BA8 postcode district: Henstridge and around
BA8 is a postcode district in England, with 212 postcodes in use in 1 sector. It has postcodes in Henstridge, Templecombe and Wincanton. It is split between 2 councils: Somerset (210 postcodes) and Dorset (2).
- Postcodes in use
- 212
- Sectors
- 1
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 3 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in BA8, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 5
- In use before 2020: 207
Of the 212 postcodes in BA8 that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 207 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 50.9964, longitude -2.4119. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
What broadband can you get in BA8?
Ofcom reports on 210 of the 212 postcodes in BA8. At 147 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is BA8 at risk of flooding?
4 of the 212 postcodes in BA8 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 7 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in BA8?
Homes in BA8 sold for a typical £250,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 41 sales, down 21.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £420,000 9 sales
- Semi-detached £270,000 15 sales
- Terraced £195,000 15 sales
- Flat or maisonette 2 sales, too few to price
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in BA8
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in BA8
Towns and villages with postcodes in BA8, and how many each has here.
Who covers BA8
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Glastonbury and Somerton210
- North Dorset2
Police force areas
- Avon and Somerset210
- Dorset2
Next to BA8
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after BA8 in the BA area.
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