BA22 8AX Somerset
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Castle Cary. Region: South West.
Streets
- Rimpton Hill, Somerset: 26 addresses
- Thorny Lane, Somerset: 4 addresses
- Rimpton Hill, Somerset: 2 addresses
- Home Farm Lane, Rimpton: 1 address
- A359, Somerset: 1 address
- Netherton Lane, Marston Magna: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,561 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,707 | £1,992 | £2,276 | £2,561 | £3,130 | £3,699 | £4,268 | £5,121 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band E (20% of about 550 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- PARK FARMHOUSE, grade II
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 2 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 35 addresses are between 26 m and 36 m above sea level (31 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 88%, ultrafast 88%, gigabit 88% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Yeovil Pen Mill 170,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Sherborne 207,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) | |
| Yeovil Junction 221,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.9 km (4.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Yeovil | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 44.6 km (28 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Queen Camel Medical Centre | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Well | 5.2 km (3.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Heron Dental Centre | 5.6 km (3.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Yeatman Hospital | 6 km (3.7 miles) |
| Police station | Dorset Police | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Shell Hazelgrove Services, Sparkford Cashzone | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 1,200 m² | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | Marden Field 6,380 m² | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,580 m² | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks, a scheduled monument, 800 m (0.5 miles) north-west. 18 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Marston Magna moated site and associated earthworks | Scheduled monument | 800 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| The Coign | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Deserted medieval village of Nether Adber | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hanging Covert | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Birch Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Trent Wood | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) south |
| Nineteen Acre Plantation | Wood | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Combe Bottom | Valley | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) south-west |
| Manor Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 2 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 28 | 34 |
7 of the postcode's 35 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Somerset: see them on the Somerset page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 44% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 60% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 12% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 42% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 47% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 48% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Rimpton Hill.