BS40 8UH

Chew Valley · Bath and North East Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS40 8AQ 576 m
BS40 8UQ 598 m
BS40 8BP 620 m
BS40 8UL 658 m
BS40 8BS 679 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS40 8UH
Status
Current
Introduced
1 December 1997
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS40
Postcode sector
BS40 8
Latitude
51.360086
Longitude
-2.647994
British National Grid easting
354,979
British National Grid northing
162,535

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Parish or community
E04000958
Output area
E00072647
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
7
Primary
6
Secondary
1
  1. Chew Stoke Church School

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    1.1 km
  2. Chew Valley School

    Academy converter

    1.8 km
  3. Winford Church of England Primary School

    Academy converter

    2.8 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
44
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Other theft 10
  • Violence and sexual offences 10
  • Burglary 8
  • Anti social behaviour 5
  • Vehicle crime 4

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
3

1 female, 2 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
3.0
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 0.1% 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
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

  • CHEW MEDICAL PRACTICE

    CHEW LANE, CHEW STOKE, BRISTOL, BS40 8UE

    ODS code L81072

    1.4 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

  • Chew Medical Practice

    BCT · Chew Stoke

    0.8 miles
  • Chew Medical Practice

    BCT · Chew Stoke

    0.8 miles
  • Stoke Inn

    BCT · Chew Stoke

    0.8 miles
  • Stoke Inn

    BCT · Chew Stoke

    0.8 miles
  • Portbridge Crossroads

    BCT · Chew Magna

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

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

26,749 of 33,755

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

7 open schools are in scope, including 6 primary and 1 secondary schools. Chew Stoke Church School is the nearest published school at 0.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

44 published events cover 12 months, averaging 3.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Other theft with 10 events.

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