BS27 3TE

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Cheddar
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BS27
Postcode sector
BS27 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS27 3TF 69 m
BS27 3TB 103 m
BS27 3TD 157 m
BS27 3SY 169 m
BS27 3UH 170 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS27 3TE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS27
Postcode sector
BS27 3
Latitude
51.251660
Longitude
-2.750339
British National Grid easting
347,730
British National Grid northing
150,545

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008581
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00148004
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 005B · E01029060
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

Explore BS27

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
North Bank, Eastville Lane, Draycott, Cheddar, BS27 3TE 29 May 2026 £430,000
Avalon, 8, Eastville Lane, Draycott, Cheddar, BS27 3TE 29 August 2025 £375,000
12, Eastville Lane, Draycott, Cheddar, BS27 3TE 19 September 2024 £318,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
3
Secondary
2
  1. Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    808 m
  2. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.9 km
  3. Fairlands Middle School

    Academy converter

    3.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
65
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 13
  • Anti social behaviour 6
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

16 female, 18 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
3.1
BS27 3 residents
7,499

Age bands in BS27 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.2%

1,154 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

721 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

1,454 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.9%

2,197 residents

Age 65 and over
27.2%

2,069 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS27 3 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+
72.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
63.6%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
63.6%
Gigabit-capable
63.6%
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

  • CHEDDAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROYNON WAY, CHEDDAR, BS27 3NZ

    ODS code L85011

    3.1 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

  • Back Lane

    BCT · Draycott

    0.3 miles
  • Back Lane

    BCT · Draycott

    0.3 miles
  • Smiths Close

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.3 miles
  • Smiths Close

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.3 miles
  • Scaddens Lane

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.6 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.

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 £375,000 from 5 recorded sales in BS27 3TE. 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 3 primary and 2 secondary schools. Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School is the nearest published school at 808 m.

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

Recorded crime

65 published events cover 12 months, averaging 5.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 27 events.

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