Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet is covered by postcode district BA4. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £257,000 Homes sold in Shepton Mallet, last 12 months. ▲ 2.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 209 of 350 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 37 of 395 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 192 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Shepton Mallet, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Shepton Mallet, by flood risk Of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 358 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 16 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Shepton Mallet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A37 BA4 4AL: not on the flood risk listBA4 4AR: not on the flood risk listBA4 4AS: not on the flood risk listBA4 4AT: not on the flood risk listBA4 4AW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4BU: not on the flood risk listBA4 4BW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4BX: not on the flood risk listBA4 4BZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DA: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DE: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DL: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DN: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DP: not on the flood risk listBA4 4DW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4EF: not on the flood risk listBA4 4EG: not on the flood risk listBA4 4EJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4EX: not on the flood risk listBA4 4EY: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FB: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FD: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FE: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FP: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FR: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FS: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FT: not on the flood risk listBA4 4FW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4GE: not on the flood risk listBA4 4GJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HF: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HG: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HH: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HT: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HU: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HX: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HY: not on the flood risk listBA4 4HZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LP: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LR: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LS: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LT: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LU: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4LX: not on the flood risk listBA4 4NE: not on the flood risk listBA4 4NH: not on the flood risk listBA4 4PE: not on the flood risk listBA4 4PG: not on the flood risk listBA4 4PN: not on the flood risk listBA4 4PS: not on the flood risk listBA4 4PW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4RT: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TL: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TN: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TP: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TR: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TS: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TT: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TU: not on the flood risk listBA4 4TW: not on the flood risk listBA4 4UA: not on the flood risk listBA4 4WD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5AZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5BY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5DZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5ER: not on the flood risk listBA4 5ES: not on the flood risk listBA4 5ET: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5EZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5FQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5GX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5HX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5JY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5LZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5NZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5PZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5QZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5RX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5ST: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5SZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5TZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UH: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UU: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5UZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5WS: not on the flood risk listBA4 5WT: not on the flood risk listBA4 5WW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XJ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XL: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XN: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XP: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XR: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XW: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XX: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XY: not on the flood risk listBA4 5XZ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YA: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YB: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YD: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YE: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YF: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YG: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YQ: not on the flood risk listBA4 5YR: not on the flood risk listBA4 4PR: low flood risk at worstBA4 5EH: low flood risk at worstBA4 5EL: low flood risk at worstBA4 5EP: low flood risk at worstBA4 5GL: low flood risk at worstBA4 5JJ: medium flood risk at worstBA4 5JT: medium flood risk at worstBA4 4PP: high flood riskBA4 5DL: high flood riskBA4 5DW: high flood riskBA4 5EF: high flood riskBA4 5EN: high flood riskBA4 5EQ: high flood riskBA4 5EW: high flood riskBA4 5HB: high flood riskBA4 5HF: high flood riskBA4 5HP: high flood riskBA4 5HS: high flood riskBA4 5HT: high flood riskBA4 5HU: high flood riskBA4 5HY: high flood riskBA4 5HZ: high flood riskBA4 5JA: high flood riskBA4 5JB: high flood riskBA4 5JF: high flood riskBA4 5JG: high flood riskBA4 5JH: high flood riskBA4 5JQ: high flood riskBA4 5LJ: high flood riskBA4 5LL: high flood riskBA4 5LN: high flood riskBA4 5LP: high flood riskBA4 5ND: high flood riskBA4 5NF: high flood riskBA4 5NW: high flood riskBA4 5QD: high flood riskBA4 5QE: high flood risk Shepton Mallet 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA4 5HS, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk16 postcodes at high or medium risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA4 5JA, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Shepton Mallet, by flood risk Of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 358 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 2 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 16 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Shepton Mallet. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Shepton Mallet
  • A home or business at high risk: 30
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 358
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet that ONS places, 30 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 358 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and 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 51.1880, longitude -2.5467. 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

The postcodes at high risk

30 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.

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

BA4 5NW28 at high riskBA4 5QE24 at high riskBA4 5HS20 at high riskBA4 5EN18 at high riskBA4 5HP16 at high riskBA4 5DL11 at high riskBA4 5JA8 at high riskBA4 5LJ6 at high riskBA4 5EW5 at high riskBA4 5ND5 at high riskBA4 5HT4 at high riskBA4 5JG4 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 16 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BA4 5HS, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BA4 5JA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Shepton Mallet?

Homes sold for a typical £257,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 209 of the 350 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 192 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 395 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, 9.9 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 Shepton Mallet?

Homes in Shepton Mallet sold for a typical £257,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 147 sales, up 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£257,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£250,000
12 months to August 2026
£257,000

▲ up 2.8% on the 12 months before

Detached£402,500 28 sales
Semi-detached£278,000 45 sales
Terraced£230,000 51 sales
Flat or maisonette£145,000 23 sales

Across the whole BA4 district, Shepton Mallet's main postcode district: a typical £281,500.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Shepton Mallet: 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 Shepton Mallet?

7 of the 395 postcodes now in use in Shepton Mallet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 156 homes sold in Shepton Mallet were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA4 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

BA4 9EJsince January 2026BA4 4GJsince June 2025BA4 5ADsince May 2024BA4 5FQsince February 2023BA4 5FPsince June 2022BA4 4GFsince June 2021

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 Shepton MalletAcross the BA4 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 147 (0%) 0 of 214 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 156 (0%) 0 of 253 (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 Shepton Mallet?

Ofcom reports on 350 of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet. At 209 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit209 of 350
Postcodes where every home can get superfast323 of 350
Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband1 of 350

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 Shepton Mallet at risk of flooding?

37 of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet 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 192 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 37 of 395 postcodes High: 184Medium: 8Low: 18

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

Which schools are in Shepton Mallet?

The open schools at the postcodes in Shepton Mallet. 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

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Shepton Mallet?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shepton Mallet is Castle Cary Rail Station, 9.9 km away in a straight line.

  • Castle Cary Rail Station Railway station 9.9 kmDrive
  • Bruton Rail Station Railway station 11.0 kmDrive
  • Frome Rail Station Railway station 17.1 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 Shepton Mallet?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Shepton Mallet. 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 Shepton Mallet safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 927 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Shepton Mallet 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. 82 September 2025
  2. 90 October 2025
  3. 75 November 2025
  4. 71 December 2025
  5. 81 January 2026
  6. 56 February 2026
  7. 83 March 2026
  8. 86 April 2026
  9. 85 May 2026
  10. 75 June 2026
  11. 83 July 2026
  12. 60 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences450 reports
Anti-social behaviour121 reports
Public order82 reports
Shoplifting64 reports
Criminal damage and arson63 reports
Other theft35 reports
Vehicle crime26 reports
Burglary24 reports

Also: drugs 23, other crime 17, robbery 13, possession of weapons 4, theft from the person 3, bicycle theft 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 Shepton Mallet?

Council
Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat)

All 395 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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Shepton Mallet postcodes

395 postcodes in use in Shepton Mallet, by district:

BA4 postcode district,395 postcodes

That district is in the BA postcode area.

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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.

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Places near Shepton Mallet

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Shepton Mallet's £257,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Evercreech5.3 km, £328,000Wells7.6 km, £320,000Chilcompton8.6 km, £410,000Coleford, Somerset9.1 km, £272,250Bruton10.7 km, £400,000Castle Cary11.0 km, £240,000Midsomer Norton11.7 km, £315,000Glastonbury12.6 km, £267,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Shepton Mallet

What is it like to live in Shepton Mallet?
Homes sold for a typical £257,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 209 of the 350 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 192 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 37 of its 395 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, 9.9 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 Shepton Mallet?
Shepton Mallet is covered by postcode district BA4, across 395 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Shepton Mallet in?
Shepton Mallet is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Shepton Mallet?
Shepton Mallet is in the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Shepton Mallet?
Homes in Shepton Mallet sold for a typical £257,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 147 sales, up 2.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Shepton Mallet?
In Shepton Mallet, primary schools at its postcodes include St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School, Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery and Bowlish Infant School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Whitstone. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Shepton Mallet have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Shepton Mallet is Castle Cary, 9.9 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Shepton Mallet?
Ofcom reports on 350 of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet. At 209 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Shepton Mallet at risk of flooding?
37 of the 395 postcodes in Shepton Mallet 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 192 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Shepton Mallet?
7 of the 395 postcodes now in use in Shepton Mallet came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 156 homes sold in Shepton Mallet were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA4 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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