BA6 9QY

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA6 9SJ 870 m
BA6 9SH 975 m
BA6 9SZ 1.1 km
BA16 9SQ 1.2 km
BA6 9UA 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA6 9QY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 March 2017
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 9
Latitude
51.164159
Longitude
-2.757027
British National Grid easting
347,163
British National Grid northing
140,819

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008584
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147972
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 012C · E01029055
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 012 · E02006058

Postcode source versions

Explore BA6

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
10
Primary
6
Secondary
2
  1. Meare Village Primary School

    Community school

    1.8 km
  2. Abbot's Way School

    Other independent special school

    2.3 km
  3. Tor School

    Pupil referral unit

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
3
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 2
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
12

4 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.4
BA6 9 residents
6,686

Age bands in BA6 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
14.6%

994 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.2%

560 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.7%

1,546 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.8%

2,167 residents

Age 65 and over
22.8%

1,558 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA6 9 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 straight-line

  • GLASTONBURY SURGERY

    FEVERSHAM LANE, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9LP

    ODS code L85039

    3.0 km

  • GLASTONBURY HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code L85047

    3.5 km

  • VINE SURGERY PARTNERSHIP

    VINE SURGERY, HINDHAYES LANE, STREET, BA16 0ET

    ODS code L85029

    4.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Rice Farm

    BCT · Meare

    0.0 miles
  • Rice Farm

    BCT · Meare

    0.0 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Stileway

    0.7 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Stileway

    0.7 miles
  • St. Mary's Church

    BCT · Meare

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 012C, 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

20,147 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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
2
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

10 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 2 secondary schools. Meare Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.1 miles.

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

Recorded crime

3 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 2 events.

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