Ilchester

Ilchester is covered by postcode district BA22. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £235,000 Homes sold in Ilchester, last 12 months Gigabit broadband 42 of 66 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 26 of 67 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Nearest school Ilchester Community School 750 m from the middle, in a straight line

Every postcode in Ilchester, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Ilchester, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 15 are at very low risk only and 41 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ilchester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A303A37 BA22 8FT: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GS: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GT: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GU: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GW: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GX: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GY: not on the flood risk listBA22 8GZ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JJ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JN: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JP: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JR: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JS: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JT: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JU: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JW: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JX: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JY: not on the flood risk listBA22 8JZ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LE: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LH: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LJ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LL: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LN: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LW: not on the flood risk listBA22 8NE: not on the flood risk listBA22 8NF: not on the flood risk listBA22 8NH: not on the flood risk listBA22 8NJ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WB: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WD: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WE: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WF: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WG: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WH: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WJ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8WQ: not on the flood risk listBA22 8ZE: not on the flood risk listBA22 8ZF: not on the flood risk listBA22 8ZG: not on the flood risk listBA22 8LR: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NA: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NB: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NL: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NN: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NQ: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NR: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NS: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NT: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NU: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NW: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NX: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8NY: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8PS: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8QP: very low flood risk onlyBA22 8LD: low flood risk at worstBA22 8LQ: low flood risk at worstBA22 8LY: low flood risk at worstBA22 8LZ: low flood risk at worstBA22 8ND: low flood risk at worstBA22 8NG: low flood risk at worstBA22 8GF: medium flood risk at worstBA22 8LA: medium flood risk at worstBA22 8LU: medium flood risk at worstBA22 8LP: high flood riskBA22 8LX: high flood risk Ilchester Map of every postcode in Ilchester, by flood risk Of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 15 are at very low risk only and 41 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Ilchester. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A303 Ilchester
  • A home or business at high risk: 2
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 6
  • At very low risk only: 15
  • Not on the at-risk list: 41

Of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 6 are at low risk at worst, 15 are at very low risk only and 41 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.0060, longitude -2.6814. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Environment Agency flood risk, published 6 July 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

The postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BA22 8LX3 at high riskBA22 8LP1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Ilchester?

Homes sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to September 2026. At 42 of the 66 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 7 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 67 postcodes. The nearest school is Ilchester Community School, 750 metres from the middle of its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Queen Camel Medical Centre, 7.2 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Yeovil Pen Mill, 8.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

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

Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data; Ofcom Connected Nations; Environment Agency flood risk; Get Information about Schools; NHS GP practices; NaPTAN. Each figure is from a section of this page, which gives its date.

What do homes cost in Ilchester?

Homes in Ilchester sold for a typical £235,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 23 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £197,000 from 34 sales. With fewer than 30 sales a year, a change can come from which homes happened to sell, so we do not give one.

£235,000 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026
£197,000 12 months to September 2025
  • Detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Semi-detached £240,000 5 sales
  • Terraced £238,000 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £110,000 7 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole BA22 district, Ilchester's main postcode district: a typical £309,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Ilchester: 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 October 2026.

Are new homes being built in Ilchester?

12 of the 67 postcodes now in use in Ilchester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Ilchester were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA22 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

BA22 8LFsince April 2026BA22 8GUsince October 2023BA22 8GTsince May 2023BA22 8GWsince January 2023BA22 8GYsince December 2022BA22 8ZFsince October 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 IlchesterAcross the BA22 district
The 12 months to September 2026 0 of 23 (0%) 2 of 238 (Under 1%)
The 12 months to September 2025 0 of 34 (0%) 42 of 308 (14%)

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.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 October 2026.

What broadband can you get in Ilchester?

Ofcom reports on 66 of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit42 of 66
Postcodes where every home can get superfast65 of 66

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, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026.

Is Ilchester at risk of flooding?

26 of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester 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.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 26 of 67 postcodes High: 4Medium: 3Low: 77Very low: 194

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 flood risk, published 6 July 2026.

Which schools are in Ilchester?

There is no primary school at the postcodes in Ilchester; these are the nearest to its middle. 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. Special schools and alternative provision, which children join by referral, are not listed.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026. Each school opens its own record there.

How far is the station from Ilchester?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Ilchester is Yeovil Pen Mill Rail Station, 8.3 km away in a straight line.

  • Yeovil Pen Mill Rail Station Railway station 8.3 kmDrive
  • Yeovil Junction Rail Station Railway station 10.2 kmDrive
  • Thornford Rail Station Railway station 12.8 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: NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.

Which GP surgeries are in Ilchester?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Ilchester. 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.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Sources: NHS GP practices, read 17 October 2026; Care Quality Commission, ratings of 1 October 2026.

Is Ilchester safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 189 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Ilchester 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. 14 September 2025
  2. 19 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 10 December 2025
  5. 15 January 2026
  6. 9 February 2026
  7. 21 March 2026
  8. 12 April 2026
  9. 14 May 2026
  10. 26 June 2026
  11. 16 July 2026
  12. 23 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences74 reports
Other theft42 reports
Anti-social behaviour15 reports
Criminal damage and arson13 reports
Drugs10 reports
Shoplifting9 reports
Burglary7 reports
Other crime7 reports

Also: public order 6, vehicle crime 3, possession of weapons 2, robbery 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 to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026.

Who runs Ilchester?

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

All 67 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

Moving to Ilchester

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Ilchester postcodes

67 postcodes in use in Ilchester, by district:

BA22 postcode district,67 postcodes

That district is in the BA postcode area.

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Places near Ilchester

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

Somerton6.7 km, £285,000Martock7.2 km, £247,500Yeovil7.2 km, £230,000Langport10.6 km, £296,000South Petherton10.9 km, £360,000Sherborne13.0 km, £315,000Curry Rivel13.3 km, £342,500Street13.8 km, £260,000 All places A to Z

Quick answers about Ilchester

What is the postcode for Ilchester?
Postcode district BA22, with 67 postcodes in use. Source: ONS.
Which council is Ilchester in?
Somerset. Source: ONS.
Who is the MP for Ilchester?
Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat), for Glastonbury and Somerton. Source: UK Parliament and ONS.
How much are houses in Ilchester?
A typical £235,000 in the 12 months to September 2026, from 23 sales. Source: HM Land Registry.
What schools are in Ilchester?
The nearest primary school to the middle of its postcodes is Ilchester Community School, 750 metres away; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Stanchester Academy, 6.6 km away. Source: Department for Education.
Does Ilchester have a railway station?
The nearest is Yeovil Pen Mill station, 8.3 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport.
What broadband can you get in Ilchester?
Ofcom reports on 66 of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester. At 42 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom.
Is Ilchester at risk of flooding?
26 of the 67 postcodes in Ilchester 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. River and sea risk for the land, not surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Ilchester?
12 of the 67 postcodes now in use in Ilchester came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to September 2025, 0 of the 34 homes sold in Ilchester were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA22 district, 14%. Source: ONS and HM Land Registry.

Where the facts on this page come from

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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