental Practice | 8.1 km (5 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgwater Hospital | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | Street Police Station | 7.8 km (4.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 590 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,040 m² | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 200 m west. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 200 m west |
| Battle of Sedgemoor 1685 | Registered battlefield | 5 km (3.1 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Knoll Hill | Hill | 360 m north-east |
| Old Down Wood | Wood | 750 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Templer's Copse | Wood | 770 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Newlands Plantation | Wood | 810 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Sharpenton Hill | Hill | 860 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Swayne's Jumps Plantation | Wood | 890 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 14 | 14 |
None of the street's 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackberry & Bay Catering Kitchens TA7 9DD | Other catering premises | 30 m | 5 Very good | 9 Sep 2026 |
| Ring O'Bells Public House TA7 9BT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 210 m | 5 Very good | 22 Apr 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 8 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Pit Hill Lane (8); On or near Moor Road (3); On or near Spring Lane (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 81% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 52% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 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) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 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 | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 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 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
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.