Whitelackington Cottages Atherstone, Somerset
14 addresses across 4 postcodes (TA19), about 2 km (1.2 miles) long. USRN 36612745.
- Sales: 3 recorded sales since 1995; in 2004 the median was £330,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (D: 1, E: 2, G: 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 B; Band D in Somerset costs £2,561 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Crewkerne, about 10 km (6.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Cowleaze Meadow, is about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 27 to 69 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 14 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Summervale Surgery, about 3.9 km (2.4 miles) away.
- People: About 310 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 56% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2002 | 1 | £235,000 | £235,000 | £235,000 |
| 2001 | 1 | £131,050 | £131,050 | £131,050 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 2004 | 12 TA19 9EF | Detached | £330,000 | |
| 15 Jul 2002 | 12 TA19 9EF | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 12 Mar 2001 | 12 TA19 9EF | Detached | £131,050 |
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 118 m². Most common: House, detached (3); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (3); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (2); owner-occupied (2).
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band B (29% of about 2,080 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 5.
- 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
- ATHERSTONE FARMHOUSE, AND FRONT BOUNDARY WALLS, grade II
- BARN ABOUT 50 METRES EAST OF HURCOTT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BARNS AND OTHER BUILDINGS ATTACHED TO SOUTH SIDE OF HURCOTT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HURCOTT FARMHOUSE, grade II
- RANGE OF OUTBUILDINGS ABOUT 10 METRES WEST OF ATHERSTONE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Farm Buildings At, Owl Street, Stocklinch: up to 5 homes, permissioned (800 m (0.5 miles))
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 14 October 2026: Somerset Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, temp obstruction 15 minute delay, on the footway, carriageway, footpath (immediate - urgent works)
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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TA19 9JR | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA19 9JS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| TA19 9EF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| TA19 9JW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 27 m and 69 m above sea level (34 m on average); the ground rises about 42 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TA19 9EF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TA19 9JR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TA19 9JS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| TA19 9JW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway station | Crewkerne 178,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10 km (6.2 miles) |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| EV charging points | PoGo Charge | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Exeter International Airport EXT | 44.7 km (28 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | Bristol Airport BRS | 50.2 km (31 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Summervale Surgery | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Ile Dental Centre | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Hospital | South Petherton Hospital | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Chard Police Station - Avon And Somerset Police | 10 km (6.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Cowleaze Meadow 1.0 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 770 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,630 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,150 m² | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary the Virgin, a listed building (Grade II*), 930 m (0.6 miles) north. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary the Virgin | Listed building, Grade II* | 930 m (0.6 miles) north |
| Barrington Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Atherstone Hill | Hill | 150 m south |
| Hurcott Copse | Wood | 610 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Putcombe Copse | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Binell's Copse | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Combe Bottom | Valley | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) east |
| Diana Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.4 | 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 | 9 | 14 |
5 of the street's 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepton Beauchamp Church School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
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 | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 31% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 56% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 48% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 62% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 0% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 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 | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 5 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: Somerset Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 14 October 2026 (temp obstruction 15 minute delay) found 3 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.