BA2 3DL Bath and North East Somerset
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Oldfield Park. Region: South West.
Streets
- Lower Bristol Road, Bath: 19 addresses
- Cheltenham Street, Bath: 1 address
- Westmoreland Street, Bath: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Lower Bristol Road, Westmoreland: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Bath and North East Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,383 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,589 | £1,854 | £2,119 | £2,383 | £2,913 | £3,443 | £3,972 | £4,767 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (36% of about 800 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Platinum Accident and Repair, 22-24 Cheltenham Street, Bath, BA2 3EX, permissioned (130 m)
- Homebase, Pines Way, Bath, BA2 3ET, permissioned (270 m)
- Bath Quays North Development Site, Avon Street, Bath, permissioned (450 m)
- Plymouth House, Monmouth Street, Bath, permissioned (460 m)
- SB8 East of Onega Terrace, not permissioned (550 m)
- Bath Press, Bath, permissioned (700 m)
- SB8 Bath Western Riverside, Bath (western), permissioned (730 m)
- Dick Lovett, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3DR, permissioned (730 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 11 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: of the 15 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 15 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
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 | Oldfield Park 386,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 730 m |
| Bath Spa 6.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 930 m | |
| Freshford 55,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km | |
| Bus stops | 16 stops within 400 m, 73 within 800 m; nearest St James Cemetery Lower Bristol Road | 120 m |
| Bus or coach station | Oldfield Park - Lower Bristol Road | 720 m |
| Car parks | 6 within 800 m; nearest Parking-at-airports | 310 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Claverton Street Car Park GeniePoint | 1.2 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 24.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Heart Of Bath | 450 m |
| Pharmacies | 11 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Hounsell & Greene | 450 m |
| NHS dentists | 18 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Green Park Dental Surgery | 210 m |
| Hospital | Royal United Hospital Bath | 2.0 km |
| Police station | Bath Police Station | 890 m |
| Cash machines | 7 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Scala, Oldfield Park, Scala Cashzone | 580 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 120 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Royal Victoria Park 23 ha | 590 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,590 m² | 230 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 900 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m; nearest Lower Common Allotments 3.4 ha | 610 m |
Within 800 m: 9 parks and gardens, 33 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 6% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 7% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 41% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 19% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 49% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 7% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 19% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 27% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 71% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 9% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 4% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 0% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 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 Lower Bristol Road.