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BS40 8BE

Chew Valley · Bath and North East Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward
Chew Valley
Local authority
Bath and North East Somerset
Constituency
North East Somerset and Hanham
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS40 8BD 662 m
BS40 7XA 761 m
BS40 8DS 793 m
BS40 8BB 848 m
BS40 8BG 875 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS40 8BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 8
Latitude
51.357730
Longitude
-2.673439
British National Grid easting
353,205
British National Grid northing
162,289

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bath and North East Somerset · E06000022
Electoral ward
Chew Valley · E05012464
Parish or community
E04000978
Westminster constituency
North East Somerset and Hanham · E14001394
Output area
E00072651
Lower layer super output area
Bath and North East Somerset 021B · E01014383
Middle layer super output area
Bath and North East Somerset 021 · E02003005

Postcode source versions

Explore BS40

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
5
Secondary
1

  1. Chew Stoke Church School

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    2.5 km

  2. Winford Church of England Primary School

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    2.9 km

  3. Chew Valley School

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    3.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
9
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Burglary 3
  • Other theft 3
  • Shoplifting 1
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
BS40 8 residents
3,733

Age bands in BS40 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.2%

713 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.3%

386 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

803 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.9%

1,238 residents

Age 65 and over
24.3%

1,007 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS40 8 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • CHEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHEW LANE, CHEW STOKE, BRISTOL, BS40 8UE

    ODS code L81072

    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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Old Post Office

    BCT · Butcombe

    1.2 miles

  • Old Post Office

    BCT · Butcombe

    1.2 miles

  • Bellevue Farm

    BCT · West Town

    1.4 miles

  • Prince of Waterloo

    BCT · Winford

    1.8 miles

  • Prince of Waterloo

    BCT · Winford

    1.8 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
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

6 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Chew Stoke Church School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

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

Recorded crime

9 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Burglary with 3 events.

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