BS40 6YX

Chew Valley · Bath and North East Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS40 6JB 42 m
BS40 6JA 49 m
BS40 6NA 57 m
BS40 6AS 69 m
BS40 6JQ 125 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS40 6YX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 February 2021
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 6
Latitude
51.310744
Longitude
-2.655003
British National Grid easting
354,442
British National Grid northing
157,052

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04000963
Output area
E00072649
Middle layer super output area
Bath and North East Somerset 021 · E02003005

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
5
Primary
5
Secondary
0
  1. Ubley Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.9 km
  2. East Harptree Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.4 km
  3. Blagdon Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    4.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
26
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 7
  • Violence and sexual offences 7
  • Burglary 4
  • Public order 4
  • Other theft 2

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BS40 6 residents
2,308

Age bands in BS40 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

410 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

217 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.1%

471 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

736 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

629 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

  • HARPTREE SURGERY

    BRISTOL ROAD, WEST HARPTREE, BRISTOL, BS40 6HF

    ODS code L81030

    1.6 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

  • Post Office

    BCT · Compton Martin

    0.0 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Compton Martin

    0.0 miles
  • Mendip Villas

    BCT · Compton Martin

    0.4 miles
  • Mendip Villas

    BCT · Compton Martin

    0.4 miles
  • Fairash Crossroads

    BCT · Ridge

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bath and North East Somerset 021B, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

24,303 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
3 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
1
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

Schools

5 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 0 secondary schools. Ubley Church of England 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

26 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 7 events.

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