Bowerhill

Bowerhill is covered by postcode districts BA14 and SN12. It is in the Wiltshire council area, England.

Typical price £322,500 Homes sold in Bowerhill, last 12 months. ▲ 0.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 83 of 133 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Low risk only 1 of 135 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Bowerhill, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Bowerhill, by flood risk Of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 134 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bowerhill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A350A365 BA14 6JX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6AD: not on the flood risk listSN12 6AH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6AJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6AQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6BF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6BU: not on the flood risk listSN12 6BX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6BY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6DN: not on the flood risk listSN12 6DR: not on the flood risk listSN12 6DT: not on the flood risk listSN12 6DX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6DY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6DZ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ED: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EG: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ER: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ET: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EU: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EZ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FD: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FL: not on the flood risk listSN12 6FQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6GH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6GJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6GN: not on the flood risk listSN12 6GU: not on the flood risk listSN12 6GX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6JW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6LH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6LW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6NB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ND: not on the flood risk listSN12 6NE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6NF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QL: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QN: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QR: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QS: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6QZ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6RA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6RB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SD: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SG: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SL: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SN: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SP: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SS: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ST: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SU: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6SZ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TD: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TG: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TL: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TP: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TR: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TS: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TT: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TU: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6TZ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UF: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UG: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UJ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UP: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6UW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6WA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6WB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6WG: not on the flood risk listSN12 6WQ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6WS: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XD: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XG: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XN: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XP: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XR: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XS: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XT: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XU: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XW: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XX: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XY: not on the flood risk listSN12 6XZ: not on the flood risk listSN12 6YB: not on the flood risk listSN12 6YH: not on the flood risk listSN12 6YP: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ZA: not on the flood risk listSN12 6ZE: not on the flood risk listSN12 6EL: low flood risk at worst Bowerhill Map of every postcode in Bowerhill, by flood risk Of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 134 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Bowerhill. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Bowerhill
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 134

Of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill that ONS places, 1 are at low risk at worst and 134 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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 51.3577, longitude -2.1285. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Bowerhill?

Homes sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 133 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 135 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Spa Medical Centre, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Melksham, 2.7 km 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 Bowerhill?

Homes in Bowerhill sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£322,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£320,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 0.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £363,000 29 sales
  • Semi-detached £292,500 18 sales
  • Terraced £250,000 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole SN12 district, Bowerhill's main postcode district: a typical £295,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bowerhill: 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 Bowerhill?

5 of the 135 postcodes now in use in Bowerhill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 80 homes sold in Bowerhill were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN12 district, 8%.

The newest postcodes

SN12 6NFsince July 2026SN12 6GJsince August 2024SN12 6ZAsince July 2020SN12 6WAsince February 2020SN12 6XZsince February 2020

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

PeriodIn BowerhillAcross the SN12 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 63 (0%) 5 of 362 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 4 of 80 (5%) 39 of 514 (8%)

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 Bowerhill?

Ofcom reports on 133 of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit83 of 133
Postcodes where every home can get superfast118 of 133

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bowerhill at risk of flooding?

1 of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 1 of 135 postcodes Low: 1

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 Bowerhill?

The open schools at the postcodes in Bowerhill. 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

Secondary

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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 Bowerhill?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bowerhill is Melksham Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Melksham Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Trowbridge Rail Station Railway station 7.3 kmDrive
  • Bradford-on-Avon Rail Station Railway station 8.7 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 Bowerhill?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Bowerhill. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Bowerhill safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 672 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bowerhill 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

  1. 53 September 2025
  2. 46 October 2025
  3. 49 November 2025
  4. 53 December 2025
  5. 38 January 2026
  6. 47 February 2026
  7. 59 March 2026
  8. 63 April 2026
  9. 62 May 2026
  10. 70 June 2026
  11. 75 July 2026
  12. 57 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences305 reports
Anti-social behaviour131 reports
Criminal damage and arson56 reports
Public order42 reports
Other theft32 reports
Vehicle crime29 reports
Drugs22 reports
Burglary18 reports

Also: other crime 15, shoplifting 10, possession of weapons 5, bicycle theft 3, theft from the person 2, robbery 2.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Bowerhill?

Council
Wiltshire
Parliamentary constituency
Melksham and Devizes
Police force area
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat)

All 135 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

Moving to Bowerhill

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Bowerhill postcodes

135 postcodes in use in Bowerhill, by district:

SN12 postcode district,134 postcodesBA14 postcode district,1 postcode

Those districts are in the SN postcode area and BA postcode area.

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Places near Bowerhill

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bowerhill's £322,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Melksham1.8 km, £275,000Rowde6.8 km, £260,000Trowbridge6.9 km, £266,270Bradford-on-Avon8.5 km, £375,000Corsham9.3 km, £340,000Bratton9.7 km, £357,500Devizes9.8 km, £298,000Rudloe10.0 km, £325,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Bowerhill

What is it like to live in Bowerhill?
Homes sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 83 of the 133 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts no home or business at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 1 of its 135 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Spa Medical Centre, 1.0 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Melksham, 2.7 km 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 Bowerhill?
Bowerhill is covered by postcode districts BA14 and SN12, across 135 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Bowerhill in?
Bowerhill is in the Wiltshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Bowerhill?
Bowerhill is in the Melksham and Devizes parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Brian Mathew (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Bowerhill?
Homes in Bowerhill sold for a typical £322,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 63 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Bowerhill?
In Bowerhill, primary schools at its postcodes include Bowerhill Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Melksham Oak Community School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Bowerhill have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bowerhill is Melksham, 2.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Bowerhill?
Ofcom reports on 133 of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill. At 83 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Bowerhill at risk of flooding?
1 of the 135 postcodes in Bowerhill has a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts none of the 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 Bowerhill?
5 of the 135 postcodes now in use in Bowerhill came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 4 of the 80 homes sold in Bowerhill were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN12 district, 8%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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