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On Lilac Close, in Taunton Holway & Lambrook
What it's like at TA1 2QB: every home that has sold on Lilac Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Lilac Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Lilac CloseSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £188,500 | 80 m² | £2,356/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Lilac CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2025 | £255,000 | 91 m² | £2,802/m² | 3 |
| 8, Lilac CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2005 | £153,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Lilac CloseDetached | Oct 2021 | £235,000 | 81 m² | £2,901/m² | 3 |
| 11, Lilac CloseSemi-detached | Aug 1995 | £40,000 | 100 m² | £400/m² | 1 |
| 17, Lilac CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2025 | £282,000 | 110 m² | £2,564/m² | 3 |
| 19, Lilac CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £215,000 | 78 m² | £2,756/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Taunton, a short drive or bike ride (2.5 km), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Lime Crescent, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 6); 4 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Holway Park Community Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m); 39% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Bishop Fox's School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 46.9 · 7.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Castle School (2.5 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Tesco Express, 700 m away, with Spar, Upper Holway Stores closer still (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Warwick House Medical Practice (100 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (100 m).
For a haircut, Mountfields Hairdressers is 800 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Musgrove Park Hospital, 2.8 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 52% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Blackbrook Leisure Centre and Spa Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (350 m), and The Flying Horse the nearest pub (800 m).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 162 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 22% flats and 8% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Holway Green, 300 m away; for exercise, Blackbrook Leisure & Spa (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, Exeter is 39 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 48 km.
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
14 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Holway Farmhouse | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Taunton and Wellington constituency: Gideon Amos MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 11,939 (23.7%), turnout 64%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 48%, Conservative 25%, Reform UK 16%, Labour 7%.
16 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near TA1 2QB →
Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
On this street: 0 of 6 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.3% | 73.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.9% | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.3% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 7 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.