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On Orchard Rise, in Ruishton & North Curry
What it's like at TA3 5JS: every home that has sold on Orchard Rise 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 Orchard Rise; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Orchard RiseSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £290,000 | 91 m² | £3,187/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6, Orchard RiseSemi-detached | Nov 2019 | £314,136 | 102 m² | £3,080/m² | 2 |
| 7, Orchard RiseDetached | Apr 2017 | £213,000 | 63 m² | £3,381/m² | 1 |
| 8, Orchard RiseDetached | Dec 2013 | £190,000 | 80 m² | £2,375/m² | 1 |
| 9, Orchard RiseSemi-detached | Apr 2024 | £310,000 | 85 m² | £3,647/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Taunton, a drive away (3.5 km), with 1.6m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Ruishton Inn, 200 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 374); 6 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Ruishton Church of England School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 62% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Monkton Wood Academy, 1.8 km away; Attainment 8: 41.4 · 7.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 750 m away; B&M Taunton (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Creech (1.1 km), with Creech Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.1 km).
For a haircut, Hannah's Hairlines is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Musgrove Park Hospital, 8.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 7 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Miller & Carter Taunton is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Ruishton Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 177 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 54% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
Bungalow country: 22% of homes are bungalows.
The nearest park is Creech St Michael Recreation Ground, 1.3 km away; for exercise, PureGym (700 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Exeter is 44 km away, and Bristol, with far more destinations, 44 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 50% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
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.
7 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.
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%.
6 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 TA3 5JS →
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 15 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 11 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.7% | 1.7% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.2% | 1.9% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 57.1% | 73.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 28.9% | 13.7% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.8% | 10.2% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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.
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 19 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Brean · about 34 min
Nearest: Greenbank Outdoor Swimming Pool · about 31 min
Nearest: Burnham Pier · about 33 min
Nearest: Brean Leisure Park · about 34 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.