BA4 6NP

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 6NJ 361 m
BA4 6NH 382 m
BA4 6NL 455 m
BA4 6NQ 668 m
BA4 6NR 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA4 6NP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 6
Latitude
51.123310
Longitude
-2.490168
British National Grid easting
365,792
British National Grid northing
136,118

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008566
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00148092
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 013C · E01029077
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 013 · E02006059

Postcode source versions

Explore BA4

45 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Shop, Lamyatt, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6NP 1 September 2025 £700,000
Ambledown, Lamyatt, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6NP 13 August 2025 £985,000
Old Wheelwright Cottage, Lamyatt, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6NP 30 October 2024 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
4
Secondary
2
  1. Bruton Primary School

    Foundation school

    2.7 km
  2. Sexey's School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km
  3. King's Bruton

    Other independent school

    2.9 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

  • Public order 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
98

53 female, 45 male

Postcode households
36
Residents per household
2.7
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 2.1% 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+
97.2%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
97.2%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
97.2%
Gigabit-capable
97.2%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
33.3%

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

  • BRUTON SURGERY

    PATWELL LANE, BRUTON, BA10 0EG

    ODS code L85032

    3.0 km

  • MILLBROOK SURGERY, CASTLE CARY

    MILLBROOK GARDENS, CASTLE CARY, BA7 7EE

    ODS code L85040

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Bruton Turn

    BCT · Lamyat

    0.4 miles
  • Bruton Turn

    BCT · Lamyat

    0.4 miles
  • Waddon Farm

    BCT · Lamyat

    0.9 miles
  • Post Box

    BCT · Wyke Champflower

    0.9 miles
  • Waddon Farm

    BCT · Lamyat

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 013C, 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

17,007 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 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
1
Low risk addresses
3
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 £704,250 from 9 recorded sales in BA4 6NP. 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 4 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bruton Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 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 Public order with 2 events.

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