BA3 4QZ

Mendip Hills · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Radstock
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA3 4QP 38 m
BA3 4RS 58 m
BA3 4QR 69 m
BA3 4QS 76 m
BA3 4QT 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA3 4QZ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 4
Latitude
51.254548
Longitude
-2.490659
British National Grid easting
365,855
British National Grid northing
150,713

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008588
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00148051
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 002D · E01029068
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 002 · E02006048

Postcode source versions

Explore BA3

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Poppies, 3, South Street, Stratton On The Fosse, Radstock, BA3 4QZ 26 February 2025 £289,950
The Poppies, 5, South Street, Stratton On The Fosse, Radstock, BA3 4QZ 27 June 2023 £460,000
The Poppies, 3, South Street, Stratton On The Fosse, Radstock, BA3 4QZ 22 April 2022 £275,100

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
13
Secondary
2
  1. Downside School

    Other independent school

    325 m
  2. St Vigor & St John Church School

    Academy converter

    985 m
  3. Norton Hill Primary School

    Free schools

    2.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
141
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 49
  • Shoplifting 39
  • Public order 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Burglary 9

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

9 female, 7 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
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 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA3 4 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

4

within 5 km

  • MENDIP COUNTRY PRACTICE

    CHURCH STREET, COLEFORD, RADSTOCK, BA3 5NQ

    ODS code L85046

    3.2 km

  • SOMER VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    GULLOCK TYNING, MIDSOMER NORTON, RADSTOCK, BA3 2UH

    ODS code L81025

    3.8 km

  • WESTFIELD SURGERY

    51 WATERFORD PARK, RADSTOCK, BA3 3UJ

    ODS code L81132

    4.0 km

  • OAKHILL SURGERY

    PONDSMEAD, SHEPTON ROAD, OAKHILL, RADSTOCK, BA3 5HT

    ODS code L85611

    4.2 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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Downside Abbey

    BCT · Stratton on the Fosse

    0.1 miles
  • Downside Abbey

    BCT · Stratton on the Fosse

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Stratton on the Fosse

    0.2 miles
  • Bath View

    BCT · Stratton on the Fosse

    0.2 miles
  • Bath View

    BCT · Stratton on the Fosse

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 002D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,779 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £289,950 from 3 recorded sales in BA3 4QZ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Somerset is £281,571 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 13 primary and 2 secondary schools. Downside School is the nearest published school at 325 m.

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

Recorded crime

141 published events cover 12 months, averaging 11.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 49 events.

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