Somerville Way, Bridgwater house prices are built from 111 sales lodged with HM Land Registry, the oldest in 1995 and the most recent on 14 Nov 2025. The median price paid across the whole record is £112,000. Across the 10 years from 2008 to 2018 the median moved +35.7% in cash — but once inflation is taken out, the change in 2026 money is +7.8%.
Median price paid
£112,000
Change in cash, 2008–2018
+35.7%
Change in real terms
+7.8%
Median per m²
£1,831
HM Land Registry111 sales25 with floor areaLatest sale 14 Nov 2025
Section 01
How Somerville Way, Bridgwater prices moved
The chart tracks the median Somerville Way, Bridgwater house price for every year with a recorded sale, from 1995 to 2018. The dashed line restates each year in 2026 money, so the two lines separate exactly as much as inflation has eroded the cash figure.
| Decade | Years with sales | Median paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3 | £51,750 | £114,909 |
| 2000s | 5 | £120,975 | £220,381 |
| 2010s | 1 | £190,000 | £267,900 |
The highest yearly median on record for Somerville Way, Bridgwater is £190,000 in 2018; the lowest is £35,000 in 1995. Across the full 24-year record the cash median has moved from £35,000 to £190,000.
In 2026 money that first median is worth £77,717, so the real change over the whole record is +225.8% — about +5.27% a year after inflation. Cash growth and real growth are not the same story, and the gap is the part most price reports leave out.
Over the last decade alone the difference is stark: +35.7% in cash against +7.8% once inflation is removed. A buyer who sold at the end of that decade would have needed the real figure, not the headline one, to know whether they had actually gained.
Section 02
The most recent sales
Every row is a completed sale as lodged with HM Land Registry. The right-hand column restates the price in 2026 money, which is the only fair way to compare a sale from the 1990s with one from last year.
| Address | Sold | Type | Price paid | In today's money |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 14 Nov 2025 | Terraced | £260,000 | £265,652 |
| 23 | 31 Oct 2025 | Semi-detached | £245,000 | £250,326 |
| 67 | 17 Oct 2025 | Detached | £350,000 | £357,609 |
| 66 | 1 Dec 2023 | Terraced | £242,500 | £262,011 |
| 39 | 1 Nov 2023 | Detached | £265,000 | £286,322 |
| 43 | 14 Apr 2022 | Terraced | £199,950 | £231,659 |
| 50 | 19 Aug 2021 | Semi-detached | £237,000 | £299,435 |
| 18 | 30 Jun 2021 | Detached | £375,000 | £473,790 |
| 9 | 11 Jun 2021 | Detached | £222,500 | £281,116 |
| 41 | 9 Mar 2021 | Detached | £227,950 | £288,001 |
| 17 | 22 Dec 2020 | Terraced | £152,500 | £197,452 |
| 74 | 20 Dec 2018 | Semi-detached | £223,000 | £297,193 |
| 17 | 9 Nov 2018 | Terraced | £155,000 | £206,569 |
| 44 | 24 Aug 2018 | Detached | £190,000 | £253,214 |
| 25 | 16 Jul 2018 | Semi-detached | £192,000 | £255,879 |
| 15 | 8 Jun 2018 | Terraced | £130,000 | £173,251 |
| 70 | 19 May 2017 | Terraced | £167,000 | £227,288 |
| 12 | 27 Jan 2017 | Semi-detached | £165,000 | £224,566 |
| 54 | 3 Aug 2016 | Terraced | £110,000 | £153,564 |
| 74 | 10 Dec 2015 | Semi-detached | £160,000 | £225,600 |
| 47 | 27 Nov 2015 | Terraced | £120,000 | £169,200 |
| 35 | 28 Aug 2015 | Detached | £163,000 | £229,830 |
| 72 | 7 Aug 2015 | Detached | £148,000 | £208,680 |
| 30 | 19 Dec 2014 | Detached | £161,000 | £230,936 |
| 17 | 12 May 2014 | Terraced | £120,000 | £172,126 |
Section 03
Homes that sold twice
These addresses appear in the register more than once, so the same bricks are being priced twice. That makes them the strongest evidence of what actually happened to Somerville Way, Bridgwater values — no mix of property types can flatter the number.
| Address | First recorded sale | Most recent sale | Cash a year | Real a year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 Somerville Way | £37,950 (1996) | £260,000 (2025) | +6.9% | +4.1% |
| 67 Somerville Way | £76,250 (1998) | £350,000 (2025) | +5.8% | +3.1% |
| 66 Somerville Way | £104,000 (2002) | £242,500 (2023) | +4.1% | +1.3% |
| 39 Somerville Way | £163,000 (2005) | £265,000 (2023) | +2.7% | -0.2% |
| 43 Somerville Way | £124,950 (2014) | £199,950 (2022) | +6.1% | +3.3% |
| 50 Somerville Way | £83,000 (2001) | £237,000 (2021) | +5.4% | +3.1% |
| 18 Somerville Way | £64,000 (1997) | £375,000 (2021) | +7.6% | +5.3% |
| 9 Somerville Way | £55,000 (1997) | £222,500 (2021) | +6.0% | +3.7% |
| 17 Somerville Way | £43,950 (2000) | £152,500 (2020) | +6.4% | +4.1% |
| 74 Somerville Way | £121,500 (2003) | £223,000 (2018) | +4.1% | +1.7% |
| 25 Somerville Way | £43,250 (1995) | £192,000 (2018) | +6.7% | +4.4% |
| 15 Somerville Way | £49,000 (2001) | £130,000 (2018) | +5.9% | +3.5% |
Section 04
What sells here
The mix of property types explains a large part of any area's median. Somerville Way, Bridgwater is dominated by the type at the top of this table, so its overall median leans that way.
| Property type | Sales | Share | Median paid | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terraced | 45 | 40.5% | £104,000 | £29,000 – £260,000 |
| Detached | 36 | 32.4% | £135,000 | £43,750 – £375,000 |
| Semi-detached | 30 | 27.0% | £121,500 | £43,000 – £245,000 |
Section 06
Ownership and new build in Somerville Way, Bridgwater
0 of the sales on record are leasehold and 111 freehold — 0.0% of the market. Tenure is not a detail: a leasehold flat and a freehold house are different assets, and mixing them into one median hides the difference.
| Category | Sales | Share | Median paid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leasehold | 0 | 0.0% | — |
| Freehold | 111 | 100.0% | £112,000 |
A further 4 transfers for this area are on the register but are left out of every figure above. HM Land Registry marks them as additional price paid entries: repossessions, buy-to-let portfolio moves, transfers between companies or family, and sales at a discount such as right to buy. They are real records but they are not open-market prices, and including them would drag the median somewhere no buyer ever paid.
Section 07
Living in Somerville Way, Bridgwater
Every certificate carries an energy efficiency band as well as a floor area. Across Somerset, 45.0% of 296,416 certificates sit in bands A to C, and 7.1% in F or G — the bands that cost the most to heat and are hardest to mortgage.
| Energy band | Certificates | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A | 2,239 | 0.8% |
| B | 39,014 | 13.2% |
| C | 92,251 | 31.1% |
| D | 96,815 | 32.7% |
| E | 44,939 | 15.2% |
| F | 16,160 | 5.5% |
| G | 4,998 | 1.7% |
The Office for National Statistics puts the mean private rent in Somerset at £1,000 a month as of Jun 2026 — £680 for a one-bedroom home and £1,117 for three bedrooms.
Against the median sale of £112,000 here, that rent is a gross yield of 10.71% a year. It is a measured figure rather than an assumption: a real local rent over a real local price, before any cost of ownership.
Police forces publish every recorded street-level crime. Within a mile of the centre of TA6, 552 crimes were recorded in Jun 2026: 207 violent, 12 burglary, 9 vehicle-related and 105 anti-social behaviour. The median postcode district in this archive recorded 167 in the same month, so this one is 3.3 times busier.
A count is not a rate. A district with shops and a station records more crime than a residential one of the same size, because more people pass through it. Read this next to the median, not on its own.
Section 08
The neighbourhood around Somerville Way, Bridgwater
18 state and independent schools have a TA6 postcode: 13 primary, 3 secondary, 1 16 plus, 1 all-through. Catchment areas do not follow postcodes, so treat this as what is nearby rather than what a child would be offered.
| School | Phase | Type | Pupils |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgwater College Academy | All-through | Academy sponsor led | 1,561 |
| Haygrove School | Secondary | Academy converter | 1,051 |
| Robert Blake School | Secondary | Foundation school | 1,014 |
| Chilton Trinity School | Secondary | Academy converter | 990 |
| St Mary's Voluntary Controlled Church of England Primary School | Primary | Voluntary controlled school | 490 |
| St John and St Francis Church School | Primary | Academy sponsor led | 421 |
| North Petherton Primary School | Primary | Community school | 409 |
| Somerset Bridge Primary School | Primary | Community school | 407 |
| Eastover Primary School | Primary | Community school | 403 |
| Westover Green Community School and Autism Centre | Primary | Academy converter | 382 |
| Station | Mode | Distance from the district centre |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgwater Rail Station | Rail | 0.7 km |
| Bridgwater Ferry Terminal | Ferry | 2.0 km |
| Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station | Rail | 10.5 km |
| Taunton Rail Station | Rail | 13.4 km |
Section 09
How Somerville Way, Bridgwater compares
The median across the whole archive is £157,500. Somerville Way, Bridgwater sits below that national figure — -28.9%.
Within Bridgwater the street ranks 888 of 1122 by median price, and its median is below the town figure of £147,500 (-24.1%).
Where an EPC floor area could be matched to the sale, the median works out at £1,831 per square metre, across 25 of the 111 sales on record. Price per square metre is the only figure that compares a two-bed flat with a four-bed house honestly.
The full range on record runs from £29,000 to £375,000. Extremes usually mean something unusual — a plot sold without a house on it, a transfer between family members, or a very large property — so the median is the number to trust.
Somerville Way, Bridgwater sits in Somerset, in the South West.
The Office for National Statistics puts the median home in Somerset at 8.0 times median local earnings of £35,440 a year, measured to Sep 2025. Across England and Wales the same ratio is 7.6. That number, not the price alone, is what decides whether a place is within reach of the people who work in it.
Section 10
Nearby on the record
Streets nearby
- Bath Road£125,000 median
- Bristol Road£106,500 median
- Chilton Street£107,000 median
- Riverside Close£123,570 median
- Meadowlands Avenue£161,000 median
- Wembdon Road£155,500 median
- Duke Street£116,580 median
- Moravia Close£162,998 median
- St John Street£75,000 median
- Holford Road£168,000 median
- Kendale Road£116,750 median
- Purley Drive£105,250 median
- Rhode Lane£100,000 median
- Waverley Wharf£88,500 median
- Windsor Road£80,000 median
- Wellington Road£95,000 median
Addresses with more than one recorded sale
- 25 Somerville Way6 sales
- 70 Somerville Way5 sales
- 17 Somerville Way5 sales
- 11 Somerville Way5 sales
- 21 Somerville Way5 sales
- 74 Somerville Way4 sales
- 52 Somerville Way4 sales
- 5 Somerville Way4 sales
- 66 Somerville Way3 sales
- 9 Somerville Way3 sales
- 15 Somerville Way3 sales
- 47 Somerville Way3 sales
- 35 Somerville Way3 sales
- 72 Somerville Way3 sales
- 30 Somerville Way3 sales
- 33 Somerville Way3 sales
- 19 Somerville Way3 sales
- 49 Somerville Way3 sales
- 67 Somerville Way2 sales
- 39 Somerville Way2 sales
- 43 Somerville Way2 sales
- 50 Somerville Way2 sales
- 18 Somerville Way2 sales
- 12 Somerville Way2 sales
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Quick answers
Common questions about this data
What is the average house price in Somerville Way, Bridgwater?
The median price paid in Somerville Way, Bridgwater across every sale on the register is £112,000. The median is used rather than the mean because a handful of very large sales would otherwise drag the average away from what a typical buyer paid.
How many homes have sold in Somerville Way, Bridgwater?
111 sales are on record for Somerville Way, Bridgwater, the most recent completing on 14 Nov 2025. Every one is a completed transfer lodged with HM Land Registry, not an asking price or an estimate.
Have Somerville Way, Bridgwater house prices actually risen?
In cash, the median rose +35.7% between 2008 and 2018. In 2026 money — that is, after inflation — the change is +7.8%. Both numbers are true; only the second one tells you whether buying here preserved value.
When were Somerville Way, Bridgwater house prices at their highest?
The highest yearly median on record is £190,000, set in 2018. That is the cash figure; measured in 2026 money the peak may fall in a different year, because inflation reshapes the series.
What is the price per square metre in Somerville Way, Bridgwater?
£1,831 per square metre, from the 25 sales where an EPC floor area could be matched to the address. Price per square metre strips out size, so a flat and a house can be compared on the same basis.
How current is this data?
The latest sale shown here completed on 14 Nov 2025. HM Land Registry publishes Price Paid Data monthly and a sale can take a month or two to appear after completion, so the most recent weeks are always incomplete.
Cite this page: Sold Price History, “Somerville Way, Bridgwater house prices”, 2026. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data © Crown copyright and database right, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Inflation adjustment: ONS CPIH.