Underhill Mere, Wiltshire
12 addresses across 2 postcodes (BA12), about 30 m long. USRN 33502529.
- Sales: 29 recorded sales since 1995; in 2022 the median was £382,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 5, D: 5).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in Wiltshire costs £2,572 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Gillingham (Dorset), about 6.3 km away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Zeals Green, is about 2.5 km away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.7 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 122 to 130 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Mere Surgery, about 890 m away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | £382,500 | £345,000 | £420,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £247,000 | £247,000 | £247,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £280,000 | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 2012 | 3 | £179,000 | £150,000 | £260,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £280,000 | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | £265,000 | £245,000 | £285,000 |
| 2006 | 2 | £230,000 | £220,000 | £240,000 |
| 2002 | 2 | £195,000 | £175,000 | £215,000 |
| 2001 | 2 | £142,975 | £125,950 | £160,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £109,250 | £83,500 | £135,000 |
| 1998 | 11 | £88,950 | £72,000 | £106,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Dec 2022 | 6 BA12 6LU | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2022 | 1 BA12 6LU | Detached | £345,000 | |
| 12 Feb 2021 | 14 BA12 6LU | Detached | £247,000 | |
| 9 Oct 2015 | 10 BA12 6LU | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 17 Dec 2012 | 14 BA12 6LU | Detached | £179,000 | |
| 10 Aug 2012 | 12 BA12 6LU | Detached | £260,000 | |
| 6 Jan 2012 | 14 BA12 6LU | Detached | £150,000 | |
| 10 May 2011 | 8 BA12 6LU | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 21 Oct 2008 | 5 BA12 6LU | Detached | £245,000 | |
| 24 Jul 2008 | 16 BA12 6LU | Detached | £285,000 | |
| 4 Sep 2006 | 4 BA12 6LU | Detached | £240,000 | |
| 26 May 2006 | 2 BA12 6LU | Detached | £220,000 | |
| 20 Nov 2002 | 8 BA12 6LU | Detached | £215,000 | |
| 31 May 2002 | 6 BA12 6LU | Detached | £175,000 | |
| 30 Nov 2001 | 1 BA12 6LU | Detached | £160,000 | |
| 5 Mar 2001 | 2 BA12 6LU | Detached | £125,950 | |
| 18 Jun 1999 | 6 BA12 6LU | Detached | £135,000 | |
| 4 Jun 1999 | 14 BA12 6LU | Detached | £83,500 | |
| 20 Nov 1998 | 10 BA12 6LU | Detached | £72,000 | New build. |
| 9 Oct 1998 | 3 BA12 6LU | Detached | £78,950 | New build. |
| 15 Jul 1998 | 14 BA12 6LU | Detached | £78,950 | New build. |
| 3 Jul 1998 | 1 BA12 6LU | Detached | £88,950 | New build. |
| 30 Jun 1998 | 16 BA12 6LU | Detached | £88,950 | New build. |
| 25 Jun 1998 | 6 BA12 6LU | Detached | £106,000 | New build. |
| 1 May 1998 | 5 BA12 6LU | Detached | £88,950 | New build. |
| 16 Apr 1998 | 8 BA12 6LU | Detached | £102,500 | New build. |
| 12 Apr 1998 | 4 BA12 6LU | Detached | £95,500 | New build. |
| 9 Apr 1998 | 12 BA12 6LU | Detached | £88,500 | New build. |
| 6 Apr 1998 | 2 BA12 6LU | Detached | £85,500 | New build. |
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 79 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (6); House, detached (4). Built: 1996-2002 (8); 1991-1995 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (7).
Council tax
What each band costs in Wiltshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,572 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,715 | £2,000 | £2,286 | £2,572 | £3,143 | £3,715 | £4,286 | £5,144 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (23% of about 700 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
Groundwater flooding is possible in 2 of these postcodes: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA12 6LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
| BA12 6LT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | possible |
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 122 m and 130 m above sea level (126 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA12 6LT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA12 6LU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Gillingham (Dorset) 358,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km |
| Bruton 53,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 12.1 km | |
| Templecombe 92,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.0 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 8 within 800 m; nearest Bramley Hill Mere | 200 m |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 5.8 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 44.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Mere Surgery | 890 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Mere Pharmacy | 640 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Mere Dental Practice | 1.0 km |
| Hospital | Wincanton Community Hospital | 10.5 km |
| Police station | Mere Police Station | 1.1 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest The Southern Co-Operative Mere The Square, The Square Cashzone | 650 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Zeals Green 740 m² | 2.5 km |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,570 m² | 400 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 4.3 ha | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,660 m² | 650 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle, a scheduled monument, 180 m north-east. 74 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Four bowl barrows on Long Hill, 220m west of Mere Castle | Scheduled monument | 180 m north-east |
| Mere Castle | Scheduled monument | 360 m east |
| Church of St Michael the Archangel | Listed building, Grade I | 510 m east |
| The Chantry | Listed building, Grade II* | 540 m south-east |
| Old Ship Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m east |
| Dewes House | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m east |
| Two cross dykes 580m and 610m north east of Wood Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Long Hill | Hill | 330 m east |
| Nor Wood | Wood | 930 m north-west |
| Zeals Knoll | Hill | 1.2 km north-west |
| Great Bottom | Valley | 1.4 km north-east |
| Factory Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km west |
| Little Marsh | Wetland | 4.1 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mere School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramley House Care Home BA12 6JN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 130 m | 4 Good | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Ericourt Inns Ltd BA12 6JE | Pub/bar/nightclub | 500 m | 5 Very good | 11 Aug 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bramley Hill (8); On or near Hillside Close (2); On or near Underhill (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 45% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 66% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 43% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 48% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 39% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 28% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 45% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 100% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
Caddy Lane · Long Hill · Homefield · Homefield · Bramley Hill · Castle Street · Hillside Close · Quarryfield Industrial Estate · Town's End · Townsend Close · St Michaels View · Castle Hill Lane
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.