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BA3 4LA

Mendip Hills · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Radstock
Ward
Mendip Hills
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA3 4LQ 73 m
BA3 4SW 125 m
BA3 4LL 135 m
BA3 4LH 165 m
BA3 4LG 180 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA3 4LA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2001
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 4
Latitude
51.274010
Longitude
-2.578402
British National Grid easting
359,749
British National Grid northing
152,922

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Mendip Hills · E05014371
Parish or community
E04008548
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147973
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 006B · E01029056
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 006 · E02006052

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Property

At this postcode

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2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Cottage, The Folly, Chewton Mendip, Radstock, BA3 4LA 21 August 2002 £180,000
The Cottage, The Folly, Chewton Mendip, Radstock, BA3 4LA 15 December 1995 £80,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0

  1. Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    207 m

  2. East Harptree Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

  3. Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    4.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
10
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Other crime 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

1 female, 5 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
6.0
BA3 4 residents
8,579

Age bands in BA3 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.5%

1,504 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

974 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.4%

1,840 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

2,415 residents

Age 65 and over
21.7%

1,863 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA3 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

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

Nearby transport

  • High Street

    BCT · Chewton Mendip

    0.2 miles

  • High Street

    BCT · Chewton Mendip

    0.2 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Chewton Mendip

    0.2 miles

  • Village Hall

    BCT · Chewton Mendip

    0.2 miles

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Bathway

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 006B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,620 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chewton Mendip Church of England VA Primary School is the nearest published school at 207 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

10 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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