BA2 3LG Bath and North East Somerset
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Oldfield Park. Region: South West.
Streets
- Canterbury Road, Bath: 24 addresses
- Second Avenue, Bath: 1 address
- Shaftesbury Road, Bath: 1 address
- Winchester Road, Bath: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Canterbury Road, Oldfield Park: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Canterbury Road, Oldfield Park: 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 (65% of about 540 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
- Wansdyke Buisiness Centre, Oldfield Lane, Bath, permissioned (270 m)
- Platinum Accident and Repair, 22-24 Cheltenham Street, Bath, BA2 3EX, permissioned (510 m)
- Bath Press, Bath, permissioned (620 m)
- Homebase, Pines Way, Bath, BA2 3ET, permissioned (680 m)
- Dick Lovett, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3DR, permissioned (700 m)
- SB8 Windsor Bridge Road/Upper Bristol Road, Bath, not permissioned (750 m)
- Former Gasworks, Windsor Bridge Road, Twerton, Bath, permissioned (790 m)
- Storage Yard adjascent to Argyle Works, Lower Bristol Road, Bath, BA2 3DB, permissioned (820 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 3 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.
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 29 addresses are between 29 m and 36 m above sea level (31 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 | Oldfield Park 386,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 430 m |
| Bath Spa 6.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km | |
| Freshford 55,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 22 stops within 400 m, 69 within 800 m; nearest Shaftesbury Road Oldfield Park | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Oldfield Park - Lower Bristol Road | 670 m |
| Ferry terminal | Netham Lock Ferry Terminal | 15.0 km |
| Car parks | Parking-at-airports | 900 m |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km; nearest Claverton Street Car Park GeniePoint | 1.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 23.7 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Heart Of Bath | 180 m |
| Pharmacies | 12 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Oldfield Pharmacy | 160 m |
| NHS dentists | 18 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Lyndhurst Dental Practice | 400 m |
| Hospital | Royal United Hospital Bath | 2.0 km |
| Police station | Bath Police Station | 1.4 km |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m; nearest The Cooperative Food Scala, Oldfield Park, Scala Cashzone | 110 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 9 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 970 m² | 60 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Magdalen Gardens 5.5 ha | 800 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Moorfields Sandpits Play Area 710 m² | 320 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 330 m |
| Allotments | 4 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2.4 ha | 500 m |
Within 800 m: 9 parks and gardens, 16 hectares in all.
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 28 | 29 |
1 of the postcode's 29 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 24 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 12% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 53% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 32% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 45% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 9% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 12% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 42% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 4% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 9% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 22% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 64% | 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) | 28% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 92% | 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 Canterbury Road.