Bath
Bath is covered by postcode districts BA1 and BA2. It is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area, England.
Every postcode in Bath, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 101
- In use before 2020: 2,572
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,673 postcodes in Bath that ONS places, 101 are new since 2020 and 2,572 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3808, longitude -2.3679. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 32 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BA1 0GX, is the newest of them.
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BA2 5FS, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BA2 2FR, is the newest of them.
- 6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BA2 6DA, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Bath?
Homes sold for a typical £430,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 1,499 of the 2,560 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,689 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 438 of its 2,673 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bath Spa, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bath?
Homes in Bath sold for a typical £430,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,041 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £832,500 122 sales
- Semi-detached £503,000 215 sales
- Terraced £435,000 379 sales
- Flat or maisonette £310,000 325 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole BA2 district, Bath's main postcode district: a typical £415,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bath: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode 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
Are new homes being built in Bath?
101 of the 2,673 postcodes now in use in Bath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 48 of the 1,357 homes sold in Bath were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA2 district, 7%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bath | Across the BA2 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 7 of 1,041 (Under 1%) | 9 of 797 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 48 of 1,357 (4%) | 71 of 1,078 (7%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bath?
Ofcom reports on 2,560 of the 2,673 postcodes in Bath. At 1,499 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bath at risk of flooding?
438 of the 2,673 postcodes in Bath have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,689 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Bath?
The open schools at the postcodes in Bath (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Oldfield Park Infant School700 m 178 pupils, 180 places
- St Andrew's Church School900 m 231 pupils, 210 places
- St John's Catholic Primary School1.0 km 325 pupils, 315 places
- Widcombe CofE Junior School1.1 km 243 pupils, 240 places
- Widcombe Infant School1.1 km 182 pupils, 180 places
- Moorlands Infant School1.3 km 177 pupils, 180 places
- Oldfield Park Junior School1.3 km 251 pupils, 240 places
- Moorlands Junior School1.4 km 236 pupils, 249 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bath?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bath is Bath Spa Rail Station, 850 m away in a straight line.
- Bath Spa Rail Station Railway station 850 mWalk
- Oldfield Park Rail Station Railway station 900 mWalk
- Freshford Rail Station Railway station 6.3 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bath?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bath, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Heart of Bath Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2026 · Phone 01225 613100 650 mWalk
- Widcombe Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report April 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01225 310883 1.1 kmWalk
- The Pulteney Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01225 464187 1.2 kmWalk
- Fairfield Park Health Centre Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report October 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01225 331616 1.9 kmCycle
- Newbridge Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report June 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01225 425807 2.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bath safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 7,083 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bath over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 576 September 2025
- 601 October 2025
- 539 November 2025
- 515 December 2025
- 447 January 2026
- 590 February 2026
- 671 March 2026
- 603 April 2026
- 622 May 2026
- 676 June 2026
- 623 July 2026
- 620 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 133, drugs 79, bicycle theft 78, other crime 71, possession of weapons 57, theft from the person 56.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bath?
- Council
- Bath and North East Somerset
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bath (2,627), Frome and East Somerset (45) and North East Somerset and Hanham (1)
- Police force area
- Avon and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Bath
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Bath and North East Somerset about council tax Council tax, on bathnes.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bath
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Bath postcodes
2,673 postcodes in use in Bath, by district:
Those districts are all in the BA postcode area.
Check a Bath postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Bath
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bath's £430,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bath
- What is it like to live in Bath?
- Homes sold for a typical £430,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. At 1,499 of the 2,560 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 3,689 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 438 of its 2,673 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bath Spa, 850 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bath?
- Bath is covered by postcode districts BA1 and BA2, across 2,673 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Bath in?
- Bath is in the Bath and North East Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bath?
- Homes in Bath sold for a typical £430,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 1,041 sales, down 2.5% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bath?
- In Bath, primary schools at its postcodes include Oldfield Park Infant School, St Andrew's Church School and St John's Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Hayesfield Girls School, Beechen Cliff School and King Edward's School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bath have a railway station?
- Yes: Bath Spa is 850 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bath, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bath?
- Ofcom reports on 2,560 of the 2,673 postcodes in Bath. At 1,499 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bath at risk of flooding?
- 438 of the 2,673 postcodes in Bath have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 3,689 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bath?
- 101 of the 2,673 postcodes now in use in Bath came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 48 of the 1,357 homes sold in Bath were newly built (4%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BA2 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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