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BA20 2EQ

Yeovil West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Yeovil
Ward
Yeovil West
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Yeovil
Postcode district
BA20
Postcode sector
BA20 2

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA21 3AJ 40 m
BA20 2EG 43 m
BA20 2EL 52 m
BA20 2EA 72 m
BA20 2FS 85 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA20 2EQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA20
Postcode sector
BA20 2
Latitude
50.943543
Longitude
-2.658509
British National Grid easting
353,832
British National Grid northing
116,219

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Yeovil West · E05014393
Parish or community
E04008773
Westminster constituency
Yeovil · E14001603
Output area
E00166000
Lower layer super output area
South Somerset 016B · E01029245
Middle layer super output area
South Somerset 016 · E02006090

Postcode source versions

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Property

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14 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
170, Preston Road, Yeovil, BA20 2EQ 1 October 2020 £266,000
164, Preston Road, Yeovil, BA20 2EQ 31 August 2018 £195,000
162, Preston Road, Yeovil, BA20 2EQ 27 April 2016 £320,000

Schools

Within 5 km of this postcode

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Open schools
26
Primary
19
Secondary
3

  1. Preston School Academy

    Academy converter

    222 m

  2. Preston CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    746 m

  3. Oaklands Primary School

    Community school

    839 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,141
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 859
  • Shoplifting 360
  • Anti social behaviour 234
  • Public order 216
  • Criminal damage and arson 125

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16
7 female, 9 male
Postcode households
4
Residents per household
4.0
BA20 2 residents
8,723

Age bands in BA20 2

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%
1,405 residents
Age 15 to 24
10.2%
907 residents
Age 25 to 44
23.3%
2,083 residents
Age 45 to 64
26.8%
2,396 residents
Age 65 and over
23.9%
2,133 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA20 2 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, coverage at January 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

5

within 5 km straight-line

  • PRESTON GROVE MEDICAL CENTRE, YEOVIL

    PRESTON GROVE, YEOVIL, BA20 2BQ

    ODS code L85015

    1.0 km

  • DIAMOND HEALTH GROUP

    74 HENDFORD, YEOVIL, BA20 1UJ

    ODS code L85022

    1.6 km

  • PENN HILL SURGERY, YEOVIL

    ST. NICHOLAS CLOSE, YEOVIL, BA20 1SB

    ODS code L85017

    1.9 km

  • OAKLANDS SURGERY

    BIRCHFIELD ROAD, YEOVIL, BA21 5RL

    ODS code L85064

    3.1 km

  • WEST COKER SURGERY

    HIGH STREET, WEST COKER, YEOVIL, BA22 9AH

    ODS code Y01163

    3.3 km

Nearby transport

  • Watercombe Lane

    BCT · Summerlands

    42 m

  • The Bell Inn

    BCT · Yeovil

    114 m

  • Watercombe Lane

    BCT · Summerlands

    115 m

  • The Bell Inn

    BCT · Yeovil

    118 m

  • Preston School

    BCT · Summerlands

    302 m

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Somerset 016B, 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

24,528 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
4 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
8 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
Unlikely

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

Schools

26 open schools are in scope, including 19 primary and 3 secondary schools. Preston School Academy is the nearest published school at 222 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,141 published events cover 12 months, averaging 178 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 859 events.

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