BS40 5BY

Blagdon & Churchill · North Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
North Somerset
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS40 5BU 47 m
BS40 5BX 59 m
BS40 5BZ 196 m
BS40 5DB 236 m
BS40 5DP 248 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS40 5BY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 5
Latitude
51.339807
Longitude
-2.760464
British National Grid easting
347,125
British National Grid northing
160,355

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
North Somerset · E06000024
Parish or community
E04001006
Westminster constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills · E14001572
Output area
E00074495
Lower layer super output area
North Somerset 024E · E01014748
Middle layer super output area
North Somerset 024 · E02003088

Postcode source versions

Explore BS40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Burrington Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.2 km
  2. Churchill Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. Wrington Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
112
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 28
  • Shoplifting 26
  • Violence and sexual offences 21
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Vehicle crime 7

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
10

5 female, 5 male

Postcode households
4
Residents per household
2.5
BS40 5 residents
4,901

Age bands in BS40 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.1%

845 residents

Age 15 to 24
11%

543 residents

Age 25 to 44
20.5%

1,011 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,352 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,188 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS40 5 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

  • MENDIP VALE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    LANGFORD SURGERY, PUDDING PIE LANE, LANGFORD, BRISTOL, BS40 5EL

    ODS code L81086

    1.8 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

  • Yew Tree Close

    BCT · Langford

    0.1 miles
  • Yew Tree Close

    BCT · Langford

    0.1 miles
  • Blackmoor

    BCT · Langford

    0.5 miles
  • Blackmoor

    BCT · Langford

    0.5 miles
  • Greenwell Lane

    BCT · Langford

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Somerset 024E, 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

21,313 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
6 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
1
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 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Burrington Church of England 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

112 published events cover 12 months, averaging 9.333 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 28 events.

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