The Old Rectory Durleigh, Somerset
54 addresses across 7 postcodes (TA5), about 3.6 km (2.3 miles) long. USRN 34000937.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (B: 2, C: 2, D: 6, E: 2, F: 2, G: 1).
- Flood: 13 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 C; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bridgwater, about 4.5 km (2.8 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- 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 62 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 54 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Taunton Road Medical Centre, about 3.6 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 740 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 36% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 155 m². Most common: House, detached (6); House, semi-detached (4); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: before 1900 (5); 1950-1966 (3); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (11).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (37% of about 1,230 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 12.
- 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
- CHURCH OF ST EDWARD KING AND MARTYR, grade I
- PAULET HOUSE (FORMERLY KNOWN AS CHURCH CLOSE), grade II*
- TEMPLE AT NGR ST 2515 3421, grade II*
- WILLIS FAMILY MONUMENT, grade II*
- ANDERSFIELD FARMHOUSE, grade II
- DORFORD HOUSE THE ALMONERY, grade II
- DOWER HOUSE, grade II
- ENTRANCE GATEWAY TO HALSWELL HOUSE ADJACENT TO NO 30 THE LODGE, grade II
- POOLE HOUSE THE OLD RECTORY, grade II
- THE LODGE, grade II
- UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENT IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 4 METRES SOUTH OF NAVE, CHURCH OF ST EDWARD KING AND MARTYR, grade II
- UNIDENTIFIED MONUMENT IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 8 METRES SOUTH OF NAVE, CHURCH OF ST EDWARD KING AND MARTYR, grade II
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, 11 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA5 2DD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA5 2DE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 3 | unlikely |
| TA5 2DJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
| TA5 2DL | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA5 2AG | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA5 2AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA5 2DF | not in 2 or 3 | 8 / 2 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 54 addresses are between 27 m and 62 m above sea level (43 m on average); the ground rises about 36 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA5 2AG | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TA5 2AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TA5 2DD | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA5 2DE | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA5 2DF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA5 2DJ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| TA5 2DL | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bridgwater 487,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Taunton 1.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.8 km (6.7 miles) | |
| Highbridge and Burnham 249,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.8 km (7.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Enmore Inn Bare Ash | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Bridgwater | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Ferry terminal | Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | evyve Charging Station | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Cardiff International Airport CWL | 37.5 km (23 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Taunton Road Medical Centre | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | North Petherton Pharmacy | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Parade Dental Practice | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | Bridgwater Hospital | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) |
| Police station | Bridgwater Police Station | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 2,120 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 3,410 m² | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.3 ha | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is West Bower Manor With Barn, a listed building (Grade II*), 880 m (0.5 miles) north. 1 listed building is within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| West Bower Manor With Barn | Listed building, Grade II* | 880 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Halswell Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Withybed Copse | Wood | 580 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Brickyard Copse | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Colonel's Copse | Wood | 830 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Durleigh Reservoir | Lake or reservoir | 840 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Huntstile Bottom | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Wind Down | Hill | 4.8 km (3 miles) west |
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) | 9.9 | 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 | 5 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 49 | 54 |
5 of the street's 54 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).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (avon-and-somerset).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 4% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 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) | 36% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 5 to 9 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 B, house, detached (lodged 31 October 2026) found 2 November 2026
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.