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BA5 1HB

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wells
Ward
Mendip West
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA5 1JD 77 m
BA5 1HL 96 m
BA5 1HJ 102 m
BA5 1HA 117 m
BA5 1HY 132 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA5 1HB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 1
Latitude
51.235996
Longitude
-2.715836
British National Grid easting
350,121
British National Grid northing
148,779

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Mendip West · E05014373
Parish or community
E04008597
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147950
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 005A · E01029052
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

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Property

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Redways, Crow Lane, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, BA5 1HB 18 January 2023 £447,500
Glebe Cottages, 1, Crow Lane, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, BA5 1HB 16 February 2017 £345,000
Westbury Cross House, Crow Lane, Westbury Sub Mendip, Wells, BA5 1HB 18 February 2014 £485,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
4
Secondary
0

  1. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    97 m

  2. Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    3.6 km

  3. Priddy Primary School

    Community school

    3.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
58
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 29
  • Burglary 8
  • Criminal damage and arson 7
  • Other theft 5
  • Anti social behaviour 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
32

16 female, 16 male

Postcode households
12
Residents per household
2.7
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 0.5% 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.

Nearby transport

  • St.Lawrence Church

    BCT · Old Ditch

    0.0 miles

  • St. Lawrence Church

    BCT · Old Ditch

    0.1 miles

  • Edenmount

    BCT · Westbury-sub-Mendip

    0.1 miles

  • Edenmount

    BCT · Westbury-sub-Mendip

    0.1 miles

  • Roughmoor Lane

    BCT · Old Ditch

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 005A, 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

15,152 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
2 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
1
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 £447,500 from 1 recorded sale in BA5 1HB. 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

4 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 97 m.

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

Recorded crime

58 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 29 events.

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