BS40 7XL

Mendip Hills · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS40 7XN 714 m
BS40 7XJ 741 m
BS40 7XX 759 m
BS40 7XW 1.0 km
BS40 7XH 1.1 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS40 7XL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 7
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
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

Explore BS40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
3
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Blagdon Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.9 km
  2. Ubley Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.6 km
  3. Burrington Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    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

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
8

4 female, 4 male

Postcode households
2
Residents per household
4.0
BS40 7 residents
1,842

Age bands in BS40 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.7%

284 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.7%

148 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.7%

318 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.4%

518 residents

Age 65 and over
25.5%

435 residents

This postcode contained 0.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS40 7 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
0%
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.

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.

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

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.