Somerset
BA4 house prices in Somerset
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Somerset, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£281,500
Range £157,500–£605,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Aug 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in BA4: the typical (median) sold price is £281,500, close to the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). BA4 is an active market, with about 21 recorded sales a month. By property type, 32% were semi-detached homes (typically £278,250) and 29% were terraced homes (typically £237,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,561 a year: Somerset's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Somerset, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on BA4: steady sales, so price from the evidence
BA4 is neither busy nor quiet, at about 21 sales a month, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are thinking of selling, a spread from £157,500 to £605,500 makes £281,500 a poor guide to any one home, so price from sold homes that match yours in type and size; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are looking to buy, typical prices in BA4 sit close to the UK average, so the sold homes of your type are the yardstick to hold an asking price to.
Our checklist before an offer: what has been applied for nearby (75 applications on record within 500 m), whether the home is at risk of flooding and council tax (Band D is £2,561 a year), plus the title, which your conveyancer should review.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free BA4 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
Get OfferCheckOur opinion, drawn from the figures on this page: not advice and not a forecast. We earn from OfferCheck reports and from introducing sellers to cash buyers, so weigh it with that in mind (see our disclosure). We are not authorised or regulated by the FCA.
At a glance
BA4 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£281,500
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
20.5
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,561
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in BA4
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in BA4 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £452,500, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £146,500.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 68 | £452,500 | £307,300–£833,000 |
| Semi-detached | 76 | £278,250 | £210,000–£360,000 |
| Terraced | 70 | £237,000 | £181,800–£326,600 |
| Flat / maisonette | 24 | £146,500 | £107,000–£186,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Aug 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in BA4
The quarterly typical price fell 18.6%, from £285,000 in Q3 2025 (35 sales) to £232,000 in Q3 2026 (24 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £285,000 | 35 |
| Q4 2025 | £278,000 | 70 |
| Q1 2026 | £295,000 | 69 |
| Q2 2026 | £274,000 | 52 |
| Q3 2026 | £232,000 | 24 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Aug 2025 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of BA4 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most BA4 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £157,500 and £605,500, around a typical £281,500.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Aug 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in BA4
Semi-detached homes were 32% of recorded sales (76 of 238). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached29%
- Semi-detached32%
- Terraced29%
- Flat / maisonette10%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
225 freehold (90%) and 25 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in BA4. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 18 Aug 2025 and 24 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where BA4 sits in Somerset
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in BA4
14, SOCIETY ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
Detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£385,000
5, ST PETERS ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£425,000
PARK COURT, HIGH STREET, SHEPTON MALLET
Semi-detached · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£170,000
12, HOLLIES CLOSE, SHEPTON MALLET
Terraced · Freehold · 14 Aug 2026
£202,500
65, HIGH STREET, SHEPTON MALLET
Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 11 Aug 2026
£123,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). BA4 includes the Mendip Central and East ward.
In plain English
What the Somerset (BA4) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £452,500 against £146,500 for flats: about 3.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £157,500 and £605,500, so the median says little about any one home.
- This is an active district: about 21 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 18 August 2025 and 24 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on BA4
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in BA4
£2,561
Band D a year in Somerset, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,707 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,992 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,276 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,561 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,130 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,699 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,268 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,121 |
These are Somerset's charges for 2026-27, the authority BA4 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Somerset · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near BA4
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest The Mendip School.
All schools
The Mendip School
Free Schools · BA4 4FZ
1.3 km
Good · 2018
Whitstone
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · BA4 5PF
1.9 km
Good · 2022
St Paul's Church of England VC Junior School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BA4 5LA
2.1 km
Good · 2023
Shepton Mallet Community Infants' School & Nursery
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · BA4 5HE
2.4 km
Good · 2018
St Aldhelms Church School
Primary · Academies · BA4 4PL
2.6 km
Requires improvement · 2021
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the BA4 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near BA4
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around BA4
75
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 18 September 2026.
Recent applications
Mendip/2025/1685/VRCUndecided
256 m
Variation of conditions 21 (Hours of Use - Shop), 23 (Delivery Hours) and 25 (Noise) of Planning Consent 2021/1697/FUL
Received 2025-09-15
Mendip/2025/1075/ADVPermitted
258 m
Installation of 2no. illuminated fascia's, 5no. Sales building Graphics, 1no. illuminated 6m shopfront totem pole, 1 no. illuminated hanging sign, 1no. illuminated canopy sign, 1no. illuminated pump sign, 1no. 7m illuminated pole sign and 6 No. Free standing BP signs for directions.
Received 2025-06-11 · decided 2025-10-10
Mendip/2025/1022/APPPermitted
258 m
Approval of details reserved by conditions 5 (Pollution Prevention Scheme) and 10 (Contaminated Land - Verification Report) on planning consent 2021/1697/FUL (Development of a replacement four pump (eight filling position) petrol filling station & associated works including jet wash, electric vehicle charging bays, air/water services & vacuum equipment).
Received 2025-06-03 · decided 2025-07-09
Mendip/2025/0676/APPUndecided
258 m
Application for approval of details reserved by conditions 12 (Construction Management Plan (Pre-commencement)) on planning consent 2021/1697/FUL.
Received 2025-04-04
Mendip/2025/0217/FULUndecided
249 m
Erection of no.12 lodges.
Received 2025-02-10
Mendip/2024/1818/APPRejected
258 m
Approval of details reserved by condition 12 (Construction Management Plan) on planning consent 2021/1697/FUL (Development of a replacement four pump (eight filling position) petrol filling station & associated works including jet wash, electric vehicle charging bays, air/water services & vacuum equipment).
Received 2024-10-09 · decided 2025-04-01
Applications are matched within 500 m of the BA4 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for BA4 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 75 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 18 September 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for BA4
Decile 6 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled BA4 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 2 to decile 9, with a median of decile 6 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
BA4 5LG, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 6 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so BA4 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in BA4: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in BA4, band by band
Somerset's council tax for 2026-27 set against the BA4 median sold price of £281,500 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearSomerset | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £281,500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,707 | £142 | 0.61% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,992 | £166 | 0.71% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,276 | £190 | 0.81% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,561 | £213 | 0.91% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,130 | £261 | 1.11% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,699 | £308 | 1.31% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,268 | £356 | 1.52% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,121 | £427 | 1.82% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the BA4 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Somerset, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in BA4 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for BA4. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
14, SOCIETY ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5GF · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-24
5, ST PETERS ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5GG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£425,000
2026-08-21
PARK COURT, HIGH STREET, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5DG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£170,000
2026-08-19
12, HOLLIES CLOSE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5LG · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£202,500
2026-08-14
65, HIGH STREET, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5AQ · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£123,000
2026-08-11
60, TOWN LANE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5LX · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£219,000
2026-08-10
35, CRANE COTTAGES, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 4QW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-07-31
WHITSTONE HOUSE, TOWN LANE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5LX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£138,000
2026-07-31
11, RECTORY ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5DB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£203,000
2026-07-31
HAZEL COTTAGE, TOP HILL, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 6BD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£820,000
2026-07-24
3, CAZENOVE CLOSE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 4FT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£390,000
2026-07-24
GREEN COTTAGE, THE GREEN, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 6QZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-24
PADDOCK VIEW, SHUTWELL LANE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 4DY · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£615,000
2026-07-24
35, WESTFIELD, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5TY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£215,500
2026-07-23
ELM COTTAGE, LEIGHTON LANE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 6JU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£200,000
2026-07-17
9B, HIGH STREET, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5AA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£93,000
2026-07-13
2, CLARKS MEADOW, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 4FD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-13
31, WILLOW DRIVE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5JU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£245,000
2026-07-10
44, WESTBROOK ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 6LR · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£218,000
2026-07-09
44, WICKHAM WAY, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5YG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-07-09
THE BATCH, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 4QU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£940,000
2026-07-07
35, SHAPWAY ROAD, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 6JT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£328,000
2026-07-06
12, REGAL WAY, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5AA · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£148,000
2026-07-06
46, SHAFTGATE AVENUE, SHEPTON MALLET
BA4 5YE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-02
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near BA4
The closest districts to BA4 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in BA9 (Wincanton) 9.5 miles
- House prices in BA16 (Street) 9.9 miles
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Data sources
Every BA4 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.