SN12 7QN

Melksham Forest · 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 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN12 7DZ 29 m
SN12 7FB 36 m
SN12 6LA 65 m
SN12 7DY 73 m
SN12 6GY 77 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN12 7QN
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2025
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN12
Postcode sector
SN12 7
Latitude
51.373587
Longitude
-2.137117
British National Grid easting
390,552
British National Grid northing
163,846

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Parish or community
E04013041
Westminster constituency
Melksham and Devizes · E14001356
Output area
E00184301
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 022A · E01032062
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 022 · E02006680

Postcode source versions

Explore SN12

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
16, Flat 1, Bolwell Place, Melksham, SN12 7QN 4 June 2025 £190,000
16, Flat 2, Bolwell Place, Melksham, SN12 7QN 14 March 2025 £170,000
16, Flat 2, Bolwell Place, Melksham, SN12 7QN 18 March 2022 £350,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
14
Primary
12
Secondary
1
  1. The Manor CofE VC Primary School

    Academy converter

    166 m
  2. Melksham House School

    Other independent special school

    331 m
  3. River Mead School

    Academy sponsor led

    538 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,342
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 557
  • Anti social behaviour 273
  • Criminal damage and arson 110
  • Public order 100
  • Shoplifting 83

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
SN12 7 residents
11,839

Age bands in SN12 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.6%

2,085 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,088 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.5%

2,744 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.8%

3,005 residents

Age 65 and over
20.4%

2,293 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.

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

2

within 5 km straight-line

  • GIFFORDS PRIMARY CARE CTR

    SPA ROAD, MELKSHAM, SN12 7EA

    ODS code J83011

    776 m

  • SPA MEDICAL CENTRE

    SNOWBERRY LANE, MELKSHAM, SN12 6UN

    ODS code J83046

    1.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Buds Bar

    BCT · Melksham

    0.0 miles
  • Bud's Bar

    BCT · Melksham

    0.0 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles
  • The Bear

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles
  • The Bear

    BCT · Melksham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 022A, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

5,064 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
1 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
6 of 10
Living environment
5 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.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £190,000 from 3 recorded sales in SN12 7QN. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wiltshire is £328,908 in June 2026, up 2.7% year on year.

Schools

14 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 1 secondary schools. The Manor CofE VC Primary School is the nearest published school at 166 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,342 published events cover 12 months, averaging 111.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 557 events.

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