BA11 1BS

Frome West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

Compare this postcode

Location overview

Drag to pan. Use + or - to zoom. Open larger map
Post town
Frome
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA11 1AB 45 m
BA11 1AL 51 m
BA11 1BL 67 m
BA11 1AF 70 m
BA11 1AN 83 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA11 1BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 1
Latitude
51.231899
Longitude
-2.321683
British National Grid easting
377,636
British National Grid northing
148,129

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008560
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00147902
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 004C · E01029042
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 004 · E02006050

Postcode source versions

Explore BA11

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Old Library, Westway, Frome, BA11 1BS 4 April 2008 £495,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

View all nearby schools
Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome

    Academy converter

    258 m
  2. Vallis First School

    Community school

    272 m
  3. St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome

    Voluntary aided school

    394 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
2,643
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,066
  • Anti social behaviour 320
  • Public order 296
  • Shoplifting 294
  • Criminal damage and arson 239

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
BA11 1 residents
6,627

Age bands in BA11 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
19.5%

1,296 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

650 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.8%

1,782 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

1,796 residents

Age 65 and over
16.8%

1,115 residents

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
93.8%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
87.5%
Gigabit-capable
87.5%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
93.8%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

2

within 5 km

  • FROME MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ENOS WAY, FROME, BA11 2FH

    ODS code L85008

    928 m

  • BECKINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

    ST. LUKES ROAD, BECKINGTON, FROME, BA11 6SE

    ODS code L85020

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Market Place

    BCT · Frome

    0.0 miles
  • Car Park

    BCT · Frome

    0.0 miles
  • Market Place

    BCT · Frome

    0.0 miles
  • Mendip East Slinky - Frome destination D

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles
  • Mendip East Slinky - Frome DRT

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 004C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

2 of 10

Overall England rank

4,790 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
1 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
3 of 10
Crime
1 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
5 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
3
Medium risk addresses
2
Low risk addresses
5
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome is the nearest published school at 258 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,643 published events cover 12 months, averaging 220.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,066 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.