BA6 9SQ

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 9HP 83 m
BA6 9TB 106 m
BA6 9SS 127 m
BA6 9TF 144 m
BA6 9TA 146 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA6 9SQ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1992
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA6
Postcode sector
BA6 9
Latitude
51.170120
Longitude
-2.791139
British National Grid easting
344,785
British National Grid northing
141,507

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
E00147966
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 012B · E01029054
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 012 · E02006058

Postcode source versions

Explore BA6

73 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
11, Downs Orchard, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SQ 19 December 2025 £395,000
12, Downs Orchard, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SQ 16 December 2024 £352,000
7, Downs Orchard, Meare, Glastonbury, BA6 9SQ 18 March 2024 £340,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
2
Secondary
0
  1. Abbot's Way School

    Other independent special school

    282 m
  2. Meare Village Primary School

    Community school

    763 m
  3. Dovecote School

    Other independent special school

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
45
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 23
  • Burglary 6
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Public order 4
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
90

47 female, 43 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
2.6
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 1.3% 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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.

Nearby transport

  • Millbatch

    BCT · Meare

    0.2 miles
  • Millbatch

    BCT · Meare

    0.2 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Meare

    0.3 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Meare

    0.3 miles
  • St Marys Church

    BCT · Meare

    0.4 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £346,000 from 6 recorded sales in BA6 9SQ. 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

5 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Abbot's Way School is the nearest published school at 282 m.

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

Recorded crime

45 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 23 events.

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