Trowbridge Road Widbrook, Wiltshire
79 addresses across 5 postcodes (BA14,BA15), about 800 m (0.5 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 43802885.
- Sales: 4 recorded sales since 1995; in 2020 the median was £810,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (D: 2, F: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 C; Band D in Wiltshire costs £2,572 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Bradford-On-Avon, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 35 to 49 m above sea level.
- Noise: 12 of its 79 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Bradford-On-Avon And Melksham Health, about 2 km (1.2 miles) away.
- People: About 810 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 88% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | £810,000 | £810,000 | £810,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | £465,000 | £465,000 | £465,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £50,000 | £50,000 | £50,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Nov 2020 | 267A BA15 1UA | Detached | £810,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2018 | 267B BA15 1UA | Other | £655,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 30 Jul 2015 | 267 BA15 1UA | Detached | £465,000 | |
| 3 May 1995 | 261 BA15 1UA | Detached | £50,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 158 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (2); 1900-1929 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (38% of about 1,560 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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: yes, Wiltshire.
Listed buildings
- WIDBROOK BRIDGE, TROWBRIDGE ROAD, grade II
- WIDBROOK FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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 30 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA15 1UD | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA15 1UH | zone 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA15 1UA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA14 9BL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| BA15 1UB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 79 addresses are between 35 m and 49 m above sea level (38 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA14 9BL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA15 1UA | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| BA15 1UB | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BA15 1UD | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| BA15 1UH | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Bradford-On-Avon 532,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Trowbridge 904,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | |
| Avoncliff 25,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Widbrook Farm | 80 m |
| Bus or coach station | South Wraxall Turn Kingsdown | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Lovemead Car Park | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Be.EV Charging Station | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 34 km (21 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bradford-On-Avon And Melksham Health | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Cohens Chemist | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | St. Margarets Street (Dental Surgery) | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Trowbridge Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Wiltshire Police | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 6,650 m² | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 890 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 7.4 ha | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,380 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Trowle Manor Farmhouse, a listed building (Grade II*), 710 m (0.4 miles) south-east. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Trowle Manor Farmhouse | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Sub-rectangular enclosure in Great Bradford Wood | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| The Hall, Bradford-on-Avon | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north-west |
| Monastic grange at Barton Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Trowbridge General Cemetery | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Widbrook Wood | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Trowle Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Great Bradford Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north-east |
| Arnold's Hill | Hill | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Hilperton Marsh | Wetland | 3 km (1.9 miles) east |
| Dawes Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 2 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 3 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 67 | 79 |
12 of the street's 79 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walwayne Court School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Fitzmaurice Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection |
| St Augustine's Catholic College Roman Catholic | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St John's Catholic Primary School, Trowbridge Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| The John of Gaunt School | Secondary | 11–18 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlueBelt Hospitality BA15 1UH | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 350 m | 5 Very good | 22 Apr 2023 |
| The Boathouse BA15 1UD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 20 Oct 2026 |
| Noahs Pantry BA15 1UD | Retailers - other | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Nov 2023 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (avon-and-somerset).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 58 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 40% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 88% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 64% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 10% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 47% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 44% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 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 | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 8 to 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.
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.
Postcodes on this street
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.