BA3 5WE

Mendip Central and East · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA3 5WA 1 m
BA3 5XB 34 m
BA3 5XA 45 m
BA3 5UX 107 m
BA3 5UY 115 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA3 5WE
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 June 2002
Terminated
1 May 2003
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA3
Postcode sector
BA3 5
Latitude
51.288775
Longitude
-2.375484
British National Grid easting
373,912
British National Grid northing
154,472

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008563
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00147983
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 001E · E01029057
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 001 · E02006047

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
9
Secondary
2
  1. Hemington Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  2. Shoscombe Church School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km
  3. Norton St Philip Church of England First School

    Voluntary aided school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 11
  • Criminal damage and arson 5
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

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%

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

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • HILLCREST SURGERY

    WELLOW LANE, PEASEDOWN ST. JOHN, BATH, BA2 8JQ

    ODS code L81123

    4.7 km

  • HOPE HOUSE SURGERY

    HOPE HOUSE CENTRE, 10 WATERLOO ROAD, RADSTOCK, BA3 3EP

    ODS code L81010

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Faulkland Inn

    BCT · Faulkland

    0.1 miles
  • The Crossroads

    BCT · Rockley Ford

    1.6 miles
  • The Crossroads

    BCT · Rockley Ford

    1.6 miles
  • Applecroft

    BCT · White Hill

    2.0 miles
  • The Bell Inn

    BCT · Buckland Dinham

    2.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 001E, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,872 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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

Schools

11 open schools are in scope, including 9 primary and 2 secondary schools. Hemington Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 11 events.

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