BA11 5EL

Frome East · 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 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BA11 5EJ 342 m
BA11 5EG 447 m
BA11 5EH 679 m
BA11 5EF 701 m
BA11 5ND 707 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BA11 5EL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BA
Postcode district
BA11
Postcode sector
BA11 5
Latitude
51.209407
Longitude
-2.313022
British National Grid easting
378,230
British National Grid northing
145,625

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Somerset · E06000066
Parish or community
E04008583
Westminster constituency
Frome and East Somerset · E14001241
Output area
E00147958
Lower layer super output area
Mendip 001D · E01029053
Middle layer super output area
Mendip 001 · E02006047

Postcode source versions

Explore BA11

4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
42, Blatchbridge, Frome, BA11 5EL 16 May 2022 £500,000
Marsh Farm, Blatchbridge, Frome, BA11 5EL 30 September 2016 £820,000
43, Blatchbridge, Frome, BA11 5EL 24 March 2016 £360,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
17
Primary
10
Secondary
3
  1. Christ Church First School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.2 km
  2. St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided First School, Frome

    Voluntary aided school

    2.2 km
  3. Avanti Park School

    Free schools

    2.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
276
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 107
  • Shoplifting 39
  • Anti social behaviour 29
  • Public order 27
  • Criminal damage and arson 20

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

5 female, 8 male

Postcode households
5
Residents per household
2.6
BA11 5 residents
4,783

Age bands in BA11 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.6%

969 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

446 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.2%

1,263 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.7%

1,061 residents

Age 65 and over
16.5%

739 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BA11 5 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+
20%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
20%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
20%
Gigabit-capable
20%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
60%

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

1

within 5 km

  • FROME MEDICAL PRACTICE

    ENOS WAY, FROME, BA11 2FH

    ODS code L85008

    3.1 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

  • Hillside Avenue

    BCT · Little Keyford

    0.8 miles
  • Southfields

    BCT · Keyford

    0.9 miles
  • Spar Shop

    BCT · Keyford

    0.9 miles
  • Feltham Drive Flats

    BCT · Keyford

    0.9 miles
  • Spar Shop

    BCT · Keyford

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Mendip 001D, 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

13,667 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
7 of 10
Education and skills
5 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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 £500,000 from 1 recorded sale in BA11 5EL. 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

17 open schools are in scope, including 10 primary and 3 secondary schools. Christ Church First School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

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

Recorded crime

276 published events cover 12 months, averaging 23 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 107 events.

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