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Buying at TA1 2BU

Before you offer on a home at TA1 2BU: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £153k. In Taunton Holway & Lambrook.

4 clear£153k typical on Outer Circle

TA1 2BU is on Outer Circle

£153ktypical sale, last 10 years

19sales in the last 10 years

158+homes on the street

31+ yrssince the typical home last sold

50crimes recorded on the street, last 12 months

Buying on all of Outer Circle →

The checklist

Before you make an offer

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Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.
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Busy road: A358, 800 m awayAbout 47,527 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
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Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 53 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.
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Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Xoserve, UKHSA/BGS radon atlas, BGS GeoSure, Coal Authority, Environment Agency (© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026), Defra noise maps, Historic England, Ofcom, council planning registers (OGL). For a particular home, its buyer's report (below) adds tenure, energy rating, age and extensions.

Price

Is the asking price fair?

£153ktypical sale on Outer Circle, last 10 years

£2,785typical price per m² in Taunton Holway & Lambrook

£1,960–£3,280per m² for homes at TA1 2BU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,785 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £251k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

Trend

Prices in Taunton Holway & Lambrook

Taunton Holway & Lambrook

+56% over ten years (2015 to 2025).

Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.

Comparables

What sold nearby in the last two years

Type	Sales	Typical	Range
Detached	16	£405k	£290k – £562k
Semi-detached	38	£250k	£150k – £490k
Terraced	45	£235k	£119k – £317k
Flat	14	£133k	£100k – £152k

Standard sales in Taunton Holway & Lambrook. Every recent sale.

Running costs

What it costs to live here

A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.

MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.

Supply

How often homes come up

0sales on Outer Circle in the last two years

113sales in Taunton Holway & Lambrook in the last two years

HM Land Registry standard sales.

Check a home

Buyer's reports for homes at TA1 2BU

Home	Last sold	Floor area
10, Outer CircleSemi-detached	£137,500, Jun 2019	70 m²	Buyer's report →
18, Outer CircleSemi-detached	£155,000, Jun 2022	60 m²	Buyer's report →
24, Outer CircleSemi-detached	£78,000, Jun 2009	61 m²	Buyer's report →
50, Outer CircleSemi-detached	£152,500, Mar 2021	59 m²	Buyer's report →
54, Outer CircleSemi-detached	£229,250, Jul 2022	70 m²	Buyer's report →

Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.

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Buying at TA1 2BU

Nothing at this postcode stands out to raise before an offer, and a street where the typical sale was £153k. In Taunton Holway & Lambrook.

4 clear£153k typical on Outer Circle

Before you make an offer

Note

Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) moderate, landslides moderateBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.

Note

1 listed building within 200 mIf the home itself is listed, most changes inside and out need consent: check the National Heritage List.

Note

Busy road: A358, 800 m awayAbout 47,527 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).

Clear

No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.

Clear

No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.

Clear

Quiet by WHO standardsRoad traffic about 53 dB (24-hour average), under the WHO guideline of 53.

Clear

Gigabit broadband100% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).

Is the asking price fair?

£153ktypical sale on Outer Circle, last 10 years

£2,785typical price per m² in Taunton Holway & Lambrook

£1,960–£3,280per m² for homes at TA1 2BU sold since 2015

Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £2,785 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £251k. Check an asking price.

HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.

What homes cost and rent in Taunton Holway & Lambrook, by size

Size	Typical value today	Cheaper quarter	Estimated rent	Gross yield
1 bed	£119k	£106k	£670 a month	6.8%
2 beds	£204k	£155k	£900 a month	5.3%
3 beds	£248k	£225k	£1,080 a month	5.2%
4+ beds	£345k	£278k	£1,470 a month	5.1%
All homes	£244k	£211k	£960 a month	4.7%

Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places