BA6 8WH

Mendip South · 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 8UE 5 m
BA6 8SW 76 m
BA6 8SY 109 m
BA6 8SN 134 m
BA6 8SS 159 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA6 8WH
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 March 2002
Terminated
1 May 2002
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 8
Latitude
51.100334
Longitude
-2.682160
British National Grid easting
352,332
British National Grid northing
133,670

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008547
Westminster constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton · E14001247
Output area
E00147793
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 013A · E01029019
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 013 · E02006059

Postcode source versions

Explore BA6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Butleigh Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    184 m
  2. Baltonsborough Church of England VC Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Keinton Mandeville Primary School

    Community school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
20
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 9
  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 2

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

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • VINE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP

    VINE SURGERY, HINDHAYES LANE, STREET, BA16 0ET

    ODS code L85029

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • High Street Post Office

    BCT · Butleigh

    0.1 miles
  • High Street Post Office

    BCT · Butleigh

    0.1 miles
  • Hol Oaks

    BCT · Butleigh

    0.2 miles
  • Holm Oaks

    BCT · Butleigh

    0.2 miles
  • Court Farm

    BCT · Butleigh

    0.3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

10 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Butleigh Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 184 m.

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

Recorded crime

20 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 9 events.

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