UK Property Check

UK Property Check · Printed on 8 November 2026ukpropertycheck.co.uk/house-prices/somerset

Council areaSouth West, England

House prices in Somerset

Homes in Somerset sold for a median of £285,000 from September 2024 to August 2026, across 16,224 standard sales.

That makes it the seventh cheapest of the 26 council areas in the South West with at least 300 sales. The median across the region was £310,000.

Median sale price£285,00016,224 standard sales
Middle half of prices£219,000 to £385,000
Change since 2016+39%Median, 2016 to 2025, before inflation

Prices by property type

Standard sales in Somerset, September 2024 to August 2026. Per m² uses sales HM Land Registry has linked to a property reference that has an energy certificate
TypeSalesMedian priceMiddle halfPer m²
Detached5,367£420,000£340,000 to £540,000£3,542/m²from 211 sales
Semi-detached4,724£275,000£240,000 to £325,000£3,210/m²from 182 sales
Terraced4,538£231,500£197,000 to £277,000£2,849/m²from 152 sales
Flats and maisonettes1,595£144,000£115,000 to £180,000£2,629/m²from 44 sales

Detached houses and semi-detached houses sold in similar numbers in Somerset, at 33% and 29% of sales.

Flats and maisonettes stand out against the South West as a whole: a median of £144,000 here, 23% less than the £187,500 across the region.

Measured by floor area, homes here sold for a median of £3,222 per m², 10% below the £3,587 across the South West as a whole.

Postcode districts in Somerset

The dearest district was TA3 (Taunton), at £392,000, and the cheapest was BA21 (Yeovil), at £225,000.

The next dearest were BS26 (Axbridge), BS27 (Cheddar) and TA13 (South Petherton), and the next cheapest TA6 (Bridgwater), TA23 (Watchet) and TA18 (Crewkerne).

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Each dot is a postcode district in Somerset, placed at the centre of its postcodes and shaded by the median price of its standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026. The list below gives the same figures.

Post towns in Somerset, by number of sales: Taunton (TA1, TA2, TA3, TA4), Bridgwater (TA5, TA6, TA7), Yeovil (BA20, BA21, BA22), Frome (BA11), Wells (BA5), Burnham-on-Sea (TA8), Wellington (TA21), Minehead (TA24), and 24 more.

Districts with at least 100 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026
  1. TA3Taunton, 369 sales£392,000+9%
  2. BS26Axbridge, 123 sales£368,000Too few
  3. BS27Cheddar, 270 sales£360,000+6%
  4. TA13South Petherton, 121 sales£360,000Too few
  5. TA11Somerton, 315 sales£350,000+6%
  6. TA10Langport, 258 sales£340,000−11%
  7. BA11Frome, 1,086 sales£335,000+4%
  8. BA5Wells, 609 sales£330,000+5%
  9. TA7Bridgwater, 387 sales£330,000+12%
  10. TA4Taunton, 536 sales£315,000−2%
  11. TA5Bridgwater, 372 sales£315,000+11%
  12. TA19Ilminster, 395 sales£300,000−11%
  13. BA22Yeovil, 545 sales£294,000+9%
  14. BA8Templecombe, 121 sales£290,000Too few
  15. BA4Shepton Mallet, 467 sales£287,000+9%
  16. TA24Minehead, 553 sales£285,000+1%
  17. BA6Glastonbury, 398 sales£283,0000%
  18. BA9Wincanton, 258 sales£281,5000%
  19. TA8Burnham-on-Sea, 606 sales£279,000+1%
  20. TA9Highbridge, 398 sales£273,500+3%
  21. TA12Martock, 183 sales£271,000Too few
  22. BA7Castle Cary, 119 sales£270,000Too few
  23. BA16Street, 365 sales£270,000−1%
  24. TA21Wellington, 600 sales£270,0000%
  25. TA2Taunton, 954 sales£268,000−1%
  26. TA1Taunton, 1,195 sales£265,000+6%
  27. TA20Chard, 538 sales£256,500−3%
  28. BA20Yeovil, 321 sales£255,000+9%
  29. TA18Crewkerne, 421 sales£250,0000%
  30. TA23Watchet, 187 sales£250,000Too few
  31. TA6Bridgwater, 1,307 sales£235,000+3%
  32. BA21Yeovil, 938 sales£225,000−5%

Fewer than 100 sales, not ranked: BA10 £395k (98 sales), BS28 £570k (89 sales), TA14 £325k (89 sales), TA15 £350k (13 sales), TA16 £280k (57 sales), TA17 £645k (16 sales), TA22 £330k (58 sales).

1-year change: 2025 against 2024, where both years had 100 or more standard sales. It moves with which homes sold, so treat it as a guide, not a price index.

From 2024 to 2025, the median rose most in TA7 (Bridgwater), up 12%, and fell most in TA10 (Langport) and TA19 (Ilminster), down 11%.

Streets with the most standard sales in the districts listed above, September 2024 to August 2026:

  • Maple Drive, Somerton (TA11)41 sales
  • Burbage Way, Crewkerne (TA18)33 sales
  • Charmoise Road, Highbridge (TA9)32 sales
  • Berrow Road, Burnham-on-Sea (TA8)30 sales
  • Fulmar Grove, Houndstone (BA22)23 sales
  • Exlana Drive, Highbridge (TA9)23 sales
  • South Street, Taunton (TA1)22 sales
  • Tangier Way, Taunton (TA1)22 sales

Of the streets with at least 10 sales, the dearest by median price were Emperor Street, Frome (BA11, £529,000), Durleigh Road, Bridgwater (TA6, £525,000) and Caxton Road, Frome (BA11, semi-detached houses, £495,000).

The cheapest were Hendford, Yeovil (BA20, flats, £74,000), North Street, Wellington (TA21, flats, £77,500) and Tower Street, Taunton (TA1, flats, £87,000).

Prices over time

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
Yearly median of standard sales, not adjusted for inflation. 2026 covers January to August only, and the ringed bar, 2025, is the latest full year.

The median rose 39%, from £205,500 in 2016 to £285,000 in 2025, more than the 36% rise across the South West as a whole.

Living in Somerset

Crime

80 crimes per 1,000 residents in the year to August 2026

Higher than 60 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 84.

The rate counts every crime recorded in an area against the people who live there, so shops, stations and nightlife push it up.

Gigabit broadband

77% of homes can get it

Lower than 88 in 100 council areas. England and Wales: 89%.

Radon

60% of postcodes are in a 1 km square that includes a radon Affected Area

Near the middle of all council areas.

In a radon Affected Area, UKHSA recommends a radon test. A UKradon report gives the result for an exact address.

Council tax

Band D is £2,561 a year in Somerset for 2026 to 2027

Higher than 82 in 100 council areas. England: £2,392.

Band D includes every charge on the bill, such as police, fire and any county, parish or town council.

The free check gives these for a single home, with the nearest schools and road and rail noise (how we work them out).

Crime: data.police.uk, with Census 2021 population from the Office for National Statistics. Broadband: Ofcom Connected Nations, January 2026. Radon: the British Geological Survey and UKHSA. Council tax: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Council areas in the South West

Median sale price of the 26 council areas in the South West with at least 300 standard sales, September 2024 to August 2026, dearest first. Somerset and the 14 council areas nearest it in the ranking are shown.

  1. North Somerset£320,000
  2. Wiltshire£320,000
  3. Exeter£300,000
  4. Teignbridge£300,000
  5. Mid Devon£295,000
  6. West Devon£295,000
  7. North Devon£293,000
  8. Cornwall£287,500
  9. Somerset£285,000
  10. Swindon£280,000
  11. Forest of Dean£275,000
  12. Torridge£275,000
  13. Gloucester£255,000
  14. Torbay£250,000
  15. Plymouth£225,000
All 26 council areas in the South West, ranked

About these figures

Somerset's figures come from 16,224 standard sales, each placed in the council area by its own postcode (how we build council pages).

Updated 15 October 2026 with sales recorded to August 2026. Next update due in late November 2026.

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Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Energy certificate data from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Both are licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.