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BS18 5TR

Mendip Hills · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Ward
Mendip Hills
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Postcode district
BS18
Postcode sector
BS18 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS39 6TR 145 m
BS39 6TT 348 m
BS39 6TP 374 m
BS39 6UR 455 m
BS39 6TS 492 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS18 5TR
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 August 1997
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS18
Postcode sector
BS18 5
Latitude
51.293286
Longitude
-2.533497
British National Grid easting
362,897
British National Grid northing
155,042

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Mendip Hills · E05014371
Parish or community
E04008587
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00147786
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 006A · E01029018
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 006 · E02006052

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
15
Secondary
2

  1. Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    673 m

  2. Paulton Infant School

    Academy converter

    2.5 km

  3. Paulton Junior School

    Community school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
29
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 6
  • Other theft 5
  • Burglary 4
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Public order 3

GP practices

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • ELM HAYES SURGERY

    CLANDOWN ROAD, PAULTON, BRISTOL, BS39 7SF

    ODS code L81059

    3.0 km

  • SOMER VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP

    GULLOCK TYNING, MIDSOMER NORTON, RADSTOCK, BA3 2UH

    ODS code L81025

    4.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Rush Hill

    BCT · Ston Easton

    0.2 miles

  • Rush Hill

    BCT · Ston Easton

    0.2 miles

  • Farrington Gurney By-pass

    BCT · Farrington Gurney

    0.3 miles

  • Farrington Gurney By-pass

    BCT · Farrington Gurney

    0.3 miles

  • Main Street

    BCT · Farrington Gurney

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 006A, 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

19,976 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
8 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

19 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Farrington Gurney Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 673 m.

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

Recorded crime

29 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 6 events.

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