SN5 4BS

Purton · Wiltshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swindon
Ward
Purton
Local authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
South Cotswolds
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN5 4BP 102 m
SN5 3XW 110 m
SN5 4BY 123 m
SN5 4DJ 126 m
SN5 4BL 127 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN5 4BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 4
Latitude
51.585507
Longitude
-1.882312
British National Grid easting
408,250
British National Grid northing
187,412

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Wiltshire · E06000054
Electoral ward
Purton · E05013457
Parish or community
E04011800
Westminster constituency
South Cotswolds · E14001482
Output area
E00162976
Lower layer super output area
Wiltshire 003C · E01031956
Middle layer super output area
Wiltshire 003 · E02006646

Postcode source versions

Explore SN5

41 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
20, Highridge Close, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4BS 23 August 2024 £440,000
17, Highridge Close, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4BS 23 January 2024 £441,000
31, Highridge Close, Purton, Swindon, SN5 4BS 24 August 2023 £420,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
23
Primary
17
Secondary
4
  1. Bradon Forest School

    Academy converter

    712 m
  2. St Mary's Church of England Primary School & Nursery, Purton

    Voluntary controlled school

    951 m
  3. Lydiard Millicent CofE Primary School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
120
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 66
  • Other theft 14
  • Anti social behaviour 13
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Public order 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

33 female, 34 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
1.9
SN5 4 residents
5,929

Age bands in SN5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.3%

1,177 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

584 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.9%

1,642 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.6%

1,567 residents

Age 65 and over
18.7%

1,142 residents

This postcode contained 1.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SN5 4 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

4

within 5 km

  • PURTON SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, WILLIS WAY, PURTON, SWINDON, SN5 4BD

    ODS code J83006

    297 m

  • RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX

    ODS code J83064

    3.8 km

  • TINKERS LANE SURGERY

    ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, SWINDON, SN4 7AT

    ODS code J83029

    4.8 km

  • ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY

    ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY

    ODS code J83036

    5.0 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

  • Highridge Close

    BCT · Purton

    0.1 miles
  • Highridge Close

    BCT · Purton

    0.1 miles
  • The Royal George

    BCT · Purton

    0.1 miles
  • The Royal George

    BCT · Purton

    0.1 miles
  • Restrop View

    BCT · Purton

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wiltshire 003C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

14,849 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
7 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
1
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

Property market

The five-year median is £417,500 from 10 recorded sales in SN5 4BS. 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

23 open schools are in scope, including 17 primary and 4 secondary schools. Bradon Forest School is the nearest published school at 712 m.

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

Recorded crime

120 published events cover 12 months, averaging 10 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 66 events.

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