BA3 5AB

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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA3 5AA 162 m
BA3 5FA 310 m
BA3 5BH 394 m
BA3 5HB 431 m
BA3 4SZ 435 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA3 5AB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 5
Latitude
51.236468
Longitude
-2.504633
British National Grid easting
364,866
British National Grid northing
148,709

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
E00148052
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 002F · E01035107
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 002 · E02006048

Postcode source versions

Explore BA3

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Billingsley, Nettlebridge, Oakhill, Radstock, BA3 5AB 28 September 2021 £632,500
Rosemead, Nettlebridge, Oakhill, Radstock, BA3 5AB 25 October 2019 £547,250
Billingsley, Nettlebridge, Oakhill, Radstock, BA3 5AB 14 March 2018 £675,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Oakhill Church School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km
  2. Downside School

    Other independent school

    2.0 km
  3. Stoke St Michael Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.1 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 7
  • Violence and sexual offences 3
  • Other crime 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

10 female, 6 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.3
BA3 5 residents
7,244

Age bands in BA3 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.7%

1,145 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

705 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.6%

1,430 residents

Age 45 to 64
31%

2,261 residents

Age 65 and over
23.9%

1,742 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA3 5 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+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
83.3%
Gigabit-capable
83.3%
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

  • OAKHILL SURGERY

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

    ODS code L85611

    2.0 km

  • MENDIP COUNTRY PRACTICE

    CHURCH STREET, COLEFORD, RADSTOCK, BA3 5NQ

    ODS code L85046

    3.8 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

  • Nettlebridge House

    BCT · Nettlebridge

    0.2 miles
  • Nettlebridge House

    BCT · Nettlebridge

    0.2 miles
  • Withy Cottages

    BCT · Oakhill

    0.6 miles
  • Withy Cottages

    BCT · Oakhill

    0.6 miles
  • Coalpit Lane

    BCT · Chilcompton

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 002F, 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

23,612 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 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
4 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
1
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 £632,500 from 1 recorded sale in BA3 5AB. 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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Oakhill Church School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 7 events.

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