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BA5 3AN

Mendip Hills · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wells
Ward
Mendip Hills
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA5 3AR 396 m
BA5 3AT 527 m
BA5 3AP 903 m
BA5 3AW 910 m
BA5 3AS 998 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA5 3AN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 3
Latitude
51.243933
Longitude
-2.645243
British National Grid easting
355,057
British National Grid northing
149,616

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Mendip Hills · E05014371
Parish or community
E04008578
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00148003
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 005B · E01029060
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Drove Cottage, Rookham Hill, Rookham, Wells, BA5 3AN 9 December 2014 £663,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
6
Secondary
1

  1. Priddy Primary School

    Community school

    2.8 km

  2. Stoberry Park School

    Academy converter

    3.3 km

  3. Horrington Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.4 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
5
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 2
  • Burglary 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1
  • Violence and sexual offences 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

3 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
BA5 3 residents
4,660

Age bands in BA5 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.8%

585 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.4%

315 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.6%

785 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

1,292 residents

Age 65 and over
29.6%

1,252 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA5 3 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
50%
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

    4.6 km

  • WELLS HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code L85002

    4.6 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

  • Hunters Lodge

    BCT · Priddy

    0.3 miles

  • Hunters Lodge

    BCT · Priddy

    0.4 miles

  • The Beeches

    BCT · Priddy

    0.6 miles

  • The Beeches

    BCT · Priddy

    0.6 miles

  • Pen Hill

    BCT · Pen Hill

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 005B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,438 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 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
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

8 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Priddy Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

5 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 2 events.

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