BA12 9JR Wiltshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Warminster East. Region: South West.
Streets
- Boreham Road, Warminster: 31 addresses
- Smallbrook Road, Warminster: 2 addresses
- Boreham Close, Warminster: 1 address
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: yes, WARMINSTER (BOREHAM ROAD) (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- 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
- 22, BOREHAM ROAD, grade II
- 27, BOREHAM ROAD, grade II
- 33, BOREHAM ROAD, grade II
- 35 AND 37, BOREHAM ROAD, grade II
- 36, BOREHAM ROAD, grade II
- GATES AND RAILINGS WITH DWARF WALL AND PIERS AT NON CONFORMIST BURIAL GROUND, grade II
- MORTUARY CHAPEL AT NON CONFORMIST BURIAL GROUND, grade II
- NO 44 INCLUDING COACH HOUSE, grade II
- NUMBER 24 TORWOOD AND NUMBERS 26-34, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Fairfield Road, Warminster, permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Land at the Market Place/East Street, Warminster: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (470 m (0.3 miles))
- Station Road, Warminster: up to 30 homes, not permissioned (570 m (0.4 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 0 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 34 addresses are between 124 m and 125 m above sea level (124 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 96%, ultrafast 96%, gigabit 96% 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 | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Dilton Marsh 22,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Westbury 543,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.5 km (4.6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 26 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beckford Centre Warminster | 180 m |
| Bus or coach station | Regal Court Warminster | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Apcoa Parking | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | 3 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 42.8 km (27 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Avenue Surgery | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest 1 Station Road (Dental Surgery) | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Sulis Hospital Bath (Warminster) | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Warminster Police Station | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Payzone | 340 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.5 ha | 310 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,100 m² | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Warminster Highbury Youth Football Club 8,620 m² | 370 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3.1 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 2 parks and gardens, 9.0 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 38 40, Market Place, a listed building (Grade II*), 530 m (0.3 miles) north-west. 129 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| 38 40, Market Place | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Church of St John the Evangelist | Listed building, Grade II* | 540 m (0.3 miles) east |
| The Chantry | Listed building, Grade II* | 770 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Bowl barrow on the summit of Cop Heap | Scheduled monument | 840 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Screen to Road in Front of Portway House | Listed building, Grade II* | 850 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| A pair of bowl barrows 225m south east of Boreham Mill | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-east |
| Bowl barrow on Arn Hill Down, 450m east of New Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Horsepools Coppice | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Boot Hill | Hill | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Buffage Wood | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Mancombe Bottom | Valley | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-east |
| Norton Waters | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) south-east |
| Aucombe Marsh | Wetland | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 7 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 18 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 34 |
27 of the postcode's 34 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Wiltshire: see them on the Wiltshire page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 57 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 38% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 57% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 46% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 29% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 21% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 20% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 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 Boreham Road.