Washford has a population of 601, making it the 88th largest place in Somerset.
The other populations of Washford
The same name covers more than one area, and each has its own figure.
| What you mean | Population | Source |
|---|---|---|
| The place itself The populated settlement, roughly the built-up core. |
601 | GeoNames |
| The built-up area Continuous development, where buildings sit less than 200m apart. Drawn from where the buildings are, not where the council boundary is. |
585 | ONS Census 2021 (2021) |
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Year-by-year official estimates for the wider area: Somerset population trends, 2001–2024.
Washford in context
Distances are straight-line from the settlement's recorded coordinates. The 10 km figure sums the recorded places within that radius, so it describes how built-up the surroundings are rather than people per square kilometre.
The centre of Washford sits in postcode district TA23.
Schools
| Open establishments | Count |
|---|---|
| Primary schools | 1 |
The 2021 census counted 34 children aged 5 to 9 in the town: one state primary school for every 34 of them.
Open schools registered in the Washford built-up area, from the Department for Education's Get Information about Schools register, extracted 24 August 2026. Each school counts once: an independent special school appears under special schools, and the phase rows are state schools. The children-per-school figure pairs a 2021 census count with today's register, so growth or decline since the census is not in it. No inspection grades are shown because Ofsted stopped issuing single-word overall judgements in 2024 and the register no longer carries them; current inspection reports are on Ofsted's own site. England only: the register lists Welsh schools without phase detail.
Broadband
| Availability | % of homes |
|---|---|
| Gigabit-capable (1,000 Mbit/s+) | 2.9% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 100.0% |
Share of the 307 residential premises in this built-up area that the fixed network can serve at each speed, from Ofcom's Connected Nations coverage data (network state July 2025). Availability is what the line to a home can deliver if ordered, not what households actually subscribe to, and a full-fibre street where everyone bought the cheapest package shows 100% here. Percentile compares towns of 10,000+ residents. Compare towns →
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Nearby in Somerset
| # | Place | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lympsham | 618 |
| 2 | Fivehead | 609 |
| 3 | Croscombe | 603 |
| 4 | Edingworth | 600 |
| 5 | West Chinnock | 592 |
| 6 | Queen Camel | 574 |