BA6 9SL

Mendip West · 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 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA6 9QZ 196 m
BA6 9SW 212 m
BA6 9SB 214 m
BA6 9PU 230 m
BA6 9SN 250 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA6 9SL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 9
Latitude
51.171070
Longitude
-2.778124
British National Grid easting
345,696
British National Grid northing
141,603

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008571
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147964
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 012B · E01029054
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 012 · E02006058

Postcode source versions

Explore BA6

6 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Violet Farm, Church Lane, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SL 12 January 2023 £330,000
Church Lane House, Church Lane, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SL 16 May 2022 £625,000
Greystones, Church Lane, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SL 13 August 2015 £387,500

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
1
  1. Meare Village Primary School

    Community school

    153 m
  2. Abbot's Way School

    Other independent special school

    651 m
  3. Tor School

    Pupil referral unit

    4.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
34
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 18
  • Burglary 5
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Public order 3
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
19

11 female, 8 male

Postcode households
8
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 0.3% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
11.1%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
11.1%
Gigabit-capable
11.1%
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

1

within 5 km

  • GLASTONBURY SURGERY

    FEVERSHAM LANE, GLASTONBURY, BA6 9LP

    ODS code L85039

    4.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • St. Mary's Church

    BCT · Meare

    0.2 miles
  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Meare

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Meare

    0.3 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Meare

    0.3 miles
  • Bus Shelter

    BCT · Stileway

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 012B, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

13,794 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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

Property market

The five-year median is £477,500 from 2 recorded sales in BA6 9SL. 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 1 secondary schools. Meare Village Primary School is the nearest published school at 153 m.

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

Recorded crime

34 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 18 events.

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