BA6 8BW

Glastonbury · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA6 8FF 404 m
BA6 8BN 444 m
BA6 8LA 475 m
BA6 8LB 528 m
BA6 8BG 582 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA6 8BW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 September 2002
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 8
Latitude
51.137108
Longitude
-2.699539
British National Grid easting
351,154
British National Grid northing
137,771

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008561
Westminster constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton · E14001247
Output area
E00147933
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 011F · E01032627
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 011 · E02006057

Postcode source versions

Explore BA6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
8
Secondary
2
  1. Millfield Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    762 m
  2. St John's Church of England Voluntary Controlled Infants School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.7 km
  3. St Benedict's Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
311
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 99
  • Shoplifting 86
  • Anti social behaviour 40
  • Public order 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BA6 8 residents
6,637

Age bands in BA6 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
13.2%

866 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

575 residents

Age 25 to 44
16.6%

1,088 residents

Age 45 to 64
33%

2,161 residents

Age 65 and over
28.3%

1,849 residents

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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km straight-line

  • GLASTONBURY HEALTH CENTRE

    GLASTONBURY HEALTH & DENTAL CLINIC, 1 WELLS ROAD, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9DD

    ODS code L85047

    1.6 km

  • GLASTONBURY SURGERY

    FEVERSHAM LANE, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9LP

    ODS code L85039

    2.0 km

  • VINE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP

    VINE SURGERY, HINDHAYES LANE, STREET, BA16 0ET

    ODS code L85029

    2.9 km

Nearby transport

  • Coursing Batch

    BCT · Glastonbury

    0.3 miles
  • Coursing Batch

    BCT · Glastonbury

    0.3 miles
  • Chalice Well

    BCT · Glastonbury

    0.5 miles
  • Chalice Way

    BCT · Glastonbury

    0.5 miles
  • Hood Close

    BCT · Glastonbury

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 011F, 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

4 of 10

Overall England rank

10,593 of 33,755

Income
4 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
3 of 10
Health and disability
6 of 10
Crime
3 of 10
Housing and services
5 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 2 secondary schools. Millfield Preparatory School is the nearest published school at 762 m.

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

Recorded crime

311 published events cover 12 months, averaging 25.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 99 events.

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