Castle Cary

Castle Cary is covered by postcode district BA7. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £240,000 Homes sold in Castle Cary, last 12 months. ▼ 19.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 108 of 159 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Castle Cary, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Castle Cary, by flood risk Of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary that ONS places, 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Castle Cary. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A371 BA7 7AA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AR: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AW: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7AZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BR: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BS: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7BZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DP: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DR: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DS: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DW: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7DZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7ED: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EP: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7ER: not on the flood risk listBA7 7ES: not on the flood risk listBA7 7ET: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EW: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7EZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FP: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FR: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7FZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7GP: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HP: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HR: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HS: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HW: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7HZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JP: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JR: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JS: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JW: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JX: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JY: not on the flood risk listBA7 7JZ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LE: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LF: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LG: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LH: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LJ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LQ: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LS: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LT: not on the flood risk listBA7 7LU: not on the flood risk listBA7 7ND: not on the flood risk listBA7 7NL: not on the flood risk listBA7 7NN: not on the flood risk listBA7 7NW: not on the flood risk listBA7 7PA: not on the flood risk listBA7 7PB: not on the flood risk listBA7 7PD: not on the flood risk listBA7 7PG: not on the flood risk list Castle Cary Map of every postcode in Castle Cary, by flood risk Of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary that ONS places, 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Castle Cary. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A371 Castle Cary
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 159

Of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary that ONS places, 159 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.0910, longitude -2.5173. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 is it like to live in Castle Cary?

Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 19.1% on the 12 months before. At 108 of the 159 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 159 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Castle Cary?

Homes in Castle Cary sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, down 19.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£240,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£296,500
12 months to August 2026
£240,000

▼ down 19.1% on the 12 months before

Detached£461,051 11 sales
Semi-detached£275,000 14 sales
Terraced£225,000 23 sales
Flat or maisonette£142,500 6 sales

Across the whole BA7 district, Castle Cary's main postcode district: a typical £240,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Castle Cary: 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

Are new homes being built in Castle Cary?

17 of the 159 postcodes now in use in Castle Cary came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 56 homes sold in Castle Cary were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA7 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

BA7 7GLsince October 2023BA7 7GHsince August 2023BA7 7GDsince March 2023BA7 7FZsince January 2023BA7 7GPsince August 2022BA7 7GFsince May 2022

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Castle CaryAcross the BA7 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 54 (0%) 0 of 59 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 56 (0%) 0 of 60 (0%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Castle Cary?

Ofcom reports on 159 of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary. At 108 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit108 of 159
Postcodes where every home can get superfast153 of 159

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Castle Cary at risk of flooding?

None of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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

Which schools are in Castle Cary?

The open schools at the postcodes in Castle Cary. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Castle Cary?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Castle Cary is Castle Cary Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Castle Cary Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Bruton Rail Station Railway station 5.4 kmDrive
  • Templecombe Rail Station Railway station 12.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Castle Cary?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Castle Cary. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Castle Cary safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 237 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Castle Cary over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 18 September 2025
  2. 22 October 2025
  3. 18 November 2025
  4. 24 December 2025
  5. 18 January 2026
  6. 10 February 2026
  7. 12 March 2026
  8. 35 April 2026
  9. 24 May 2026
  10. 11 June 2026
  11. 24 July 2026
  12. 21 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences125 reports
Anti-social behaviour27 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Public order17 reports
Criminal damage and arson14 reports
Burglary13 reports
Other theft7 reports
Drugs5 reports

Also: other crime 5, shoplifting 3, possession of weapons 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Castle Cary?

Council
Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Glastonbury and Somerton
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat)

All 159 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Castle Cary postcodes

159 postcodes in use in Castle Cary, by district:

BA7 postcode district,159 postcodes

That district is in the BA postcode area.

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Places near Castle Cary

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Castle Cary's £240,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Bruton4.8 km, £400,000Evercreech6.4 km, £328,000Wincanton8.4 km, £277,500Shepton Mallet11.0 km, £257,000Templecombe12.3 km, £230,000Milborne Port14.2 km, £278,000Ilchester14.9 km, £224,000Glastonbury15.3 km, £267,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Castle Cary

What is it like to live in Castle Cary?
Homes sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 19.1% on the 12 months before. At 108 of the 159 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 159 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, 1.1 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Castle Cary?
Castle Cary is covered by postcode district BA7, across 159 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Castle Cary in?
Castle Cary is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Castle Cary?
Castle Cary is in the Glastonbury and Somerton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Castle Cary?
Homes in Castle Cary sold for a typical £240,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 54 sales, down 19.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Castle Cary?
In Castle Cary, primary schools at its postcodes include Castle Cary Community Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ansford Academy. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Castle Cary have a railway station?
Yes: Castle Cary is 1.1 km from the centre point of the postcodes in Castle Cary, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Castle Cary?
Ofcom reports on 159 of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary. At 108 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Castle Cary at risk of flooding?
None of the 159 postcodes in Castle Cary is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Castle Cary?
17 of the 159 postcodes now in use in Castle Cary came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 56 homes sold in Castle Cary were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA7 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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