BA8 0EL

Blackmoor Vale · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA8
Postcode sector
BA8 0

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA8 0ER 463 m
BA8 0EJ 493 m
BA8 0EN 691 m
BA8 0EP 806 m
BA8 0EW 919 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA8 0EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA8
Postcode sector
BA8 0
Latitude
51.022897
Longitude
-2.410045
British National Grid easting
371,337
British National Grid northing
124,917

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008707
Westminster constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton · E14001247
Output area
E00148519
Lower layer super output area
South Somerset 008B · E01029156
Middle layer super output area
South Somerset 008 · E02006082

Postcode source versions

Explore BA8

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Horsington Church School

    Academy converter

    1.5 km
  2. Abbas and Templecombe Church School

    Academy converter

    2.3 km
  3. Marchant Holliday School

    Other independent special school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
7
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 2
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

6 female, 11 male

Postcode households
8
Residents per household
2.1
BA8 0 residents
4,387

Age bands in BA8 0

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

720 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

353 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.2%

885 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

1,232 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

1,190 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA8 0 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • WINCANTON HEALTH CENTRE

    DYKES WAY, WINCANTON, BA9 9FQ

    ODS code L85027

    3.4 km

Nearby transport

  • Mill Cottage

    BCT · Horsington

    1.1 miles
  • Mill Cottage

    BCT · Horsington

    1.1 miles
  • Marconi

    BCT · Abbas Combe

    1.3 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Templecombe

    1.5 miles
  • Station Road

    BCT · Templecombe

    1.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Somerset 008B, 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

14,281 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
6 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
7 of 10
Crime
8 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
3
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

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Horsington Church School is the nearest published school at 1.0 miles.

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

Recorded crime

7 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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