BA5 1PS

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA5 1PR 464 m
BA5 1PN 487 m
BA5 1PW 494 m
BS28 4SZ 685 m
BS28 4SX 704 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA5 1PS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 1
Latitude
51.205723
Longitude
-2.763678
British National Grid easting
346,746
British National Grid northing
145,446

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008562
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147963
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 012B · E01029054
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 012 · E02006058

Postcode source versions

Explore BA5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
4
Secondary
0
  1. Meare Village Primary School

    Community school

    4.0 km
  2. Abbot's Way School

    Other independent special school

    4.2 km
  3. Wedmore First School Academy

    Academy converter

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
13
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
2

1 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
2.0
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% 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+
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
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

  • Panborough Inn

    BCT · Panborough

    0.3 miles
  • Panborough Inn

    BCT · Panborough

    0.3 miles
  • The Pillar Box

    BCT · Theale

    0.6 miles
  • Theale House

    BCT · Theale

    0.6 miles
  • The Old Post House

    BCT · Theale

    0.7 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 012B, 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

13,794 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 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
1
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

5 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 0 secondary schools. Meare Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

13 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Public order with 3 events.

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