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BA3 5BJ

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
Frome and East Somerset
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA3 5BL 412 m
BA3 5HB 413 m
BA3 5BH 415 m
BA3 4TB 546 m
BA3 4TA 560 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA3 5BJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 5
Latitude
51.242492
Longitude
-2.511003
British National Grid easting
364,426
British National Grid northing
149,382

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Mendip Hills · E05014371
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

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Workshop Unit, Benter, Radstock, BA3 5BJ 19 February 2020 £230,000
Mill House, Benter, Radstock, BA3 5BJ 1 November 2012 £299,950
Mill House, Oakhill, Radstock, BA3 5BJ 6 December 2001 £165,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
2

  1. Downside School

    Other independent school

    1.7 km

  2. St Vigor & St John Church School

    Academy converter

    2.0 km

  3. Oakhill Church School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
23
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Other theft 7
  • Burglary 2
  • Other crime 2
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

8 female, 8 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+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
87.5%
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

    2.3 km

  • MENDIP COUNTRY PRACTICE

    CHURCH STREET, COLEFORD, RADSTOCK, BA3 5NQ

    ODS code L85046

    4.3 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

  • Coalpit Lane

    BCT · Chilcompton

    0.5 miles

  • Coalpit Lane

    BCT · Chilcompton

    0.5 miles

  • Nettlebridge House

    BCT · Nettlebridge

    0.7 miles

  • Nettlebridge House

    BCT · Nettlebridge

    0.7 miles

  • New Rock Ind Estate

    BCT · Chilcompton

    0.7 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
2
Medium risk addresses
1
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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Downside School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

23 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 10 events.

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