BA12 9AT Wiltshire
Live postcode, introduced May 2003. Ward: Warminster East. Region: South West.
Streets
- The Ridgeway, Warminster: 16 addresses
- Boreham Road, Warminster: 2 addresses
Council tax
What each band costs in Wiltshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,572 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,715 | £2,000 | £2,286 | £2,572 | £3,143 | £3,715 | £4,286 | £5,144 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (37% of about 1,050 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 9.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- 10, EAST STREET, grade II
- 14-30, EAST STREET, grade II
- 32, EAST STREET, grade II
- 6 AND 8, EAST STREET, grade II
- 60, MARKET PLACE, grade II
- 7 AND 9, EAST STREET (See details for further address information), grade II
- 76, MARKET PLACE, grade II
- ENTRANCE SCREEN TO NO 45 (YARD HOUSE), grade II
- MASONS ARMS INN, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land at the Market Place/East Street, Warminster: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (110 m)
- Fairfield Road, Warminster, permissioned (230 m)
- Station Road, Warminster: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (440 m)
- Rear of Westbury Road, Warminster: up to 10 homes, not permissioned (820 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
Groundwater flooding is possible in this postcode: an address there is in a groundwater flood alert area.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 18 addresses are between 121 m and 124 m above sea level (123 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Warminster 356,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 410 m |
| Dilton Marsh 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km | |
| Westbury 543,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 12 stops within 400 m, 32 within 800 m; nearest Esso Garage Warminster | 140 m |
| Bus or coach station | Regal Court Warminster | 270 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Apcoa Parking | 240 m |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km; nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 310 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 42.5 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Avenue Surgery | 350 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 180 m |
| NHS dentists | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest 1 Station Road (Dental Surgery) | 230 m |
| Hospital | Sulis Hospital Bath (Warminster) | 450 m |
| Police station | Warminster Police Station | 510 m |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest *Deposit & Withdrawal* Iceland Warminster Cashzone | 260 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6.5 ha | 270 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,100 m² | 280 m |
| Playing field | 5 within 800 m; nearest King George's Field 7,570 m² | 190 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3.1 ha | 1.2 km |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 6.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 38 40, Market Place, a listed building (Grade II*), 180 m north-west. 187 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 11 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| 38 40, Market Place | Listed building, Grade II* | 180 m north-west |
| The Chantry | Listed building, Grade II* | 410 m north-west |
| Screen to Road in Front of Portway House | Listed building, Grade II* | 520 m north-west |
| Portway House | Listed building, Grade I | 540 m north-west |
| Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap | Scheduled monument | 760 m north-east |
| Bowl barrow on Arn Hill Down, 450m east of New Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km north |
| A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Boot Hill | Hill | 950 m south-west |
| Horsepools Coppice | Wood | 1.3 km south-east |
| Buffage Wood | Wood | 1.4 km south |
| Mancombe Bottom | Valley | 3.0 km north-east |
| Crockerton Ponds | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km south-west |
| Aucombe Marsh | Wetland | 4.1 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.1 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 18 | 18 |
None of the postcode's 18 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 36% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 43% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 16% | 17% |
| Private rented | 41% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 6% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 19% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 39% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 35% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 25% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 25% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 9% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 91% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on The Ridgeway.