Property market | £308,957 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is Bristol (31.6 miles) | |
Broadband | 48.7mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 96.6% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 3.4% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 226 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 521 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Somerton and Frome level) | |
Community | Median age is 47.7 | Happiness is Below Average for Somerset, Average for UK | |
Crime | 4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Avon and Somerset) | |
Commute (approx) | - Reading (110 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (119 mins) - London Waterloo (126 mins) - Vauxhall (142 mins) - Paddington (164 mins) - Cardiff Central (175 mins) - Birmingham New Street (211 mins)... (view more here) | |
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£308,957 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is Bristol (31.6 miles) | |
48.7mbps average broadband speeds (average broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 47.7 | Happiness is Below Average for Somerset, Average for UK | |
Ranked 226 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 521 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Somerton and Frome level) | |
4.0 burglaries per 1k people (Avon and Somerset) | |
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The property market in Towns End has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £486,240, which is up 1.1% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £308,957 (up 1.2% on last year) , a terraced house £246,334 (down -0.5% on last year) and a flat £148,582. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £644 per month. Property prices in Towns End are similar to the average property prices across Somerset and are similar when compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Towns End, prices have risen at a similar rate compared to the annual average price change seen across the Somerset region.
Property data is based on Somerset level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Towns End, or click here to browse the longer list of Towns End property transactions from 2023.
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Towns End has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including Abbas and Templecombe Church of England Primary School, which was was rated as outstanding in 2014. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Stalbridge Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Foundation school - Mixed | 2: Good (9/28/2012) | Ofsted Report Link | Sturminster Newton | |
St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | 2: Good (1/12/2017) | 42 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Templecombe |
Abbas and Templecombe Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Voluntary controlled school - Mixed | 2: Good (6/6/2019) | Ofsted Report Link | Templecombe |
School | Type |
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Stalbridge Church of England Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (9/28/2012) |
St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (1/12/2017) 42 submissions 88.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Abbas and Templecombe Church of England Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (6/6/2019) |
Station | Distance from Towns End | Commute options |
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Templecombe A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed -13% from the previous year. | 3 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 110 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 119 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 134 mins - South Western Railway - £666 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 142 mins - South Western Railway - £666 monthly fare) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 164 mins - Great Western Railway - £666 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 175 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Sherborne A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -7% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 118 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 127 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 144 mins - South Western Railway - £717 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 150 mins - South Western Railway - £717 monthly fare) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 157 mins - Great Western Railway - £717 monthly fare) View details |
Gillingham (Dorset) A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -7% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 103 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 112 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 127 mins - South Western Railway - £636 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 135 mins - South Western Railway - £636 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 168 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 171 mins - Great Western Railway - £636 monthly fare) View details |
Bruton A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +14% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- Bristol Temple Meads (86 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 75 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 114 mins - Great Western Railway - £1168 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 130 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 170 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Castle Cary A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed +25% from the previous year. | 12 miles |
- Reading (73 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (96 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (109 mins - Great Western Railway - £1068 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 132 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 152 mins - CrossCountry) View details |
Yetminster A very quiet station station. Station footfall changed +0% from the previous year. | 13 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 95 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (121 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 134 mins - Great Western Railway - £1218 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 168 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (South Somerset) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of South Somerset residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 96.6% | 81.7% |
Asian | 1.3% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 1.2% | 2.9% |
Black | 0.5% | 4.0% |
Other | 0.4% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Somerton and Frome consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 10.6% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 16.1% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 13.0% | 226 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 22.0% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 5.7% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 11.4% | |
Routine occupations | 11.7% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 5.2% | 521 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 4.3% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Somerset is average (49mbps). Towns End is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 48.7mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Somerton and Frome level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 48.7 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 81.6% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 2.3% |
Crime stats were found at the Avon and Somerset level:
Type | Avon and Somerset | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 82 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 4 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 12 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 2 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 31 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Towns End.
There are no live flood warnings in the area, according to our interpretation of the DEFRA API.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Wessex | River Stour, River Lodden, River Shreen | Tributaries between Gillingham and Sturminster Newton |
Wessex | River Cale | Tributaries between Shalford and Southmarsh and the confluence with the River Stour |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Towns End, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Keynsham, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 | 15.1% residents in higher managerial positions 4.6% residents long-term unemployed |
Bath, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 23Secondary: 12 | N/A |
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 12Secondary: 3 | 11.2% residents in higher managerial positions 6.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Clevedon, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 | 18.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Nailsea, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 9Secondary: 3 | 18.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Portishead, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 18.7% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Winscombe, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 2Secondary: | N/A |
Bristol, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 33Secondary: 10 | N/A |
Mells, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 13.0% residents in higher managerial positions 5.2% residents long-term unemployed |
Shepton Mallet, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 11.9% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Taunton, Somerset Affordability: Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 19Secondary: 10 | 12.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Wedmore, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 11.9% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Montacute, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Ilminster, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 10.5% residents in higher managerial positions 5.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Axbridge, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 11.9% residents in higher managerial positions 6.0% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Towns End, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Keynsham, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 10Secondary: 3 |
Bath, Somerset Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £475,955 Detached: £783,321 | 64 | Primary: 23Secondary: 12 |
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 12Secondary: 3 |
Clevedon, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 5Secondary: 1 |
Nailsea, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 9Secondary: 3 |
Portishead, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local Waitrose Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
Winscombe, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Bristol, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market Local M&S Near the coast | Semi-detached: £349,326 Detached: £540,940 | 70 | Primary: 33Secondary: 10 |
Mells, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Shepton Mallet, Somerset Affordability: Average Outstanding schools Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Taunton, Somerset Affordability: Slowing property market Local M&S | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 19Secondary: 10 |
Wedmore, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Montacute, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 3Secondary: 1 |
Ilminster, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Axbridge, Somerset Affordability: Average Slowing property market Near the coast | Semi-detached: £308,957 Detached: £486,240 | 82 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
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