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On Barbers Mead, in Taunton Rowbarton & Kingston
What it's like at TA2 8PY: every home that has sold on Barbers Mead 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 Barbers Mead; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 44 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Barbers MeadDetached | Aug 2001 | £212,000 | 176 m² | £1,205/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Barbers MeadDetached | May 2013 | £282,500 | 115 m² | £2,457/m² | 3 |
| 3, Barbers MeadTerraced | Jun 2007 | £197,000 | 77 m² | £2,558/m² | 3 |
| 4, Barbers MeadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £274,000 | 70 m² | £3,914/m² | 4 |
| 5, Barbers MeadTerraced | May 2008 | £241,000 | 120 m² | £2,008/m² | 3 |
| 6, Barbers MeadTerraced | Apr 2003 | £192,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 7, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | Nov 2001 | £148,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £202,000 | 119 m² | £1,697/m² | 5 |
| 9, Barbers MeadTerraced | Jun 2017 | £195,000 | 95 m² | £2,053/m² | 3 |
| 10, Barbers MeadTerraced | Aug 2023 | £270,000 | 81 m² | £3,333/m² | 3 |
| 11, Barbers MeadTerraced | Jan 2007 | £192,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 12, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | Oct 2007 | £214,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 14, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | May 2014 | £179,000 | 69 m² | £2,594/m² | 4 |
| 15, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | Oct 2014 | £180,000 | 75 m² | £2,400/m² | 3 |
| 16, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £185,000 | 77 m² | £2,403/m² | 4 |
| 17, Barbers MeadDetached | Jun 2004 | £199,950 | 79 m² | £2,531/m² | 3 |
| 18, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | Apr 2004 | £178,250 | – | – | 2 |
| 19, Barbers MeadSemi-detached | May 2014 | £135,000 | 68 m² | £1,985/m² | 3 |
| 20, Barbers MeadDetached | Jan 2021 | £250,000 | 78 m² | £3,205/m² | 5 |
| 21, Barbers MeadTerraced | Aug 2015 | £190,000 | 79 m² | £2,405/m² | 5 |
| 22, Barbers MeadTerraced | May 2000 | £83,000 | 75 m² | £1,107/m² | 1 |
| 23, Barbers MeadTerraced | Feb 2003 | £146,000 | 82 m² | £1,780/m² | 2 |
| 24, Barbers MeadTerraced | Dec 2021 | £265,000 | 95 m² | £2,789/m² | 4 |
| 25, Barbers MeadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £230,000 | 78 m² | £2,949/m² | 3 |
| 26, Barbers MeadTerraced | Apr 2000 | £85,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Barbers MeadDetached | Feb 2003 | £179,950 | 79 m² | £2,278/m² | 3 |
| 28, Barbers MeadDetached | Feb 2025 | £360,000 | 78 m² | £4,615/m² | 7 |
| 29, Barbers MeadDetached | May 2014 | £279,000 | 122 m² | £2,287/m² | 3 |
| 30, Barbers MeadDetached | Aug 2026 | £485,000 | 154 m² | £3,149/m² | 4 |
| 31, Barbers MeadDetached | Oct 2013 | £288,000 | 120 m² | £2,400/m² | 2 |
| 32, Barbers MeadDetached | May 2025 | £435,000 | 115 m² | £3,783/m² | 5 |
| 33, Barbers MeadDetached | Nov 2020 | £395,000 | 164 m² | £2,409/m² | 3 |
| 34, Barbers MeadDetached | Dec 2017 | £310,000 | 173 m² | £1,792/m² | 4 |
| 35, Barbers MeadDetached | Apr 2014 | £275,000 | 162 m² | £1,698/m² | 4 |
| 36, Barbers MeadDetached | Aug 1999 | £138,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 37, Barbers MeadDetached | Aug 2016 | £328,500 | – | – | 4 |
| 38, Barbers MeadDetached | Oct 1999 | £135,000 | 112 m² | £1,205/m² | 1 |
| 39, Barbers MeadDetached | Jul 1999 | £135,000 | 125 m² | £1,080/m² | 1 |
| 40, Barbers MeadDetached | Nov 2012 | £300,000 | 127 m² | £2,362/m² | 3 |
| 41, Barbers MeadDetached | Sept 2009 | £250,000 | 149 m² | £1,678/m² | 2 |
| 42, Barbers MeadDetached | May 1999 | £165,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Barbers MeadDetached | Jan 2021 | £390,000 | 111 m² | £3,514/m² | 2 |
| 44, Barbers MeadDetached | Aug 1999 | £170,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Barbers MeadDetached | Aug 2001 | £210,000 | – | – | 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 (1.9 km), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Crown Medical Centre, 250 m away, with a bus about every 24 minutes on weekdays (routes 1, 12, 625); 5 departures an hour from the 3 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is Nerrols Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 53% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Monkton Wood Academy, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 41.4 · 7.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Castle School (2.4 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 850 m away, with Friends of Nerrols closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Crown Medical Centre (300 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, BTS Hair & Beauty is 900 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Musgrove Park Hospital, 3.0 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 7 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Little Red Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (450 m), and Bathpool Inn the nearest pub (1.0 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 62 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 93 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 36% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 250 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Maidenbrook Country Park, 350 m away; for exercise, OJ Gyms Taunton (400 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.8 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 40 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Most households own their home, 16% 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.
10 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maidenbrook Farmhouse with Attached Barn and Walls | II | 180 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 TA2 8PY →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Somerset since 2011.
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 44 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 2 of 32 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 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.6% | 1.9% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 92.7% | 73.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.2% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.0% | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.