BA5 3HQ

Mendip Hills · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA5 3HD 714 m
BA5 3HE 732 m
BA5 3HB 863 m
BA5 3HA 888 m
BA5 3HG 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA5 3HQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA5
Postcode sector
BA5 3
Latitude
51.215518
Longitude
-2.570909
British National Grid easting
360,221
British National Grid northing
146,413

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
E00147977
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 006B · E01029056
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 006 · E02006052

Postcode source versions

Explore BA5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
8
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. Croscombe Church of England Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    2.3 km
  2. Bowlish Infant School

    Community school

    2.6 km
  3. Horrington Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
15
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 5
  • Public order 3
  • Vehicle crime 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Drugs 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

1 female, 0 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
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% 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
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

3

within 5 km

  • GROVE HOUSE SURGERY

    WEST SHEPTON, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5UH

    ODS code L85053

    3.3 km

  • OAKHILL SURGERY

    PONDSMEAD, SHEPTON ROAD, OAKHILL, RADSTOCK, BA3 5HT

    ODS code L85611

    3.4 km

  • PARK MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CANNARDS GRAVE ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET, BA4 5RT

    ODS code L85043

    3.7 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

  • Slab House

    BCT · Haydon Nears Wells

    1.3 miles
  • Slab House

    BCT · Haydon Nears Wells

    1.3 miles
  • Whitnell Corner

    BCT · Binegar

    1.4 miles
  • Whitnell Corner

    BCT · Binegar

    1.4 miles
  • Croscombe Primary School

    BCT · Croscombe

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 006B, 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

21,620 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 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
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 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. Croscombe Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.4 miles.

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

Recorded crime

15 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5 events.

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