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BA11 3BX

Frome West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Frome
Ward
Frome West
Local authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA11 3FD 42 m
BA11 3BU 46 m
BA11 3BH 68 m
BA11 3DQ 79 m
BA11 3BJ 82 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA11 3BX
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 3
Latitude
51.232841
Longitude
-2.328851
British National Grid easting
377,136
British National Grid northing
148,236

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Electoral ward
Frome West · E05014362
Parish or community
E04008560
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00147901
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 004C · E01029042
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 004 · E02006050

Postcode source versions

Explore BA11

Property

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32 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3a, Orchard Street, Frome, BA11 3BX 25 April 2025 £433,470
6, Orchard Street, Frome, BA11 3BX 26 March 2025 £350,000
3a, Orchard Street, Frome, BA11 3BX 31 October 2024 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
3

  1. Wessex Lodge School

    Other independent special school

    224 m

  2. Vallis First School

    Community school

    278 m

  3. St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome

    Academy converter

    345 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,427
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 966
  • Anti social behaviour 300
  • Public order 284
  • Shoplifting 261
  • Criminal damage and arson 222

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
37

22 female, 15 male

Postcode households
15
Residents per household
2.5
BA11 3 residents
5,201

Age bands in BA11 3

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

934 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

514 residents

Age 25 to 44
24.2%

1,263 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.8%

1,502 residents

Age 65 and over
19.3%

1,009 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA11 3 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
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 straight-line

  • FROME MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ENOS WAY, FROME, BA11 2FH

    ODS code L85008

    1.3 km

  • BECKINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L85020

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Broadway

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles

  • Broadway

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles

  • Spring Cottage

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles

  • Spring Cottage

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles

  • Selwood Road Shops

    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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
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

Property market

The five-year median is £355,000 from 7 recorded sales in BA11 3BX. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Somerset is £281,571 in June 2026, up 4.5% year on year.

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 11 primary and 3 secondary schools. Wessex Lodge School is the nearest published school at 224 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,427 published events cover 12 months, averaging 202.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 966 events.

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