BS18 6XL

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
BS40 7XL	0 m
BS40 7XN	714 m
BS40 7XJ	741 m
BS40 7XX	759 m
BS40 7XW	1.0 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: BS18 6XL
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 August 1997
Postcode area: BS
Postcode district: BS18
Postcode sector: BS18 6
Latitude: 51.308256
Longitude: -2.706988
British National Grid easting: 350,816
British National Grid northing: 156,809

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South West · E12000009
Local authority district: Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward: Mendip Hills · E05014371
Parish or community: E04008578
Westminster constituency: Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area: E00148002
Lower layer super output area: Mendip 005B · E01029060
Middle layer super output area: Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Blagdon Primary School

Academy sponsor led
1.9 km
Ubley Church of England Primary School

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2.6 km
Burrington Church of England Primary School

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3.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events: 12
Months covered: 12
Latest month: June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

Violence and sexual offences 7
Criminal damage and arson 4
Anti social behaviour 1

Nearby transport

Paywell Farm

BCT · Charterhouse
0.1 miles
Paywell Farm

BCT · Charterhouse
0.1 miles
St Hugh's Cottage

BCT · Charterhouse
0.8 miles
St Hugh's Cottage

BCT · Charterhouse
0.8 miles
Dipland Grove

BCT · Blagdon
1.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 005B, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,438 of 33,755

Income: 8 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 7 of 10
Health and disability: 9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Blagdon Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.2 miles.

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

Recorded crime

12 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 7 events.

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