BA4 5WT

Shepton Mallet · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Shepton Mallet
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA4 5XJ 44 m
BA4 5UE 48 m
BA4 5XP 64 m
BA4 5UU 86 m
BA4 5XR 94 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA4 5WT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 5
Latitude
51.189346
Longitude
-2.556891
British National Grid easting
361,178
British National Grid northing
143,495

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008585
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00148044
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 009D · E01029066
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 009 · E02006055

Postcode source versions

Explore BA4

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Frys Walk, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5WT 14 August 2024 £249,000
5, Frys Walk, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5WT 8 April 2019 £200,000
3, Frys Walk, Shepton Mallet, BA4 5WT 3 January 2014 £159,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Bowlish Infant School

    Community school

    455 m
  2. St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School

    Voluntary controlled school

    778 m
  3. Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery

    Community school

    893 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
831
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 421
  • Anti social behaviour 100
  • Public order 88
  • Criminal damage and arson 57
  • Shoplifting 45

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

9 female, 9 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
1.8
BA4 5 residents
8,365

Age bands in BA4 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.9%

1,413 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

814 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

2,240 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.2%

2,281 residents

Age 65 and over
19.4%

1,626 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA4 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

3

within 5 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    WEST SHEPTON, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5UH

    ODS code L85053

    233 m

  • PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CANNARDS GRAVE ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5RT

    ODS code L85043

    801 m

  • OAKHILL SURGERY

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

    ODS code L85611

    4.4 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

  • West Shepton Road

    BCT · West Shepton

    0.1 miles
  • West Lodge

    BCT · West Shepton

    0.1 miles
  • Red Cross Centre

    BCT · West Shepton

    0.1 miles
  • West Shepton Road

    BCT · West Shepton

    0.2 miles
  • St Peters Road

    BCT · Shepton Mallet

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 009D, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,508 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
7 of 10
Living environment
6 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £249,000 from 1 recorded sale in BA4 5WT. 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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bowlish Infant School is the nearest published school at 455 m.

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

Recorded crime

831 published events cover 12 months, averaging 69.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 421 events.

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