# BS23 4LW: area report for a postcode in North Somerset

BS23 4LW is a postcode in North Somerset.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of North Somerset. Open the map at BS23 4LW for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) › [BS23](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs23) › [BS23 4](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/bs23-4)

## Around this postcode

- **36 crimes within 500 m**: August, down 31% on July. North Somerset 022D: 59 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **Weston-Super-Mare, 1.6 km**: About 20 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **3 schools within 800 m**: Nearest is 250 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **1 of 21 properties in BS23 4LW at high risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences. Also 1 at medium risk, 19 at low risk. Flood zones, which ignore defences: in flood zone 3. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **England’s least deprived 40%**: This neighbourhood, North Somerset 022D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **£313,638 average price**: For the whole of North Somerset, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **1 GP practice within 1 km**: Nearest is 500 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **3 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 420 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at BS23 4LW**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **Low road and rail noise at BS23 4LW**: Road 51 dB, rail 43 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **Not in a radon Affected Area**: Under 1% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW
- **7.5 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Windwhistle Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/windwhistle-primary-school-e144925) | Primary | 250 m (3 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Broadoak Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/broadoak-academy-e147351) | Secondary | 510 m (6 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), November 2023 | Attainment 8 of 38.9 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Bournville Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/bournville-primary-school-e144918) | Primary | 680 m (9 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, February 2025: no overall grade | 24% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Voyage Learning Campus](https://openindex.co.uk/school/voyage-learning-campus-e138455) | Pupil referral and alternative provision | 800 m (10 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, July 2022 | – |
| [Hans Price Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/hans-price-academy-e136708) | Secondary | 970 m (12 minutes on foot) | School remains Good, December 2023 | Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Uphill Village Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/uphill-village-academy-e148160) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade | 78% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Oldmixon Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/oldmixon-primary-school-e144927) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, January 2026: safeguarding met | 77% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Westhaven School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/westhaven-school-e109406) | Special | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Graded inspection, December 2024: no overall grade | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| March 2025 | £470,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 10 m |
| April 2026 | £458,500 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 60 m |
| May 2026 | £193,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 110 m |
| September 2024 | £375,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 130 m |
| November 2025 | £260,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| December 2025 | £325,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| November 2025 | £370,000 | Detached, established, freehold | 140 m |
| July 2026 | £180,000 | Semi-detached, established, freehold | 170 m |

## Within 1 km

- GP practices: TUDOR LODGE SURGERY (500 m)
- Pharmacies: BOURNVILLE PHARMACY (410 m); TUDOR LODGE PHARMACY (500 m); MOORLAND ROAD PHARMACY (800 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL DEPARTMENT (880 m)
- Supermarkets: Morrisons Daily Weston-S-Mare (420 m, Morrisons); Spar - Loxton Road (430 m, Spar); Lidl Bourneville Weston-Super-Mare (900 m, Lidl)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £313,638** (July 2026). North Somerset’s average house price was £313,638 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 3.8% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £39,969** (2025). Full-time workers living in North Somerset earned a median of £39,969 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 139th highest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 7.8×** (2025). A home in North Somerset costs 7.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 143rd least affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 15.5** (2025). North Somerset has a deprivation score of 15.5 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). 105th least deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## North Somerset 022D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 11.8** (2025). North Somerset 022D has a deprivation score of 11.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 10,873rd least deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £300,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in North Somerset 022D was £300,000 in 2025. Joint 15,380th most expensive of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 1,396** (2021). North Somerset 022D had 1,396 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 18,032nd least populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 97.8%** (January 2026). In North Somerset 022D, 97.8% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## BS23 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £200,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in BS23 was £200,000 in 2025. Joint 372nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 35,983** (2021). BS23 had 35,983 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 596th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 55%** (2022). About 55% of people in BS23 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 86.5%** (January 2026). In BS23, 86.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset)
- Centre: 51.3301, -2.9691

Council: [North Somerset](https://openindex.co.uk/north-somerset) (Unitary authority, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Weston-super-Mare](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/weston-super-mare): Dan Aldridge (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-2.9691,51.3301,BS234LW

## How to cite

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