BA3 5HW

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 5HP 263 m
BA3 5HN 460 m
BA3 5GJ 609 m
BA3 5HS 698 m
BA3 5HL 707 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA3 5HW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 5
Latitude
51.230987
Longitude
-2.488833
British National Grid easting
365,965
British National Grid northing
148,092

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

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Flowers Cottage, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5HW 30 June 2005 £575,000
Flowers Cottage, Stoke St Michael, Radstock, BA3 5HW 23 January 1998 £242,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
6
Secondary
0
  1. Stoke St Michael Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    964 m
  2. Oakhill Church School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km
  3. Downside School

    Other independent school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
45
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Other theft 7
  • Vehicle crime 4
  • Burglary 2
  • Public order 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
1.7
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 0.1% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
75%
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

    2.6 km

  • MENDIP COUNTRY PRACTICE

    CHURCH STREET, COLEFORD, RADSTOCK, BA3 5NQ

    ODS code L85046

    2.9 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

  • Nettlebridge House

    BCT · Nettlebridge

    0.6 miles
  • Nettlebridge House

    BCT · Nettlebridge

    0.6 miles
  • Eldmere House

    BCT · Stoke St Michael

    0.7 miles
  • Duke of Cumberland

    BCT · Edford

    0.7 miles
  • Veleathe

    BCT · Stoke St Michael

    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
1
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

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 0 secondary schools. Stoke St Michael Primary School is the nearest published school at 964 m.

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

Recorded crime

45 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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