Henstridge

Henstridge is covered by postcode district BA8. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £235,000 Homes sold in Henstridge, last 12 months. ▼ 7.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 46 of 65 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 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Henstridge, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Henstridge, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge that ONS places, 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Henstridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A357A30 BA8 0AT: not on the flood risk listBA8 0AU: not on the flood risk listBA8 0AY: not on the flood risk listBA8 0BQ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PN: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PP: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PR: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PS: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PT: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PU: not on the flood risk listBA8 0PW: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QA: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QB: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QD: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QE: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QF: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QG: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QH: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QJ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QL: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QN: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QP: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QQ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QR: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QT: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QW: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QY: not on the flood risk listBA8 0QZ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RA: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RB: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RD: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RE: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RF: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RG: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RH: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RJ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RL: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RN: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RP: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RQ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RR: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RS: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RT: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RU: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RW: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RX: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RY: not on the flood risk listBA8 0RZ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SA: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SF: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SG: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SH: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SJ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SL: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SN: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SP: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SQ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SR: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SS: not on the flood risk listBA8 0ST: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SW: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SY: not on the flood risk listBA8 0SZ: not on the flood risk listBA8 0TS: not on the flood risk listBA8 0TT: not on the flood risk listBA8 0TU: not on the flood risk list Henstridge Map of every postcode in Henstridge, by flood risk Of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge that ONS places, 66 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Henstridge. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Henstridge
  • 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: 66

Of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge that ONS places, 66 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 50.9764, longitude -2.3947. 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 Henstridge?

Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 46 of the 65 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 66 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 at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Milborne Port Surgery, 5.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Templecombe, 3.2 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 Henstridge?

Homes in Henstridge sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£235,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£253,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 7.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £190,000 9 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole BA8 district, Henstridge's main postcode district: a typical £250,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Henstridge: 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 Henstridge?

None of the 66 postcodes now in use in Henstridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 21 homes sold in Henstridge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA8 district, 31%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn HenstridgeAcross the BA8 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 17 (0%) 0 of 41 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 21 (0%) 25 of 80 (31%)

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 Henstridge?

Ofcom reports on 65 of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge. At 46 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit46 of 65
Postcodes where every home can get superfast65 of 65

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 Henstridge at risk of flooding?

None of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge 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 Henstridge?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Henstridge. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. 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 Henstridge?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Henstridge is Templecombe Rail Station, 3.2 km away in a straight line.

  • Templecombe Rail Station Railway station 3.2 kmCycle
  • Sherborne Rail Station Railway station 9.0 kmDrive
  • Gillingham (Dorset) Rail Station Railway station 10.7 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 Henstridge?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Henstridge. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

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

Is Henstridge safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 119 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Henstridge 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. 15 September 2025
  2. 5 October 2025
  3. 12 November 2025
  4. 9 December 2025
  5. 14 January 2026
  6. 8 February 2026
  7. 11 March 2026
  8. 13 April 2026
  9. 10 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 8 July 2026
  12. 4 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences61 reports
Criminal damage and arson17 reports
Anti-social behaviour10 reports
Public order9 reports
Burglary6 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports
Other theft6 reports
Other crime2 reports

Also: shoplifting 1, possession of weapons 1.

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 Henstridge?

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

All 66 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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Henstridge postcodes

66 postcodes in use in Henstridge, by district:

BA8 postcode district,66 postcodes

That district is in the BA postcode area.

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Places near Henstridge

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Henstridge's £235,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Stalbridge2.4 km, £327,500Templecombe3.1 km, £230,000Milborne Port4.9 km, £278,000Marnhull5.4 km, £375,000Sturminster Newton8.3 km, £277,000Wincanton8.9 km, £277,500Sherborne9.2 km, £320,000Gillingham, Dorset10.8 km, £255,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Henstridge

What is it like to live in Henstridge?
Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. At 46 of the 65 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 66 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 at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Milborne Port Surgery, 5.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Templecombe, 3.2 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 Henstridge?
Henstridge is covered by postcode district BA8, across 66 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Henstridge in?
Henstridge is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Henstridge?
Henstridge 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 Henstridge?
Homes in Henstridge sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 17 sales, down 7.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Henstridge?
In Henstridge, primary schools at its postcodes include St Nicholas CofE Primary School, Henstridge; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Sturminster Newton High School, 7.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Henstridge have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Henstridge is Templecombe, 3.2 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Henstridge?
Ofcom reports on 65 of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge. At 46 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Henstridge at risk of flooding?
None of the 66 postcodes in Henstridge 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 Henstridge?
None of the 66 postcodes now in use in Henstridge came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 21 homes sold in Henstridge were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA8 district, 31%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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