BA11 3SB

Frome West · Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Frome
Local authority
Somerset
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 3

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA11 3SD 76 m
BA11 3EF 91 m
BA11 3EH 95 m
BA11 3SF 106 m
BA11 3AT 111 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA11 3SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 April 1986
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 3
Latitude
51.235297
Longitude
-2.331805
British National Grid easting
376,931
British National Grid northing
148,510

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
E00147909
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 001C · E01029044
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 001 · E02006047

Postcode source versions

Explore BA11

13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Orchardleigh View, Frome, BA11 3SB 2 August 2024 £475,000
12, Orchardleigh View, Frome, BA11 3SB 7 February 2020 £385,000
5, Orchardleigh View, Frome, BA11 3SB 29 March 2019 £295,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
11
Secondary
3
  1. Vallis First School

    Community school

    531 m
  2. Wessex Lodge School

    Other independent special school

    532 m
  3. St Louis Catholic Primary School, Frome

    Academy converter

    569 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,017
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 827
  • Anti social behaviour 257
  • Public order 254
  • Criminal damage and arson 195
  • Shoplifting 180

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
46

20 female, 26 male

Postcode households
23
Residents per household
2.0
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 0.9% 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

  • FROME MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ENOS WAY, FROME, BA11 2FH

    ODS code L85008

    1.4 km

  • BECKINGTON FAMILY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code L85020

    4.9 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Robins Lane

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles
  • Robins Lane

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles
  • Upper Whatcombe

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles
  • Upper Whatcombe

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles
  • Vallis Road

    BCT · Frome

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 001C, 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

5 of 10

Overall England rank

16,429 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
4 of 10
Education and skills
4 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 of 10
Housing and services
9 of 10
Living environment
8 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 £475,000 from 1 recorded sale in BA11 3SB. 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. Vallis First School is the nearest published school at 531 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,017 published events cover 12 months, averaging 168.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 827 events.

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