BA4 6RW

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 6RJ 300 m
BA4 6RL 338 m
BA4 6RP 406 m
BA4 6RQ 481 m
BA4 6RR 558 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA4 6RW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA4
Postcode sector
BA4 6
Latitude
51.127128
Longitude
-2.573992
British National Grid easting
359,929
British National Grid northing
136,585

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008556
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00148091
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 013C · E01029077
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 013 · E02006059

Postcode source versions

Explore BA4

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Hillside, East Pennard, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6RW 5 July 2011 £275,000
Highfields, East Pennard, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6RW 20 August 2007 £450,000
The Old Chapel, (flamstead), East Pennard, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6RW 28 July 2000 £185,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
1
Secondary
0
  1. Ditcheat Primary School

    Community school

    2.6 km
  2. The Mendip School

    Free schools special

    4.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
16
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Other theft 3
  • Criminal damage and arson 3
  • Public order 1
  • Vehicle crime 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
15

7 female, 8 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
2.5
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+
71.4%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
71.4%
Gigabit-capable
71.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
14.3%
Next Generation Access
71.4%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
85.7%

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.

Nearby transport

  • Huxham Lane

    BCT · Huxham Green

    0.3 miles
  • Yew Tree Farm

    BCT · East Pennard

    0.6 miles
  • Yew Tree Farm

    BCT · East Pennard

    0.6 miles
  • Church

    BCT · East Pennard

    0.6 miles
  • Church

    BCT · East Pennard

    0.6 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
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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 1 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ditcheat Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

16 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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