Wells

Wells is covered by postcode district BA5. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £320,000 Homes sold in Wells, last 12 months. 0% on the year before Gigabit broadband 225 of 423 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 112 of 439 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 610 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 6 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wells, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wells, by flood risk Of the 439 postcodes in Wells that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 80 are at medium risk at worst, 26 are at low risk at worst and 327 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 47 postcodes at high or medium risk; 9 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wells. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A39A371 BA5 1AF: not on the flood risk listBA5 1AX: not on the flood risk listBA5 1BN: not on the flood risk listBA5 1DJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1FU: not on the flood risk listBA5 1FW: not on the flood risk listBA5 1FX: not on the flood risk listBA5 1FY: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GD: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GR: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GS: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GT: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GU: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GW: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GX: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GY: not on the flood risk listBA5 1GZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1LN: not on the flood risk listBA5 1LY: not on the flood risk listBA5 1LZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1NA: not on the flood risk listBA5 1NB: not on the flood risk listBA5 1NE: not on the flood risk listBA5 1RN: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SA: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SB: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SD: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SH: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SN: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SP: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SS: not on the flood risk listBA5 1ST: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SX: not on the flood risk listBA5 1SZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1TA: not on the flood risk listBA5 1TN: not on the flood risk listBA5 1TT: not on the flood risk listBA5 1TW: not on the flood risk listBA5 1TX: not on the flood risk listBA5 1TY: not on the flood risk listBA5 1UD: not on the flood risk listBA5 1UE: not on the flood risk listBA5 1UF: not on the flood risk listBA5 1UJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1UU: not on the flood risk listBA5 1WA: not on the flood risk listBA5 1WB: not on the flood risk listBA5 1WD: not on the flood risk listBA5 1WE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2AZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2BZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2DY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2ED: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2ER: not on the flood risk listBA5 2ES: not on the flood risk listBA5 2ET: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2EZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2FZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2GZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2HZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2JZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2LZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2ND: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2NY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2PQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2PS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2PY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2PZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2QZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2RE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2RL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2RP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2RR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2SA: not on the flood risk listBA5 2SF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2SH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2SN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2ST: not on the flood risk listBA5 2SX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TB: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TL: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TN: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2TW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2UP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2UU: not on the flood risk listBA5 2UW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2UX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2UY: not on the flood risk listBA5 2UZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XD: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XE: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XF: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XG: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XH: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XP: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XR: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XS: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XT: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XW: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XX: not on the flood risk listBA5 2XY: not on the flood risk listBA5 3AD: not on the flood risk listBA5 3AF: not on the flood risk listBA5 3FA: not on the flood risk listBA5 3FD: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HP: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HR: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HS: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HU: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HW: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HY: not on the flood risk listBA5 3HZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JA: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JB: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JD: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JE: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JF: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JG: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JH: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JL: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JN: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JT: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JU: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JW: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JX: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JY: not on the flood risk listBA5 3JZ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LG: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LL: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LP: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LS: not on the flood risk listBA5 3LW: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NA: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NB: not on the flood risk listBA5 3ND: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NE: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NF: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NH: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NJ: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NL: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NN: not on the flood risk listBA5 3NQ: not on the flood risk listBA5 1FA: low flood risk at worstBA5 1FD: low flood risk at worstBA5 1FJ: low flood risk at worstBA5 1FZ: low flood risk at worstBA5 1GA: low flood risk at worstBA5 1GB: low flood risk at worstBA5 1GP: low flood risk at worstBA5 1JJ: low flood risk at worstBA5 1LJ: low flood risk at worstBA5 1SF: low flood risk at worstBA5 1SG: low flood risk at worstBA5 1SL: low flood risk at worstBA5 1SQ: low flood risk at worstBA5 1UA: low flood risk at worstBA5 1UB: low flood risk at worstBA5 1UP: low flood risk at worstBA5 2AQ: low flood risk at worstBA5 2HE: low flood risk at worstBA5 2HQ: low flood risk at worstBA5 2PA: low flood risk at worstBA5 2RJ: low flood risk at worstBA5 2SU: low flood risk at worstBA5 2UA: low flood risk at worstBA5 2UB: low flood risk at worstBA5 2UE: low flood risk at worstBA5 2UR: low flood risk at worstBA5 1DA: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1DB: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1DS: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1FB: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1FF: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1FH: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1FL: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1FT: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TH: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1PZ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1QH: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1SE: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1SU: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1SW: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1SY: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TE: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TG: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TJ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TR: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TS: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TU: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1TZ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1UG: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1UN: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1UR: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1US: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1UW: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1XJ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1XL: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2AA: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2AE: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2AH: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2AW: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2BA: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2DT: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2DZ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2HB: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2HP: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2HS: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2JR: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2JU: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2JX: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2LA: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2LD: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2LE: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2LQ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PB: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PD: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PE: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PG: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PJ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PT: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PU: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2PX: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2QF: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2QL: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2QR: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2QW: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2RB: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2RF: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2RT: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2SE: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2SG: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2SS: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2SZ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2UH: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2UJ: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2UN: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2US: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2UT: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2XN: medium flood risk at worstBA5 2XU: medium flood risk at worstBA5 3LF: medium flood risk at worstBA5 3LN: medium flood risk at worstBA5 3LT: medium flood risk at worstBA5 3LU: medium flood risk at worstBA5 3NG: medium flood risk at worstBA5 1SR: high flood riskBA5 1UH: high flood riskBA5 2DR: high flood riskBA5 2GW: high flood riskBA5 2LB: high flood riskBA5 3HT: high flood risk Wells 47 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA5 2GW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk47 postcodes at high or medium risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA5 1QH, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk9 postcodes at high or medium risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA5 1SR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Wells, by flood risk Of the 439 postcodes in Wells that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 80 are at medium risk at worst, 26 are at low risk at worst and 327 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. 3 groups of postcodes at high or medium risk are outlined: 47 postcodes at high or medium risk; 9 postcodes at high or medium risk; 7 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Wells. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. Wells 47 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA5 2GW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk47 postcodes at high or medium risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BA5 1SR, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk7 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 80
  • At low risk at worst: 26
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 327
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 439 postcodes in Wells that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 80 are at medium risk at worst, 26 are at low risk at worst and 327 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 51.2095, longitude -2.6507. 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

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

BA5 2GW31 at high riskBA5 2DR19 at high riskBA5 1UH1 at high riskBA5 1SR1 at high riskBA5 2LB1 at high riskBA5 3HT1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 47 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BA5 2GW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 9 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BA5 1QH, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
  • 7 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BA5 1SR, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Wells?

Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 225 of the 423 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 610 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 112 of its 439 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, 15.1 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 Wells?

Homes in Wells sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 175 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£320,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£320,000 12 months to August 2025
■ no change on the 12 months before
  • Detached £577,500 36 sales
  • Semi-detached £320,000 53 sales
  • Terraced £305,000 62 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £170,000 24 sales

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

Across the whole BA5 district, Wells's main postcode district: a typical £330,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wells: 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 Wells?

29 of the 439 postcodes now in use in Wells came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 271 homes sold in Wells were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA5 district, Under 1%.

The newest postcodes

BA5 1PBsince April 2026BA5 9DNsince March 2026BA5 9DHsince September 2024BA5 9DGsince June 2024BA5 1GYsince April 2023BA5 1GZsince 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 WellsAcross the BA5 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 175 (0%) 0 of 249 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 1 of 271 (Under 1%) 1 of 360 (Under 1%)

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 Wells?

Ofcom reports on 423 of the 439 postcodes in Wells. At 225 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit225 of 423
Postcodes where every home can get superfast391 of 423

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 Wells at risk of flooding?

112 of the 439 postcodes in Wells 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 610 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 112 of 439 postcodes High: 54Medium: 556Low: 198

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 Wells?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wells. 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 Wells?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wells is Castle Cary Rail Station, 15.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Castle Cary Rail Station Railway station 15.1 kmDrive
  • Bruton Rail Station Railway station 17.9 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 Wells?

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

Police.uk records 1,023 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wells 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. 58 September 2025
  2. 83 October 2025
  3. 112 November 2025
  4. 103 December 2025
  5. 91 January 2026
  6. 73 February 2026
  7. 95 March 2026
  8. 86 April 2026
  9. 62 May 2026
  10. 104 June 2026
  11. 92 July 2026
  12. 64 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences383 reports
Anti-social behaviour155 reports
Shoplifting138 reports
Public order104 reports
Criminal damage and arson68 reports
Other theft45 reports
Burglary41 reports
Robbery26 reports

Also: vehicle crime 20, drugs 14, other crime 12, possession of weapons 9, bicycle theft 5, theft from the person 3.

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 Wells?

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 439 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

Moving to Wells

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Wells postcodes

439 postcodes in use in Wells, by district:

BA5 postcode district,439 postcodes

That district is in the BA postcode area.

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Places near Wells

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wells's £320,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Shepton Mallet7.6 km, £257,000Glastonbury8.2 km, £267,500Wedmore11.4 km, £559,000Chilcompton11.5 km, £410,000Street11.5 km, £260,000Cheddar11.8 km, £330,000Evercreech12.1 km, £328,000Axbridge14.4 km, £318,750 All places A to Z

Questions about Wells

What is it like to live in Wells?
Homes sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, no change on the 12 months before. At 225 of the 423 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 610 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 112 of its 439 postcodes. It has 4 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Castle Cary, 15.1 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 Wells?
Wells is covered by postcode district BA5, across 439 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wells in?
Wells is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wells?
Wells 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 Wells?
Homes in Wells sold for a typical £320,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 175 sales, no change on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wells?
In Wells, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph and St Teresa Catholic Primary School, Wells Cathedral School and Stoberry Park School; secondary schools at its postcodes include The Blue School and Wells Cathedral School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wells have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wells is Castle Cary, 15.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wells?
Ofcom reports on 423 of the 439 postcodes in Wells. At 225 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wells at risk of flooding?
112 of the 439 postcodes in Wells 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 610 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 Wells?
29 of the 439 postcodes now in use in Wells came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 1 of the 271 homes sold in Wells were newly built (Under 1%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA5 district, Under 1%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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