BA postcode area

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BA
Coordinates: 51°13′19″N2°25′16″W / 51.222°N 2.421°W / 51.222; -2.421
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
BA
Postcode area name
Bath
Post towns 16
Postcode districts 19
Postcode sectors81
Postcodes (live)15,136
Postcodes (total)19,944
Statistics as at May 2020 [1]

The BA postcode area, also known as the Bath postcode area, [2] is a group of nineteen postcode districts in South West England, within sixteen post towns. These cover east Somerset (including Bath, Yeovil, Bruton, Castle Cary, Frome, Glastonbury, Radstock, Shepton Mallet, Street, Templecombe, Wells and Wincanton) and west Wiltshire (including Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Warminster and Westbury), plus very small parts of north-west Dorset and south Gloucestershire.

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district Post town CoverageLocal authority area(s)
BA1BATHBath north of the Avon, Batheaston, Bathford, Swainswick Bath and North East Somerset, South Gloucestershire
BA2BATHBath south of the Avon, Farmborough, Timsbury, Peasedown St John, Wellow, Hinton Charterhouse, Norton St Philip, Freshford, Limpley Stoke Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset, Wiltshire
BA3RADSTOCK Radstock, Midsomer Norton, Holcombe, Coleford Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset
BA4SHEPTON MALLET Shepton Mallet, Evercreech Somerset
BA5WELLS Wells, Wookey, Westbury-sub-Mendip Somerset
BA6GLASTONBURY Glastonbury Somerset
BA7CASTLE CARY Castle Cary, Ansford, Alford, Lovington Somerset
BA8TEMPLECOMBE Templecombe, Henstridge, Horsington Somerset
BA9BRUTON non-geographic [3] [4]
BA9WINCANTON Wincanton, Penselwood, Cucklington, Holton, Yarlington Somerset
BA10BRUTON Bruton, Pitcombe, Redlynch, Brewham Somerset
BA11FROME Frome, Beckington Somerset
BA12WARMINSTER Warminster, Mere, Corsley, Zeals, Kilmington Wiltshire
BA13WESTBURY Westbury, Chapmanslade Wiltshire
BA14TROWBRIDGE Trowbridge Wiltshire
BA15BRADFORD-ON-AVON Bradford-on-Avon, Winsley, Westwood, Monkton Farleigh, South Wraxall Wiltshire
BA16STREET Street, Walton Somerset
BA20YEOVIL Yeovil (centre and south)Somerset
BA21YEOVILYeovil (north), Mudford Somerset, Dorset
BA22YEOVILYeovil (west), East Coker, West Coker, Ilchester, Sparkford, Marston Magna, Halstock, Stoford, Clifton Maybank Somerset, Dorset

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BA postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BH, BS, DT, SN, SP and TA postcode areas. BA postcode area map.svg
BA postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BH, BS, DT, SN, SP and TA postcode areas.

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References

  1. "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2012.
  4. "New sectors and localities to 19 October 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2012.