BA4 6BN

Mendip South · 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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA4 6BW 389 m
BA4 6BR 471 m
BA4 6BP 771 m
BA4 6BS 787 m
BA10 0QD 844 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA4 6BN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 6
Latitude
51.140153
Longitude
-2.452037
British National Grid easting
368,472
British National Grid northing
137,974

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008542
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00147988
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 010E · E01029058
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 010 · E02006056

Postcode source versions

Explore BA4

10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Churchill Cottage, Crows Hill, Batcombe, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6BN 29 April 2025 £860,000
Batcombe Vale Cottages, 1, Crows Hill, Batcombe, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6BN 9 February 2023 £615,000
Churchill Cottage, Crows Hill, Batcombe, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6BN 18 August 2022 £925,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Bruton Primary School

    Foundation school

    3.1 km
  2. Upton Noble CofE VC Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    3.1 km
  3. King's Bruton

    Other independent school

    3.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
16

7 female, 9 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
3.2
BA4 6 residents
4,736

Age bands in BA4 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

711 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

402 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.3%

907 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.3%

1,471 residents

Age 65 and over
25.8%

1,212 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA4 6 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
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
100%

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

1

within 5 km

  • BRUTON SURGERY

    PATWELL LANE, BRUTON, BA10 0EG

    ODS code L85032

    3.1 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

  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Batcombe

    0.7 miles
  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Batcombe

    0.7 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Batcombe

    0.9 miles
  • War Memorial

    BCT · Batcombe

    0.9 miles
  • Brue Avenue

    BCT · Bruton

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 010E, 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

12,263 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £737,500 from 4 recorded sales in BA4 6BN. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bruton Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.9 miles.

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

Recorded crime

4 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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