Schools
22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 4 secondary schools. Writhlington School is the nearest published school at 122 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BA3 5SG
Radstock · Bath and North East Somerset · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Radstock
- Local authority
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset
- Postcode district
- BA3
- Postcode sector
- BA3 5
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BA3 5SG
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- 1 June 1997
- Postcode area
- BA
- Postcode district
- BA3
- Postcode sector
- BA3 5
- Latitude
- 51.287029
- Longitude
- -2.433002
- British National Grid easting
- 369,900
- British National Grid northing
- 154,300
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bath and North East Somerset · E06000022
- Electoral ward
- Radstock · E05012484
- Parish or community
- E04012169
- Westminster constituency
- Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
- Output area
- E00072984
- Lower layer super output area
- Bath and North East Somerset 024C · E01014450
- Middle layer super output area
- Bath and North East Somerset 024 · E02003008
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BA3
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 22
- Primary
- 15
- Secondary
- 4
- 122 m
Writhlington School
Academy converter
- 152 m
Somerset Studio School
Studio schools
- 402 m
St Mary's Church of England Primary School
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Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 487
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 227
- Anti social behaviour 72
- Public order 45
- Criminal damage and arson 36
- Shoplifting 32
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BA3 5 residents
- 7,244
Age bands in BA3 5
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 15.7%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 19.6%
- Age 45 to 64
- 31%
- Age 65 and over
- 23.9%
1,145 residents
705 residents
1,430 residents
2,261 residents
1,742 residents
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.
GP practices
5
within 5 km straight-line
HOPE HOUSE SURGERY
HOPE HOUSE CENTRE, 10 WATERLOO ROAD, RADSTOCK, BA3 3EP
ODS code L81010
1.2 km
WESTFIELD SURGERY
51 WATERFORD PARK, RADSTOCK, BA3 3UJ
ODS code L81132
1.8 km
HILLCREST SURGERY
WELLOW LANE, PEASEDOWN ST. JOHN, BATH, BA2 8JQ
ODS code L81123
2.8 km
SOMER VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP
GULLOCK TYNING, MIDSOMER NORTON, RADSTOCK, BA3 2UH
ODS code L81025
3.1 km
ELM HAYES SURGERY
CLANDOWN ROAD, PAULTON, BRISTOL, BS39 7SF
ODS code L81059
4.4 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Writhlington School
BCT · Writhlington
- 0.2 miles
Hayloft
BCT · Writhlington
- 0.2 miles
Writhlington Crossroads
BCT · Writhlington
- 0.2 miles
Hayloft
BCT · Writhlington
- 0.2 miles
Hanover Court
BCT · Writhlington
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bath and North East Somerset 024C, 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
4 of 10
Overall England rank
11,203 of 33,755
- Income
- 3 of 10
- Employment
- 3 of 10
- Education and skills
- 4 of 10
- Health and disability
- 4 of 10
- Crime
- 5 of 10
- Housing and services
- 3 of 10
- Living environment
- 8 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
487 published events cover 12 months, averaging 40.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 227 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.