Wincanton

Wincanton is covered by postcode districts BA8 and BA9. It is in the Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £277,500 Homes sold in Wincanton, last 12 months. ▲ 4.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 149 of 217 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 22 of 225 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 50 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Wincanton, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Wincanton, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 203 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Wincanton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A303 BA8 0ZQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 8BB: not on the flood risk listBA9 8BE: not on the flood risk listBA9 8BL: not on the flood risk listBA9 8BN: not on the flood risk listBA9 8BW: not on the flood risk listBA9 8DB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9AY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9BZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9DZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9ER: not on the flood risk listBA9 9ES: not on the flood risk listBA9 9ET: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9EZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9FZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9GZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9HZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9JZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9LZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9ND: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NS: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NT: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NW: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9NZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9PA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9PB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9QA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9QB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9QD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9QP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9QR: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RL: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RN: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RU: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RX: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RY: not on the flood risk listBA9 9RZ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SA: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SB: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SD: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SE: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SF: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SG: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SH: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SJ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SP: not on the flood risk listBA9 9SQ: not on the flood risk listBA9 9TA: not on the flood risk listBA9 8BG: low flood risk at worstBA9 9AH: low flood risk at worstBA9 9AN: low flood risk at worstBA9 9AQ: low flood risk at worstBA9 9AZ: low flood risk at worstBA9 9BG: low flood risk at worstBA9 9BQ: low flood risk at worstBA9 9JA: low flood risk at worstBA9 9RP: low flood risk at worstBA9 9RR: low flood risk at worstBA9 9RS: low flood risk at worstBA9 9RT: low flood risk at worstBA9 9BA: medium flood risk at worstBA9 9BN: medium flood risk at worstBA9 9DP: medium flood risk at worstBA9 9DT: medium flood risk at worstBA9 9EB: medium flood risk at worstBA9 9EF: medium flood risk at worstBA9 9ED: high flood riskBA9 9EJ: high flood riskBA9 9TD: high flood risk Wincanton Map of every postcode in Wincanton, by flood risk Of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 203 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Wincanton. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A303 Wincanton
  • A home or business at high risk: 4
  • At medium risk at worst: 6
  • At low risk at worst: 12
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 203

Of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton that ONS places, 4 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 12 are at low risk at worst and 203 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 51.0555, longitude -2.4104. 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.

BA9 9EJ4 at high riskBA9 8AB2 at high riskBA9 9TD1 at high riskBA9 9ED1 at high risk

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

BA9 8AB

What is it like to live in Wincanton?

Homes sold for a typical £277,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 149 of the 217 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 50 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 225 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Templecombe, 6.0 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 Wincanton?

Homes in Wincanton sold for a typical £277,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, up 4.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£277,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£266,250
12 months to August 2026
£277,500

▲ up 4.2% on the 12 months before

Detached£337,500 25 sales
Semi-detached£271,500 30 sales
Terraced£237,000 20 sales
Flat or maisonette£123,000 9 sales

Across the whole BA9 district, Wincanton's main postcode district: a typical £285,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Wincanton: 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 Wincanton?

12 of the 225 postcodes now in use in Wincanton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 140 homes sold in Wincanton were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA9 district, 14%.

The newest postcodes

BA9 0DAsince May 2026BA9 9QPsince September 2024BA9 9GLsince August 2023BA9 0BTsince July 2022BA9 0BQsince October 2021BA9 9GFsince October 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 WincantonAcross the BA9 district
The 12 months to August 2026 3 of 84 (4%) 3 of 97 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 21 of 140 (15%) 23 of 161 (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.

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 Wincanton?

Ofcom reports on 217 of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton. At 149 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit149 of 217
Postcodes where every home can get superfast209 of 217

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 Wincanton at risk of flooding?

22 of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton 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 50 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 22 of 225 postcodes High: 8Medium: 42Low: 91

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 Wincanton?

The open schools at the postcodes in Wincanton. 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 Wincanton?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wincanton is Templecombe Rail Station, 6.0 km away in a straight line.

  • Templecombe Rail Station Railway station 6.0 kmDrive
  • Bruton Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
  • Castle Cary Rail Station Railway station 9.3 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 Wincanton?

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

Police.uk records 585 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Wincanton 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. 49 September 2025
  2. 56 October 2025
  3. 36 November 2025
  4. 46 December 2025
  5. 52 January 2026
  6. 48 February 2026
  7. 75 March 2026
  8. 43 April 2026
  9. 37 May 2026
  10. 49 June 2026
  11. 65 July 2026
  12. 29 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences264 reports
Anti-social behaviour70 reports
Shoplifting62 reports
Public order46 reports
Criminal damage and arson42 reports
Other theft40 reports
Vehicle crime19 reports
Other crime19 reports

Also: burglary 10, drugs 5, robbery 3, possession of weapons 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 Wincanton?

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

All 225 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 Wincanton

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Wincanton postcodes

225 postcodes in use in Wincanton, by district:

BA9 postcode district,224 postcodesBA8 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are all in the BA postcode area.

Check a Wincanton postcode

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 Wincanton

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Wincanton's £277,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Templecombe6.2 km, £230,000Bruton6.9 km, £400,000Castle Cary8.4 km, £240,000Henstridge8.9 km, £235,000Gillingham, Dorset9.6 km, £255,000Milborne Port10.4 km, £278,000Mere10.7 km, £365,000Stalbridge11.1 km, £327,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Wincanton

What is it like to live in Wincanton?
Homes sold for a typical £277,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 4.2% on the 12 months before. At 149 of the 217 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 50 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 22 of its 225 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Templecombe, 6.0 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 Wincanton?
Wincanton is covered by postcode districts BA8 and BA9, across 225 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Wincanton in?
Wincanton is in the Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Wincanton?
Wincanton is in the Glastonbury and Somerton parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sarah Dyke (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Wincanton?
Homes in Wincanton sold for a typical £277,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 84 sales, up 4.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Wincanton?
In Wincanton, primary schools at its postcodes include Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Primary and Wincanton Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include King Arthur's School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Wincanton have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Wincanton is Templecombe, 6.0 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Wincanton?
Ofcom reports on 217 of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton. At 149 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Wincanton at risk of flooding?
22 of the 225 postcodes in Wincanton 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 50 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 Wincanton?
12 of the 225 postcodes now in use in Wincanton came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 21 of the 140 homes sold in Wincanton were newly built (15%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA9 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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