BA postcode area: Bath

The BA postcode area is known as the Bath area. It is every postcode that begins BA followed by a number. It has 19 districts and 15,524 postcodes in use, across 5 councils.

Homes in the BA area sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026. By district, that runs from £220,000 in BA21 (Yeovil) to £470,000 in BA1 (Bath).

For the town itself, see Bath postcodes.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The name is the one the area is commonly known by; it is not part of the ONS data. See all our data sources

Where it is

Latitude 51.2205

Longitude -2.4200

This is the middle of the postcodes in the BA area. An area can be many miles across, and we do not draw its boundary.

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. How we use it

What do homes cost in the BA area?

Homes in the BA area sold for a typical £315,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 5,607 sales, down 1.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£315,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£320,000
12 months to August 2026
£315,000

▼ down 1.6% on the 12 months before

Detached£450,000 1,508 sales
Semi-detached£300,000 1,484 sales
Terraced£274,250 1,782 sales
Flat or maisonette£182,500 833 sales

Standard sales of homes at market value at the area's postcodes. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Each district below has its own, and each postcode page the figure for its 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

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How do the BA districts compare?

A district is the first half of a postcode. Each row gives its typical home price, how many of its postcodes can get gigabit broadband for every home, and how many have a home at flood risk. Each opens the district.

Prices: HM Land Registry, files dated 28 September 2026; the bar is set against the dearest district. Gigabit: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, counting postcodes. Flood: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026, postcodes in England with a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea. How we use them

One row for every district in the area. "No place listed" means no town or village is large enough to list for it.

Places in the BA area

Towns and villages with postcodes in the BA area, each with the typical price of a home there where at least 5 sold.

Councils in the BA area

How many of the area's postcodes fall under each council.

  • Somerset7,390 postcodes
  • Bath and North East Somerset4,293 postcodes
  • Wiltshire3,788 postcodes
  • Dorset42 postcodes
  • South Gloucestershire11 postcodes
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Near the BA area

The postcode areas whose centre points are nearest to this one's, nearest first.

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