Map of the BA postcode area
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Overview
This page brings together mapped and statistical information for the BA postcode area, also known as the Bath postal area.
The BA postcode area covers Bath and nearby parts of South West England.
The postcode area borders the following neighbouring postcode areas: TA - Taunton, SN - Swindon, SP - Salisbury, DT - Dorchester and BS - Bristol and is located inland.
The postcode area falls within the following counties: Somerset (76.41%), Wiltshire (23.26%), Dorset (0.25%), Gloucestershire (0.07%).
Quick facts
| Width east to west | 38.97 mi |
|---|---|
| Height north to south | 40.97 mi |
| Area | 717.56 mi² |
| Maximum width | 44.14 mi |
| Perimeter | 224.52 mi |
| Postcode districts | 19 |
| Postcode sectors | 79 |
| Post towns | 16 |
| Postcodes | 15,325 |
| Population | 434,166 |
The BA postcode area has a population of 434,166 and covers 1,858,478 hectares. Roughly 0.67% of the population of Great Britain lives here.
Post towns and postcode districts
Where is the BA postcode area?
How built up is the postcode area?
This compares building footprint coverage against the total land area across each postcode district. The least urban district is BA12 and the most urban is BA20.
| Postcode district | Total area (m²) | Footprint area (m²) | Built percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
| BA12 | 363,310,871 | 2,582,042 | 0.71% |
| BA10 | 46,535,120 | 406,228 | 0.87% |
| BA9 | 73,909,035 | 802,219 | 1.09% |
| BA22 | 184,189,918 | 2,049,904 | 1.11% |
| BA8 | 44,073,329 | 496,699 | 1.13% |
| BA4 | 161,043,240 | 1,927,814 | 1.20% |
| BA5 | 132,096,515 | 1,587,362 | 1.20% |
| BA6 | 92,576,801 | 1,183,014 | 1.28% |
| BA7 | 26,386,839 | 374,300 | 1.42% |
| BA11 | 141,904,277 | 2,307,923 | 1.63% |
| BA13 | 81,658,267 | 1,409,088 | 1.73% |
| BA3 | 129,274,631 | 2,392,012 | 1.85% |
| BA15 | 38,873,152 | 818,555 | 2.11% |
| BA2 | 147,351,094 | 3,592,763 | 2.44% |
| BA16 | 28,501,200 | 800,648 | 2.81% |
| BA14 | 80,823,364 | 2,754,911 | 3.41% |
| BA1 | 57,329,217 | 1,965,659 | 3.43% |
| BA21 | 20,508,507 | 1,403,340 | 6.84% |
| BA20 | 8,125,807 | 937,622 | 11.54% |
| Total | 1,858,471,184 | 29,792,103 | 1.60% |
The BA Postcode is significant due to Bath's Special Place in Postal History
Bath holds a unique position in postal history, thanks to two of its pioneering citizens.
Ralph Allen (1693 to 1764) was the first Postmaster of Bath and developed a system known as the Cross and Bye Post. This system used postmen on horseback who relayed mail between designated points, usually situated at inns, taverns, or bakeries precursors to today's post offices. The Cross and Bye Posts allowed letters to travel directly between towns without having to pass through London, greatly improving the efficiency of the postal network.
John Palmer later pioneered the mail coach service. Before Palmer's innovation, it took three days for a letter to travel from Bristol to London. However, on the 2nd of August 1784, using Palmer's system, the same journey took only fourteen hours.
Both Ralph Allen and John Palmer served as Mayors of Bath and represented the city in Parliament.
Bath also made history as the starting point of the first organised airmail service over a distance of more than 100 miles. On the 21st of May 1912, Mr. B. Hucks carried a letter from the Mayor of Bath to the Lord Mayor of London.
Area measurements
| Hectares | 1,858,478 |
|---|---|
| Square miles | 7,175.62 |
| Square feet | 200,044,713,442.00 |
| Square kilometres | 18,584.78 |
Postal delivery offices
- Bath Delivery Office
- Bradford-on-avon Delivery Office
- Bruton Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Castle Cary Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Freshford Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Frome Delivery Office
- Glastonbury Delivery Office
- Hinton Charterhouse Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Limpley Stoke Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Mere Scale Payment Delivery Office
- Radstock Delivery Office
- Shepton Mallet Delivery Office
- Trowbridge Delivery Office
- Warminster Delivery Office
- Wells Delivery Office
- Westbury Delivery Office
- Wincanton Delivery Office
- Yeovil Delivery Office
Tourist attractions within the area
We found 20 visitor attractions within the Bath postcode area.
| The Shoe Museum |
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| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Tintinhull Garden |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
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| Wells and Mendip Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Yeovil Railway Centre |
| Railways |
| Steam / Heritage Railway |
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| Haynes International Motor Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| East Somerset Railway |
| Railways |
| Steam / Heritage Railway |
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| Radstock Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Beckford's Tower & Museum |
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic Property |
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| Number One Royal Crescent |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Fashion Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Roman Baths |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Bath Abbey |
| Places of Worship |
| Place of Worship (still in use) |
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| Victoria Art Gallery |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| City Sightseeing Tour |
| Historic Properties |
| Other Historic / Scenic Transport Operator |
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| Prior Park Landscape Garden |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
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| Stourhead House and Garden |
| Gardens |
| Garden |
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| Farleigh Hungerford Castle |
| Historic Properties |
| Castle / Fort |
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| Westwood Manor |
| Historic Properties |
| Historic House / House and Garden / Palace |
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| Trowbridge Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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| Warminster Dewey Museum |
| Museums & Art Galleries |
| Museum and / or Art Gallery |
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Towns and villages within the area
- Abbas Combe — village
- Alford — village
- Alhampton — village
- Ashton Common — village
- Baltonsborough — village
- Barwick — village
- Batcombe — village
- Bath — city
- Bathampton — village
- Batheaston — village
- Bathford — village
- Beckington — village
- Binegar — village
- Blackford — village
- Bourton — village
- Bradford Leigh — village
- Bradford-on-Avon — town
- Bratton — village
- Bruton — town
- Buckland Dinham — village
- Burton — village
- Butleigh — village
- Camerton — village
- Cannard's Grave — village
- Carlingcott — village
- Castle Cary — town
- Chantry — village
- Chapmanslade — village
- Charlton Musgrove — village
- Chewton Mendip — village
- Chilcompton — village
- Chilthorne Domer — village
- Chitterne — village
- Church Row — village
- Clapton — village
- Claverton — village
- Codford St Peter — village
- Coleford — village
- Combe Hay — village
- Compton Pauncefoot — village
- Corsley Heath — village
- Corston — village
- Coulston — village
- Coxley — village
- Coxley Wick — village
- Cranmore — village
- Crockerton — village
- Croscombe — village
- Cucklington — village
- Deptford — village
- Dilton Marsh — village
- Dinder — village
- Ditcheat — village
- Doulting — village
- Downside — village
- Dulcote — village
- Dunkerton — village
- East Chinnock — village
- East Coker — village
- East Horrington — village
- Easton — village
- Edgarley — otherSettlement
- Edington — village
- Englishcombe — village
- Evercreech — village
- Farleigh Hungerford — otherSettlement
- Farmborough — village
- Faulkland — village
- Freshford — village
- Frome — town
- Galhampton — village
- Glastonbury — town
- Great Elm — village
- Great Hinton — village
- Gurney Slade — village
- Halstock — village
- Ham Street — village
- Hardington Mandeville — village
- Hardington Moor — village
- Hardway — village
- Haybridge — village
- Haydon — village
- Henstridge — village
- Henstridge Marsh — otherSettlement
- Heytesbury — village
- Heywood — village
- Hill Deverill — village
- Hinton Charterhouse — village
- Holcombe — village
- Holt — village
- Holton — village
- Holywell — village
- Horningsham — village
- Horsington — village
- Horsington Marsh — otherSettlement
- Ilchester — village
- Keevil — village
- Kelston — village
- Kilmersdon — village
- Kilmington — village
- Kingston Deverill — village
- Lamyatt — village
- Lane End — village
- Laverton — village
- Leigh upon Mendip — village
- Limington — village
- Limpley Stoke — village
- Litton — village
- Longbridge Deverill — village
- Lovington — village
- Lower Wraxall — village
- Maiden Bradley — village
- Marksbury — village
- Marston Magna — village
- Meare — village
- Mells — village
- Mere — town
- Midford — village
- Midsomer Norton — town
- Monkton Combe — village
- Monkton Deverill — village
- Monkton Farleigh — village
- Mudford — village
- Newton St Loe — village
- North Bradley — village
- North Brewham — village
- North Cadbury — village
- North Cheriton — village
- North Coker — village
- North Wootton — village
- Norton St Philip — village
- Nunney — village
- Oakhill — village
- Odcombe — village
- Oldford — village
- Oxenpill — village
- Peasedown St John — village
- Penselwood — village
- Pilton — village
- Podimore — village
- Prestleigh — village
- Priddy — village
- Priston — village
- Queen Camel — village
- Radstock — town
- Rimpton — village
- Rode — village
- Rudge — village
- Saltford — village
- Semington — village
- Shepton Mallet — town
- Shepton Montague — village
- Shoscombe — village
- South Barrow — village
- South Brewham — village
- South Cadbury — village
- South Cheriton — village
- South Horrington — village
- South Stoke — village
- South Wraxall — village
- Southwick — village
- Sparkford — village
- Staverton — village
- Steeple Ashton — village
- Stockton — village
- Stoford — village
- Stoke St Michael — village
- Stoke Trister — village
- Ston Easton — village
- Stoney Stratton — village
- Stony Littleton — otherSettlement
- Stourton — otherSettlement
- Stratton-on-the-Fosse — village
- Street — town
- Street on the Fosse — village
- Sutton Montis — village
- Sutton Veny — village
- Templecombe — village
- Timsbury — village
- Tintinhull — village
- Trowbridge — town
- Trudoxhill — village
- Tunley — village
- Turleigh — village
- Tytherington — village
- Upper Coxley — village
- Upper Swainswick — village
- Upton Lovell — village
- Upton Noble — village
- Upton Scudamore — village
- Walton — village
- Wanstrow — village
- Warminster — town
- Wellow — village
- Wells — city
- West Ashton — village
- West Camel — village
- West Coker — village
- West Horrington — village
- West Knoyle — village
- West Pennard — village
- Westbury — town
- Westbury-sub-Mendip — village
- Westhay — village
- Westwood — village
- Wincanton — town
- Wingfield — village
- Winsley — village
- Witham Friary — village
- Wookey — village
- Wookey Hole — village
- Woolverton — village
- Wraxall — village
- Wylye — village
- Yarlington — village
- Yarnbrook — village
- Yenston — village
- Yeovil — town
- Yeovil Marsh — village
- Yeovilton — village
- Zeals — village