Staple Lane West Quantoxhead, Somerset
31 addresses across 1 postcode (TA4), about 520 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 43706709.
- Sales: 34 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £310,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Somerset cost £282,498 in August 2026 (+2.8% on a year); private rents averaged £1,021 a month.
- Energy: 19 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 1, D: 8, E: 4, F: 3).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 504 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; 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 Taunton, about 20.3 km (13 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Orchard Meadow, is about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 4.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 95 to 127 m above sea level.
- Noise: 8 of its 31 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is West Somerset Healthcare, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 320 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often other theft.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £310,000 | £310,000 | £310,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £495,000 | £495,000 | £495,000 |
| 2020 | 1 | £405,000 | £405,000 | £405,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £415,000 | £415,000 | £415,000 |
| 2015 | 4 | £307,500 | £100,000 | £395,000 |
| 2013 | 3 | £377,000 | £241,000 | £380,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | £325,000 | £250,000 | £335,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £240,000 | £240,000 | £240,000 |
| 2010 | 1 | £380,000 | £380,000 | £380,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £220,000 | £220,000 | £220,000 |
| 2007 | 2 | £334,000 | £293,000 | £375,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jun 2013 | APPLEGARTH TA4 4DE | Detached | £377,000 | |
| 16 May 2006 | APPLEGARTH TA4 4DE | Detached | £210,000 | |
| 29 Jul 2015 | COPPLE RIDGE TA4 4DE | Detached | £100,000 | |
| 10 Sep 2012 | EAST BANK TA4 4DE | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 28 Oct 2015 | EDELWEISS TA4 4DE | Detached | £270,000 | |
| 29 May 2020 | FOUR OAKS TA4 4DE | Detached | £405,000 | |
| 21 Feb 2019 | FOUR OAKS TA4 4DE | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 12 Dec 2008 | FRESH WINDS TA4 4DE | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2010 | GREEN MEADOWS TA4 4DE | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 20 Nov 1998 | GREEN MEADOWS TA4 4DE | Detached | £168,000 | |
| 11 Jul 2012 | HAZELBANK TA4 4DE | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 22 Oct 2007 | HAZELBANK TA4 4DE | Detached | £293,000 | |
| 20 Aug 2021 | HIGHFIELD TA4 4DE | Other | £750,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 14 Dec 2017 | HONEYMEAD TA4 4DE | Detached | £415,000 | |
| 26 Oct 2012 | HONEYMEAD TA4 4DE | Detached | £335,000 | |
| 4 Jul 2003 | HONEYMEAD TA4 4DE | Detached | £168,000 | |
| 7 Jan 2015 | KEEPERS FIND TA4 4DE | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 31 Oct 2023 | LARKS RISE TA4 4DE | Detached | £650,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 3 May 2022 | LARKS RISE TA4 4DE | Other | £200,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Sep 2004 | NEWLANDS TA4 4DE | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 31 Mar 1999 | NEWLANDS TA4 4DE | Detached | £117,000 | |
| 18 Jul 2007 | SHARDLOES TA4 4DE | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 5 Jan 2005 | SHARDLOES TA4 4DE | Detached | £265,000 | |
| 20 Jun 2013 | SHENJELA TA4 4DE | Detached | £380,000 | |
| 30 Apr 2001 | ST MARGARETS TA4 4DE | Detached | £122,000 | |
| 3 May 2006 | STONECROFT TA4 4DE | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2018 | SUNNY SIDE TA4 4DE | Other | £30,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Feb 2001 | TANTIVY TA4 4DE | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 15 Oct 2025 | TREE TOPS TA4 4DE | Detached | £310,000 | |
| 2 Oct 2013 | WEST BANK TA4 4DE | Detached | £241,000 | |
| 7 Feb 2011 | WESTWOOD TA4 4DE | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2021 | WITHENFIELD TA4 4DE | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 11 Sep 2015 | WITHENFIELD TA4 4DE | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 25 Mar 1997 | WOODSIDE TA4 4DE | Detached | £75,000 |
House prices and rents in Somerset
A typical home in Somerset cost £282,498 in August 2026, 2.8% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 37% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £459,165 |
| Semi-detached | £289,787 |
| Terraced | £235,285 |
| Flat or maisonette | £136,214 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £232,749 |
Private renters in Somerset paid £1,021 a month on average in September 2026, 6.3% more than a year before. That is 35% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £695 |
| Two bedrooms | £918 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,142 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £1,628 |
Energy performance certificates
19 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 135 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (14); House, detached (5). Built: 1950-1966 (7); 1967-1975 (5); 2021 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (19 addresses)
- Applegarth, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Copple Ridge, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- East Bank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Edelweiss, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Four Oaks, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Green Meadows, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Hazelbank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- HIGHFIELD, STAPLE LANE, WEST QUANTOXHEAD
- Keepers Find, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Larkers Rise, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- OAKFIELD, STAPLE LANE, WEST QUANTOXHEAD
- Oak Tree Lodge, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Pembroke Cottage, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- SHARDLOES, STAPLE LANE, WEST QUANTOXHEAD
- St. Margarets, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Tree Tops, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- West Bank, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Westwood, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
- Withenfield, Staple Lane, West Quantoxhead
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the postcode, against 27 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel (5 meters are on Economy 7, the off-peak tariff for storage heaters).
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is TA4.
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 E (27% of about 560 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- GATE PIERS AND GATE, 2 METRES WEST OF WILLITON LODGE, grade II
- WILLITON LODGE, grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 1 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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 31 addresses are between 95 m and 127 m above sea level (110 m on average); the ground rises about 32 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA4 4DE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Taunton 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 20.3 km (13 miles) |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Staple Farm West Quantoxhead | 330 m |
| Ferry terminal | Minehead Harbour | 14.5 km (9 miles) |
| Car parks | Staple Plain Car Park | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 25.8 km (16 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | West Somerset Healthcare Good May 2017 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Williton Pharmacy | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Oneleigh House Dental Practice | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Williton Hospital | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Care homes | Northfield House Good Feb 2023 | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Police station | Williton Police Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Williton, Williton | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Orchard Meadow 730 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 900 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1,280 m² | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Williton Allotments 1.1 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St Audries (House), a registered park or garden (Grade II), 590 m (0.4 miles) north. 13 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St Audries (House) | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 590 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Remains of Churchyard Cross, 10 Metres West of Porch, Church of St Ethel Dreda | Listed building, Grade II* | 640 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Church of St Ethel Dreda | Listed building, Grade II* | 650 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Ring cairn on West Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) east |
| Two bowl barrows on Beacon Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stileage Wood | Wood | 150 m north-east |
| Vinny Combe | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Stowborrow Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) east |
| St Audrie's Bay | Bay | 1.6 km (1 mile) north |
| The Swill | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-west |
| Swill Point | Wetland | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 4.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.8 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within both the UK limits and the WHO guidelines.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 31 |
8 of the street's 31 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
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 180 childminders and 43 home childcarers (nannies) in Somerset. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Other theft | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Petrol Station (5); On or near Staple Lane (1); On or near Staple Close (1).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. 1 involved a pedestrian. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2022 10:00 | Slight | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 504 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 110 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 504 counted 2025 | 1% | 110 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 63 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 46% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 66% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 17% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 38% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 52% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 43% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 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
- TA4 4DE: 31 addresses of 32 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.