BA12 6LR

Mere · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Warminster
Ward
Mere
Local authority
Wiltshire
Postcode district
BA12
Postcode sector
BA12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA12 6LX 38 m
BA12 6JS 70 m
BA12 6LT 87 m
BA12 6LS 94 m
BA12 6JW 95 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA12 6LR
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA12
Postcode sector
BA12 6
Latitude
51.090043
Longitude
-2.278560
British National Grid easting
380,587
British National Grid northing
132,341

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Electoral ward
Mere · E05013450
Parish or community
E04013465
Westminster constituency
South West Wiltshire · E14001498
Output area
E00163401
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 050B · E01032035
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 050 · E02006665

Postcode source versions

Explore BA12

92 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Long Hill, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6LR 28 February 2025 £225,000
21, Long Hill, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6LR 5 December 2024 £150,000
10, Long Hill, Mere, Warminster, BA12 6LR 2 August 2024 £257,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Mere School

    Community school

    1.1 km
  2. Whitesheet Church of England Primary Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    2.5 km
  3. Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
185
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 77
  • Anti social behaviour 35
  • Shoplifting 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Other theft 8

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
75

36 female, 39 male

Postcode households
38
Residents per household
2.0
BA12 6 residents
4,397

Age bands in BA12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.6%

604 residents

Age 15 to 24
8%

356 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.2%

719 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.3%

1,257 residents

Age 65 and over
33.9%

1,507 residents

This postcode contained 1.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA12 6 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • MERE SURGERY

    DARK LANE, MERE, WARMINSTER, BA12 6DT

    ODS code J83060

    927 m

  • SILTON SURGERY

    THE SURGERY, GILLINGHAM ROAD, SILTON, GILLINGHAM, SP8 5DF

    ODS code J83629

    3.1 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bramley Hill

    BCT · Mere

    0.1 miles
  • Bramley Hill

    BCT · Mere

    0.1 miles
  • Quarry Park Corner

    BCT · Mere

    0.1 miles
  • Quarry Park Corner

    BCT · Mere

    0.2 miles
  • Clock Tower

    BCT · Mere

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 050B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,642 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £241,000 from 6 recorded sales in BA12 6LR. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wiltshire is £328,908 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Mere School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

185 published events cover 12 months, averaging 15.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 77 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.