SN12 6YY

Bowerhill · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Melksham
Local authority
Wiltshire
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN12 6UP 0 m
SN12 6SG 123 m
SN12 6SH 130 m
SN12 6TT 133 m
SN12 6UW 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN12 6YY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 2005
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 6
Latitude
51.359713
Longitude
-2.128659
British National Grid easting
391,138
British National Grid northing
162,302

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Electoral ward
Bowerhill · E05013832
Parish or community
E04013042
Westminster constituency
Melksham and Devizes · E14001356
Output area
E00184284
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 021I · E01034530
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 021 · E02006679

Postcode source versions

Explore SN12

2 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
2a, Halifax Road, Melksham, SN12 6YY 5 July 2019 £970,000
2a, Halifax Road, Melksham, SN12 6YY 3 November 2015 £740,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. Bowerhill Primary School

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    415 m
  2. Melksham Oak Community School

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    698 m
  3. Aloeric Primary School

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    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
858
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 376
  • Anti social behaviour 166
  • Criminal damage and arson 70
  • Public order 62
  • Other theft 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SN12 6 residents
10,283

Age bands in SN12 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.6%

1,709 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,063 residents

Age 25 to 44
21.5%

2,353 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

3,280 residents

Age 65 and over
23.1%

2,530 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

2

within 5 km

  • SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    SNOWBERRY LANE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6UN

    ODS code J83046

    817 m

  • GIFFORDS PRIMARY CARE CTR

    SPA ROAD, MELKSHAM, SN12 7EA

    ODS code J83011

    914 m

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

  • Lancaster Road

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.0 miles
  • Lancaster Road

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.0 miles
  • Kestrel Court

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.1 miles
  • Kestrel Court

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.1 miles
  • Pathfinder Place

    BCT · Bowerhill

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 021I, 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

23,269 of 33,755

Income
6 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
9 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

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. Bowerhill Primary School is the nearest published school at 415 m.

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

Recorded crime

858 published events cover 12 months, averaging 71.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 376 events.

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