Wedmore

Wedmore is covered by postcode district BS28. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £559,000 Homes sold in Wedmore, last 12 months. ▼ 1.1% on the year before Gigabit broadband 51 of 71 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 Wedmore, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wedmore, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore that ONS places, 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wedmore. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BS28 4AA: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AB: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AD: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AE: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AF: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AG: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AH: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AJ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AL: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AN: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AP: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AQ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AR: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AS: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AT: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AU: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AW: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AX: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AY: not on the flood risk listBS28 4AZ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BA: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BB: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BD: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BE: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BG: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BH: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BL: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BN: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BP: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BQ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BS: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BT: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BW: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BX: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BY: not on the flood risk listBS28 4BZ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DA: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DB: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DD: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DE: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DF: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DH: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DN: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DQ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DR: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DS: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DT: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DU: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DX: not on the flood risk listBS28 4DY: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EA: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EB: not on the flood risk listBS28 4ED: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EE: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EG: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EH: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EL: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EQ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EW: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EX: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EY: not on the flood risk listBS28 4EZ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FB: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FD: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FE: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FF: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FJ: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FL: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FN: not on the flood risk listBS28 4FP: not on the flood risk listBS28 4HG: not on the flood risk listBS28 4YY: not on the flood risk list Wedmore Map of every postcode in Wedmore, by flood risk Of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore that ONS places, 72 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Wedmore. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Wedmore
  • 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: 72

Of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore that ONS places, 72 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 51.2258, longitude -2.8129. 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 Wedmore?

Homes sold for a typical £559,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 71 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 72 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 Cheddar Medical Centre, 6.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea, 11.1 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 Wedmore?

Homes in Wedmore sold for a typical £559,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£559,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£565,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 1.1% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £705,000 20 sales
  • Semi-detached £390,000 5 sales
  • Terraced 2 sales, too few to price
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole BS28 district, Wedmore's main postcode district: a typical £565,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wedmore: 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 Wedmore?

13 of the 72 postcodes now in use in Wedmore came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 36 homes sold in Wedmore were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS28 district, 2%.

The newest postcodes

BS28 4YYsince August 2025BS28 4FPsince June 2025BS28 4FNsince January 2023BS28 4FJsince August 2022BS28 4FLsince August 2022BS28 4FEsince September 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 WedmoreAcross the BS28 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 30 (0%) 0 of 40 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 36 (3%) 1 of 49 (2%)

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 Wedmore?

Ofcom reports on 71 of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore. At 51 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit51 of 71
Postcodes where every home can get superfast67 of 71

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 Wedmore at risk of flooding?

None of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore 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 Wedmore?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Wedmore. 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 Wedmore?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wedmore is Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station, 11.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea Rail Station Railway station 11.1 kmDrive
  • Worle Rail Station Railway station 16.2 kmDrive
  • Weston Milton Rail Station Railway station 16.3 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 Wedmore?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Wedmore. 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

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

Is Wedmore safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 47 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wedmore 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. 3 September 2025
  2. 2 October 2025
  3. 2 November 2025
  4. 3 December 2025
  5. 7 January 2026
  6. 3 February 2026
  7. 3 March 2026
  8. 3 April 2026
  9. 5 May 2026
  10. 3 June 2026
  11. 5 July 2026
  12. 8 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences18 reports
Other theft6 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Burglary5 reports
Vehicle crime5 reports
Public order3 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Drugs1 report

Also: other crime 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 Wedmore?

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 72 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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Wedmore postcodes

72 postcodes in use in Wedmore, by district:

BS28 postcode district,72 postcodes

That district is in the BS postcode area.

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Places near Wedmore

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wedmore's £559,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Cheddar6.3 km, £330,000Axbridge6.8 km, £318,750Winscombe and Sandford10.4 km, £460,000Woolavington10.8 km, £305,000Glastonbury10.9 km, £267,500Highbridge11.2 km, £211,000Wells11.4 km, £320,000Banwell12.1 km, £323,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Wedmore

What is it like to live in Wedmore?
Homes sold for a typical £559,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. At 51 of the 71 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 72 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 Cheddar Medical Centre, 6.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea, 11.1 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 Wedmore?
Wedmore is covered by postcode district BS28, across 72 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wedmore in?
Wedmore is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wedmore?
Wedmore 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 Wedmore?
Homes in Wedmore sold for a typical £559,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 30 sales, down 1.1% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wedmore?
In Wedmore, primary schools at its postcodes include Wedmore First School Academy; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Hugh Sexey Church of England Middle School, 2.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wedmore have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wedmore is Highbridge & Burnham-on-Sea, 11.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wedmore?
Ofcom reports on 71 of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore. At 51 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wedmore at risk of flooding?
None of the 72 postcodes in Wedmore 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 Wedmore?
13 of the 72 postcodes now in use in Wedmore came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 36 homes sold in Wedmore were newly built (3%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS28 district, 2%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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