BS27 3WY

Mendip West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BS27
Postcode sector
BS27 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS27 3UZ 27 m
BS27 3UX 154 m
BS27 3UY 317 m
BA5 1LX 381 m
BS27 3XA 487 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS27 3WY
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 November 2004
Terminated
1 March 2006
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS27
Postcode sector
BS27 3
Latitude
51.243242
Longitude
-2.732209
British National Grid easting
348,986
British National Grid northing
149,596

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
E00148006
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 005B · E01029060
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 005 · E02006051

Postcode source versions

Explore BS27

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
4
Secondary
2
  1. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km
  2. Draycott & Rodney Stoke Church of England First School

    Academy converter

    2.2 km
  3. Priddy Primary School

    Community school

    4.2 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
58
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 30
  • Criminal damage and arson 8
  • Burglary 5
  • Other theft 5
  • Anti social behaviour 5

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • CHEDDAR MEDICAL CENTRE

    ROYNON WAY, CHEDDAR, BS27 3NZ

    ODS code L85011

    4.6 km

Nearby transport

  • Bucklegrove Caravan Park

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.0 miles
  • Bucklegrove Caravan Park

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.0 miles
  • Scaddens Lane

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.4 miles
  • Scaddens Lane

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.4 miles
  • Smiths Close

    BCT · Rodney Stoke

    0.7 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

6 open schools are in scope, including 4 primary and 2 secondary schools. St Lawrence's CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

58 published events cover 12 months, averaging 4.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 30 events.

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