BA5 1FE

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wells
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA5 1QT 89 m
BA5 1FR 134 m
BA5 1QU 197 m
BA5 1QS 285 m
BA5 1QX 313 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA5 1FE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 2010
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 1
Latitude
51.190926
Longitude
-2.673666
British National Grid easting
353,019
British National Grid northing
143,739

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008582
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00148013
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 005F · E01035109
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

Explore BA5

12 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Coxley Meadows, Coxley, Wells, BA5 1FE 12 December 2025 £325,000
4, Coxley Meadows, Coxley, Wells, BA5 1FE 31 May 2019 £265,000
1, Coxley Meadows, Coxley, Wells, BA5 1FE 23 May 2019 £375,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Coxley Primary School

    Community school

    596 m
  2. St Cuthbert's Church of England Academy Infants and Pre-School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. St Cuthbert's Church of England Junior School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
44
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Burglary 4
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Other crime 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

13 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.2
BA5 1 residents
6,830

Age bands in BA5 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14%

981 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

651 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.3%

1,283 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.7%

2,081 residents

Age 65 and over
28.6%

1,999 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA5 1 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

2

within 5 km

  • WELLS CITY PRACTICE

    PRIORY MEDICAL CENTRE, PRIORY HEALTH PARK, GLASTONBURY ROAD, WELLS, BA5 1XJ

    ODS code L85034

    1.9 km

  • WELLS HEALTH CENTRE

    PRIORY HEALTH PARK, GLASTONBURY ROAD, WELLS, BA5 1XJ

    ODS code L85002

    1.9 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

  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Coxley

    0.1 miles
  • Stoppers Lane

    BCT · Upper Coxley

    0.2 miles
  • Stoppers Lane

    BCT · Upper Coxley

    0.2 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Coxley

    0.2 miles
  • Memorial Hall

    BCT · Coxley

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 005F, 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

15,435 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
3 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 £325,000 from 1 recorded sale in BA5 1FE. 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. Coxley Primary School is the nearest published school at 596 m.

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

Recorded crime

44 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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