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AREA GUIDES
Taunton Area Guide
TA2 6LQ · Somerset · England
A clearer picture of local life, the housing market and the things that shape your day.
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WEATHER
Weather this week
Forecast for TA2 6LQ.
OVERVIEW
Overview
A concise snapshot before the detail below.
YOUR LOCAL PICTURE
Around Taunton
TA2 6LQ is in the Somerset local authority area. The nearest listed railway station is Taunton, about 0.6 miles from this location. Explore local services and travel connections below, alongside housing and planning records.
HOUSING MARKET
Explore house prices →Housing market
Completed property sales and the wider area price trend.
15 Sep 2025 – 29 Jul 2026
June 2026
June 2026 compared with a year earlier
The median is the middle recorded sale in the sample above. The official index adjusts for the mix of homes sold across a wider area. Recent registrations can arrive late; neither figure values an individual home.
What could that cost each month?
Take a recorded price into the mortgage calculator. Adjust the property price, deposit, rate and term for the home you have in mind.
PLANNING
View all planning →Planning
Recent nearby applications and a route to the full planning view.
Checking recent planning…This section will update when the latest local records are ready.
LOCAL LIFE
Places to eat, drink, shop and spend time nearby
We’re still building the local directory for this area.
Local-life coverage is still growing here.Restaurants, cafés, shops, attractions and other useful places will appear as the open-data directory expands.
LIVING HERE
Living here
Schools, population, reported crime and employment.
- Wellsprings Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 3–110.6 mi
- Parkfield Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–111.2 mi
- Holway Park Community Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 4–111.9 mi
- Kingston St Mary Church of England Primary SchoolPrimary · Ages 5–112.3 mi
Population of the small statistical area surrounding TA2 6LQ—not the whole town. 2024.
What area does this cover?
Somerset West and Taunton 007A (LSOA) is a defined statistical boundary, not a mileage radius.
Reports within about one mile in the latest mapped month · 2026-07.
Unemployment estimate for Somerset · Latest available period.
REPRESENTATION
Who represents this area?
Current representation and recent general-election history for Taunton and Wellington.
How this area has votedWinning party, vote share and turnout at recent general elections.
Constituency boundaries changed in 2024, so older results may not cover exactly the same streets.
GETTING AROUND
Getting around
Roads, rail, nearby car parks, EV charging, driving charges and airports.
NEARBY CAR PARKS
View all →Nearby car parks
The closest useful mapped car parks.
Nearby fuel prices
View allUp to four forecourts within 5 miles of TA2 6LQ, ordered by unleaded price. Prices in pence per litre.
- SAINSBURYS TAUNTON1.3 mi Unleaded (E10)167.9p11 SepDiesel190.9p14 Sep
- ASDA TAUNTON SUPERCENTRE1.5 mi Unleaded (E10)168.7p13 SepDiesel189.7p13 Sep
- MFG MORRISONS TAUNTON0.8 mi Unleaded (E10)168.9p14 SepDiesel191.9p14 Sep
- ASDA TAUNTON EXPRESS PETROL1.1 mi Unleaded (E10)168.9p11 SepDiesel189.9p11 Sep
Official UK Fuel Finder data
EV CHARGING
View all →Nearby EV charging
Nearest public charging locations with useful charger details where available.
No reliable nearby EV-charger result is available right now.
NEAREST MAJOR AIRPORT
Exeter Airport
About 24.1 miles away. Distance alone does not show whether a property is under a flight path.
No strategic aircraft-noise band is shown for this postcode. That does not guarantee aircraft will never be heard.
View airport map & nearby parking →NEARBY PLACES & OUTDOORS
Nearby places & outdoors
Useful nearby places, green space and walking routes.
Useful nearby places
HMP Exeter27.6 miles away
Green space and walks
- Barrington Hill7.3 mi
- Somerset Wetlands7.4 mi
- Exmoor9.6 mi
- South West Coast Path20.0 mi
Distance is to the nearest mapped point; it does not guarantee immediate access to the route from this postcode.
Vets near this area
Explore practice profiles, owner reviews and contact details around TA2 6LQ.
Nearby practice cards are unavailable for this location right now. You can still search Vet Reviews directly.
Find and compare vets near TA2 6LQCoverage at a glanceIndoor and outdoor coverage around TA2 6LQ
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Three
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O2
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Vodafone
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UTILITIES & BROADBAND
Utilities & broadband
BIN DAYS
Check bin days →Collection dates are address-specific
Use the postcode, then choose the exact household before Place Keys shows collection dates.
Data, sources and limitationsSources, refresh dates and important context
Key sources
Weather: MET Norway, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Mobile coverage and broadband: Ofcom. Population: ONS via Nomis. Property sales: HM Land Registry. Local places may include Food Standards Agency and OpenStreetMap data. Elections use published constituency results and current representative data.
How to read the figures
Small-area population is a defined statistical geography, not a town total or mileage radius. Distances are approximate straight-line or mapped distances unless a module states otherwise. Older election results may use pre-2024 constituency boundaries.
Dataset dates
- Weather: 13 Sep 2026, 05:44
- Sold prices: most recent displayed sale 29 Jul 2026
- Reported crime: 2026-07