BA6 8NS

Mendip South · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Glastonbury
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA6 8NR 287 m
BA6 8NP 309 m
BA6 8NT 383 m
BA6 8RT 558 m
BA6 8LW 593 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA6 8NS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 8
Latitude
51.139297
Longitude
-2.639223
British National Grid easting
355,376
British National Grid northing
137,976

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008598
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00147795
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 013A · E01029019
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 013 · E02006059

Postcode source versions

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Property

At this postcode

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10 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cherrybrook House, Southtown Lane, West Pennard, Glastonbury, BA6 8NS 19 August 2024 £575,000
Apple Garth, Southtown Lane, West Pennard, Glastonbury, BA6 8NS 14 August 2023 £490,000
Old Orchard House, Southtown Lane, West Pennard, Glastonbury, BA6 8NS 13 July 2020 £1,130,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. West Pennard Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    310 m
  2. Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School

    Academy converter

    3.2 km
  3. Millfield Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
14
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Vehicle crime 3
  • Drugs 2
  • Criminal damage and arson 2
  • Public order 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
42

19 female, 23 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.8
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

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA6 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates
The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

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+
40%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
13.3%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
13.3%
Gigabit-capable
13.3%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
20%
Next Generation Access
53.3%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
20%
Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • The Retreat

    BCT · West Pennard

    0.6 miles
  • Sunnymead

    BCT · West Pennard

    0.6 miles
  • Church

    BCT · West Bradley

    0.8 miles
  • Church

    BCT · West Bradley

    0.8 miles
  • Knapp Cottage

    BCT · West Bradley

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 013A, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

18,569 of 33,755

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

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Property market

Recorded sales

The five-year median is £532,500 from 2 recorded sales in BA6 8NS. 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

Published establishments

3 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. West Pennard Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 310 m.

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

Recorded crime

Published police records

14 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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