Elm Place Bear Flat, Bath and North East Somerset

1 address across 1 postcode (BA2), about 260 m long. USRN 47962550.

  • Sales: 25 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £610,000 across 1 sale.
  • Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
  • Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band D; Band D in Bath and North East Somerset costs £2,383 a year in 2026-27.
  • Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 68% of premises.
  • Transport: The nearest railway station is Bath Spa, about 1 km (0.6 miles) away in a straight line.
  • Green space: There is a small park or garden about 50 m away, and Magdalen Gardens (5.5 hectares) is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
  • Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
  • Height: It is about 72 m above sea level.
  • Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
  • Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Heart Of Bath, about 650 m (0.4 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
  • People: About 290 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 69% of households owned their home and 62% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
  • Crime: 54 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.

Sales on this street

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, sales registered up to 28 August 2026, loaded 28 October 2026. Sales reach the register two weeks to two months after completion, so the last two months are incomplete. Matched by postcode and street name.

Sales by year (standard sales only; repossessions and buy-to-let transfers excluded)
YearSalesMedian priceLowestHighest
20261£610,000£610,000£610,000
20243£410,000£325,000£1,020,000
20231£185,000£185,000£185,000
20221£220,000£220,000£220,000
20201£942,500£942,500£942,500
20191£578,500£578,500£578,500
20163£750,000£200,000£775,000
20141£225,000£225,000£225,000
20101£681,000£681,000£681,000
20091£475,000£475,000£475,000
20084£125,000£125,000£206,000
20071£630,000£630,000£630,000
Most recent sales (25)
DateAddressTypePriceNotes
30 Jul 20266 BA2 2ABTerraced£610,000
29 Oct 202412 BA2 2ABOther£487,500Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer).
5 Sep 202422 BA2 2ABTerraced£410,000
10 May 2024GARDEN MAISONETTE, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£325,000Leasehold.
28 Feb 202416 BA2 2ABTerraced£1,020,000
7 Dec 2023FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£185,000Leasehold.
1 Jun 2022SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£220,000Leasehold.
4 Jun 202024 BA2 2ABTerraced£942,500
7 Nov 201928 BA2 2ABTerraced£578,500
20 Jul 20168 BA2 2ABTerraced£750,000
31 Mar 201618 BA2 2ABTerraced£775,000
22 Mar 2016SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£200,000Leasehold.
24 Sep 2014GARDEN MAISONETTE, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£225,000Leasehold.
9 Dec 201010 BA2 2ABTerraced£681,000
15 Jul 200926 BA2 2ABTerraced£475,000
5 Sep 2008GARDEN MAISONETTE, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£206,000New build. Leasehold.
2 May 2008SECOND FLOOR FLAT, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
14 Apr 2008FIRST FLOOR FLAT, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£125,000Leasehold.
17 Mar 2008GROUND FLOOR FLAT, 4 BA2 2ABFlat or maisonette£125,000New build. Leasehold.
3 Oct 200716 BA2 2ABTerraced£630,000
11 Feb 200524 BA2 2ABTerraced£437,500
29 Sep 200410 BA2 2ABTerraced£500,000
3 Jul 20034 BA2 2ABTerraced£310,000
16 May 200110 BA2 2ABTerraced£350,000
10 Mar 199920 BA2 2ABTerraced£200,000

Energy performance certificates

Source: Energy Performance of Buildings Register (MHCLG), register as at 1 November 2026. Latest certificate per address; certificates last ten years, so the oldest here and some homes have none. Address data © Ordnance Survey and Royal Mail, shown for understanding the energy efficiency of buildings only.

No certificates found for addresses on this street.

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.

ABCDEFGH
£1,589£1,854£2,119£2,383£2,913£3,443£3,972£4,767

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (34% of about 800 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this street; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

  • Conservation area: yes, Bath (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
  • Listed buildings on or by this street: 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 km (0.6 miles)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted on or by this street. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Roadworks

No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.

Source: Department for Transport, Street Manager open data, permits and works up to 30 September 2026. It is published once a month, so works arranged or started since then are not shown, and dates are the ones planned unless the works have started or finished. Emergency works are often permitted after they begin.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 4 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 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.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Some features are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH); the postcode data is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, © Royal Mail Group Limited.

Height above sea level

The street's address is about 72 m above sea level.

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50, July 2026: the height of the ground on a 50 m grid, read at each address, in metres above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level at Newlyn). It is the lie of the land, not floor or threshold levels, and is accurate to a few metres. Being low-lying is not in itself a flood risk; the flood section above says what the flood maps show.

Broadband

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026. Percentages are of premises in each postcode that can get the service, not take-up or speed achieved.

Availability by postcode (% of premises)
PostcodeSuperfast (30 Mbit/s+)Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+)GigabitBelow 10 Mbit/s
BA2 2AB100%68%68%0%

Getting around

Sources: Department for Transport, NaPTAN (every public transport stop), as at 31 October 2026; Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage 2024–25 (which stations are on the National Rail network, and their journeys: entries and exits in the year to March); OurAirports (public domain, kept by volunteers); car parks and charging points from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings from Meta, Microsoft, Foursquare and others: not an official register, so some will be missing, private or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street, not routes, and say nothing about how often anything runs. Stations opened since the end of ORR's year appear when ORR publishes the next one, each December; heritage railways are left out.

NearestDistance
Railway stationsBath Spa 6.5 million journeys in 2024–251 km (0.6 miles)
Oldfield Park 386,000 journeys in 2024–251.2 km (0.7 miles)
Freshford 55,000 journeys in 2024–255.7 km (3.6 miles)
Bus stops16 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 48 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Elm Place Bear Flat140 m
Bus or coach stationBroad Quay Bath City Centre900 m (0.6 miles)
Car parksAvon Street Car Park910 m (0.6 miles)
EV charging points1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Claverton Street Car Park GeniePoint1.2 km (0.7 miles)
Airport with scheduled flightsBristol Airport BRS24.3 km (15 miles)

Local services

Sources: NHS Organisation Data Service, as at 31 October 2026: GP practices, community pharmacies and dental practices with an NHS contract, open now, each placed at the centre of its postcode; hospitals are NHS trust and Welsh health board sites named as hospitals, and may not have an emergency department. Police stations and cash machines from Overture Maps Foundation, release 2026-10-21.0, which gathers business listings: not an official register, so some will be missing or out of date. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street. Nothing here says whether a practice is taking new patients or a dentist new NHS patients.

NearestDistance
GP surgeries2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Heart Of Bath650 m (0.4 miles)
Pharmacies11 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wellsway Pharmacy350 m
NHS dentists12 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wellsway Dental Surgery270 m
HospitalSt Martins Hospital (Bath)1.5 km (1 mile)
Police stationBath Police Station1.1 km (0.7 miles)
Cash machines2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM240 m

Parks and green space

Source: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Greenspace, April 2026: public parks and gardens, play spaces, playing fields and allotments, with their entrances. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to a site's nearest entrance (or its edge where none is recorded), not walking routes; sizes are the area OS maps for each site. Some sites, such as school playing fields, may not be open to the public.

NearestDistance
Park or garden5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.8 ha50 m
Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles)Magdalen Gardens 5.5 ha480 m (0.3 miles)
Play area5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 220 m²80 m
Playing field2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,900 m²400 m (0.2 miles)
Allotments3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Bloomfield Road Allotments 2.3 ha90 m

Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 5 parks and gardens, 17 hectares in all.

Landmarks

The nearest historic landmark is Church of Our Lady and St Alphege, With Attached Presbytery, a listed building (Grade II*), 590 m (0.4 miles) west. 138 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 5 of them Grade II*.

Historic places
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Church of Our Lady and St Alphege, With Attached PresbyteryListed building, Grade II*590 m (0.4 miles) west
St James' Viaduct (MLN110705)Listed building, Grade II*850 m (0.5 miles) north-east
Lyncombe HouseListed building, Grade II*900 m (0.6 miles) east
Christian CentreListed building, Grade II*950 m (0.6 miles) north-east
City of BathWorld Heritage Site1 km (0.6 miles) north
Bath City WallsScheduled monument1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east
The Roman Baths and site of Roman town, BathScheduled monument1.2 km (0.7 miles) north-east
Parade Gardens, BathRegistered park or garden, Grade II1.4 km (0.8 miles) north-east
The Eastgate, BathScheduled monument1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-east
Abbey CemeteryRegistered park or garden, Grade II*1.4 km (0.9 miles) east
Natural landmarks within 5 km (3.1 miles)
NameWhat it isFrom the middle of the street
Lyncombe ValeValley1 km (0.6 miles) east
Smallcombe ValeValley1.7 km (1.1 miles) east
Great DellHollow2 km (1.2 miles) north
High Barrow HillHill2 km (1.2 miles) west
Weston CutLake or reservoir2 km (1.2 miles) north-west
Eastover CoppiceWood2 km (1.2 miles) south-west

Sources: Historic England's registers through planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG), and Cadw through DataMapWales (Welsh Government): World Heritage Sites within 10 km (6.2 miles), battlefields within 5 km (3.1 miles), registered parks and gardens within 3 km (1.9 miles), scheduled monuments within 2 km (1.2 miles), and Grade I and II* listed buildings within 1 km (0.6 miles). Ordnance Survey, OS Open Names, October 2026: named hills, valleys, lakes, woods, wetlands and coast (it has no rivers). Distances are in a straight line to the middle of each site, and being on a register does not mean there is public access.

Air quality

Source: Defra, modelled background air pollution, annual means for 2024, for the 1 km square that holds the middle of the street. These are background levels, away from the kerb: beside a busy road nitrogen dioxide in particular can be several times higher. UK limits are the legal annual limits for England and Wales; the World Health Organization's 2021 guidelines are much stricter, and most towns and cities are above them.

Annual means in µg/m³ (micrograms per cubic metre of air)
PollutantHereUK limitWHO guideline
Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)7.84010
Fine particles (PM2.5)6.3205
Particles (PM10)9.94015

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

Source: Defra, strategic noise mapping Round 4 (England), modelled for 2021 and published in December 2023, and its airport maps of the same round for the fifteen largest English airports, published in April 2026: Lden, the average sound level over a whole day with extra weight for the evening and night, on a 10 m grid, read at each address. These are models of traffic, not measurements; they leave out smaller airports and airfields, industry and neighbours, and a room at the back of a house is often much quieter than the front. The World Health Organization's guidelines are 53 dB for road traffic, 54 dB for railways and 45 dB for aircraft (below the lowest level shown here).

Addresses by modelled noise level (Lden, dB)
LevelRoad trafficRailways
55 to 5910
Under 5501

1 of the street's 1 addresses is 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 Bath and North East Somerset: see them on the Bath and North East Somerset page.

Nearest schools

Source: Get Information About Schools (Department for Education), 1 November 2026; Ofsted monthly management information as at September 2026. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the street to the school; catchments and admissions are not shown. Since November 2025 Ofsted gives report-card grades by area, not one overall grade; older grades stand until a school is re-inspected.

SchoolPhaseAgesDistanceInspection
Beechen Cliff SchoolSecondary11–18570 m (0.4 miles) Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Hayesfield Girls SchoolSecondary11–18570 m (0.4 miles) No published inspection
Moorlands Infant SchoolPrimary5–7590 m (0.4 miles) Good (May 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
St John's Catholic Primary School Roman CatholicPrimary4–11620 m (0.4 miles) Good (Sep 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Moorlands Junior SchoolPrimary7–11650 m (0.4 miles) Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework)
Bath College16 plus16–991 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Oldfield Park Junior SchoolPrimary7–111 km (0.6 miles) No published inspection
Oldfield Park Infant SchoolPrimary5–71.2 km (0.7 miles) No published inspection
Widcombe Infant SchoolPrimary5–71.3 km (0.8 miles) Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met
Widcombe CofE Junior School Church of EnglandPrimary7–111.3 km (0.8 miles) No overall grade (Mar 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding
St Philip's CofE Primary School Church of EnglandPrimary4–111.4 km (0.9 miles) No overall grade (Nov 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good
Mulberry Park Educate Together Primary AcademyPrimary4–111.5 km (0.9 miles) Good (Nov 2022, overall grade under the previous framework)

Food hygiene ratings nearby

Source: Food Standards Agency, Food Hygiene Rating Scheme, extract of 1 November 2026. Each rating is shown with the date it was given; a business may have been re-inspected since the extract. Within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the middle of the street.

BusinessTypeDistanceRatingRated
Wentworth House Hotel BA2 2APHotel/bed & breakfast/guest house130 m5 Very good20 Feb 2026
Cook Trading Ltd BA2 2AARetailers - other200 m5 Very good3 Jun 2025
Majestic Wine Warehouse BA2 2AADistributors/Transporters200 m5 Very good13 Sep 2024
Tesco BA2 4SARetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets250 m5 Very good3 Jun 2025
Da Vinci Italian Deli BA2 4RRRetailers - other280 m5 Very good23 Jul 2025
Menu Gordon Jones BA2 3AQRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m5 Very good9 Apr 2025
Bear Inn BA2 3AQPub/bar/nightclub290 m4 Good7 Jul 2026
Thai Thai Takeaway BA2 3AHRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen290 m4 Good14 May 2025
Green Shoots Pre-School BA2 4RFHospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises320 m5 Very good22 Oct 2025
Bear Flat Community Market BA2 4RFRetailers - other320 m5 Very good16 May 2026
Beechen Cliff Methodist Church BA2 4RFOther catering premises320 m5 Very good1 Nov 2025
The Good Bear Cafe BA2 4QWRestaurant/Cafe/Canteen320 m5 Very good3 Jun 2026
Co-Op BA2 4QLRetailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets340 m5 Very good16 Oct 2024
Wellsway Pharmacy BA2 4QWRetailers - other350 mExempt
Bear Flat Fish And Chips BA2 4QLTakeaway/sandwich shop350 m3 Generally satisfactory24 Sep 2025

Crime within 250 m

Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, September 2025 to August 2026. Police forces move every crime to the nearest of about 760,000 anonymised map points before publishing, so these are crimes near this street, not on it, and a busy point can collect crimes from a wider area. Counts are of records, not convictions.

54 recorded crimes by category
CategoryCrimes
Violence and sexual offences28
Anti-social behaviour8
Other theft7
Public order4
Burglary4
Criminal damage and arson2
Bicycle theft1

Most of these are attached to: On or near Maple Grove (28); On or near Hensley Gardens (14); On or near Bloomfield Avenue (9); On or near Egerton Road (2); On or near Hensley Road (1).

People and work

Source: ONS Census 2021, taken on 21 March 2021, for the Output Area (a small census area of about 125 households) that this street's postcodes are in: 289 residents in 122 households. The census was taken during a lockdown, so working from home is high and travel to work low compared with now. ONS swaps a few records between neighbouring areas and adds small amounts of noise to counts to protect privacy, so small differences mean little. Industry is not published for areas this small.

Who lives here

Around this streetEngland
Median age4240
Children under 1519%17%
Aged 65 and over17%18%

Homes

Around this streetEngland
Owned (outright or with a mortgage)69%61%
Owned outright32%33%
Shared ownership0%1%
Social rented8%17%
Private rented23%21%

Work and commuting

Around this streetEngland
Adults (16 and over) in work64%57%
Unemployment (of those working or looking for work)5%6%
Retired (of adults)18%22%
Long-term sick or disabled (of adults)3%4%
Work mainly from home (of those in work)56%32%
Travel to work by car or van27%48%
By train, Underground, metro or tram3%4%
By any public transport, including bus6%8%
On foot or by bicycle11%10%
Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work)64%65%
Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away23%8%

Education and languages

Around this streetEngland
Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults)62%34%
No qualifications5%18%
Apprenticeship as highest qualification3%5%
Main language English (aged 3 and over)97%91%
Cannot speak English well or at allunder 1%2%

Deprivation

The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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.

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), by LSOA (about 1,500 people), through the ONS Postcode Directory. The index combines income, employment, health, education, crime, housing and living environment; it ranks areas against each other and does not describe any one household. Ranks in England and Wales are worked out separately and cannot be compared.

What has changed

Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.

Everything that has changed on and near this street

Postcodes on this street

Source: ONS Postcode Directory August 2026, ONS UPRN Directory September 2026, OS Open Linked Identifiers September 2026. A postcode can cover more than one street; the share shows how many of its addresses are on this one.

  • BA2 2AB: 1 address of 53 in the postcode

Nearby streets

Hensley Gardens · Bloomfield Avenue · Maple Grove · Egerton Road · Kipling Avenue · Durley Park · Hensley Road · Milton Avenue · Bloomfield Road · Longfellow Avenue · St Luke's Road · Devonshire Villas

All the streets in BA2 and across Bath and North East Somerset.

What this page cannot tell you

  • Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
  • What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
  • How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
  • Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
  • Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
  • How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
  • Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
  • How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.

How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.