House prices in BA1 4 (Bath)

This article reveals price per square metre data and various charts to help you understand current housing market in 'BA1 4' (Bath) - statistics were last calculated on 30 June 2024.

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Defining 'BA1 4'

This analysis is limited to properties whose postcode starts with "BA1 4", this is also called the postcode sector. It is shown in red on the map above. There are no official names for postcode sectors so I've just labelled it Bath.

You can click on the map labels to change to a neighbouring sector, or you can enter a different postcode sector (e.g. CM23 4) below.

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FYI, a postcode sector is the full postcode without the last two letters.

Price per square metre

Knowing the average house price in Bath is not much use. However, knowing average price per square metre can be quite useful. Price per sqm allows some comparison between properties of different size. We define price per square metre as the sold price divided by the internal area of a property:

£ per sqm = price ÷ internal area

E.g. Flat 19 Sheppards Gardens, High Street, Bath, sold for £189,000 on May-2024. Given the internal area of 43 square metres, the price per sqm is £4,395.

England & Wales have been officially metric since 1965. However house price per square foot is prefered by some estate agents and those of sufficiently advanced age ;-) They may want to convert square meters on this page to square feet.

The chart below is called a histogram, it helps you see the distribution of this house price per sqm data. To make this chart we put the sales data into a series of £ per sqm 'buckets' (e.g. £4,700-£5,000, £5,000-£5,300, £5,300-£5,600 etc...) we then count the number of sales with within in each bucket and plot the results. The chart is based on 98 sales in Bath (BA1 4) that took place in the last two years.

You can see the spread of prices above. This is because although internal area is a key factor in determining valuation, it is not the only factor. Many factors other than size affect desirability; these factors could be condition, aspect, garden size, negotiating power of the vendor etc.

The spread of prices will give you a feel of the typical range to expect in Bath (BA1 4). Of the 98 transactions, half were sold for between £4,070 and £5,360 per square metre. The median, or 'middle', price per square metre in 'BA1 4' is £4,690. Notably, only 25% of properties that sold recently were valued at more than £5,360 sqm. For anything to be valued more than this means it has to be more desireable than the clear majority of homes.

Price map for Bath

Do have a look at the interactive price map I created. I find it useful and I am sure it will help you in exploring Bath. You can zoom in all the way to individual properties and then all the way back out to see the whole country. The colours show the current estimated property values.

House price heatmap for Bath

Comparison with neighbouring postcode sectors

The table below shows how 'BA1 4' compares to neighbouring postcode sectors.

Postcode sector	Lower quartile	Middle quartile	Upper quartile
BA1 3 Bath	£4,330 sqm	£5,000 sqm	£5,520 sqm
BA1 6 Bath	£4,330 sqm	£5,000 sqm	£5,720 sqm
BA1 7 Batheaston	£4,030 sqm	£4,850 sqm	£5,750 sqm
BA1 9 Lansdown	£5,010 sqm	£5,500 sqm	£6,030 sqm
BA1 1 Bath	£4,570 sqm	£4,850 sqm	£6,440 sqm
BA1 4 Bath	£4,070 sqm	£4,690 sqm	£5,360 sqm
BA1 5 Bath	£5,060 sqm	£6,020 sqm	£7,110 sqm
BA1 8 Upper Swainswick	£4,750 sqm	£5,240 sqm	£5,860 sqm
BA1 2 Bath	£4,730 sqm	£5,890 sqm	£6,800 sqm

Will Bath house prices drop in 2024?

I cannot tell the future and don't believe anyone who says they can. I can however plot price trends - I have done this in the chart below for BA1 4 (Bath) compared with both the wider area BA1 and inflation (CPIH from the Office of National Statistics). The dashed trend lines in the chart show the average over time.

Download time series data as CSV (paying users only).

For the most recent sales activity, rather than a summarized average, it is better to see the underlying data. This is shown in the chart below, where blue dots represent individual sales, click on them to see details. If there is an obvious trend you should be able to spot it here amid the noise from outliers.

Data from Land Registry comes in gradually over time. I update it every month but it takes about 5 months for the majority of sales for Bath to be recorded. Disclaimer: I do not verify and cannot guarantee the accuracy of any data shown. Outliers exist in the data, typically these are where the EPC registry records the internal area incorrectly, sometimes although very rarely the Land Registry price paid data can be wrong. The data provided throughout this website about Bath and any other area, is not financial advice. Any information provided does not and cannot ever take in to account the particular financial situation, objectives or property needs of either you or anyone reading this information.

Street level data

Street	Avg size	Avg £sqm	Recent sales
High Street, Bath, BA1 4D	67 sqm	£3,870	23
Purlewent Drive, Bath, BA1 4B	91 sqm	£4,417	17
Napier Road, Bath, BA1 4L	105 sqm	£5,200	13
Leighton Road, Bath, BA1 4N	108 sqm	£4,693	13
Greenacres, Bath, BA1 4N	83 sqm	£4,420	10
Church Road, Bath, BA1 4B	83 sqm	£5,151	9
Broadmoor Lane, Bath, BA1 4J	98 sqm	£4,341	9
Weston Lane, Bath, BA1 4A	144 sqm	£4,654	9

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Raw data

Our analysis of Bath is derived from what is essentially a big table of sold prices from Land Registry with added property size information. Below are three rows from this table to give you an idea.

Address	Paid	sqm	£/sqm
Flat 19 Sheppards Gardens, High St, Bath	£189,000 May-2024	43	4,395
40, Gainsborough Gardens, Bath	£560,000 Apr-2024	116	4,827
107, High St, Bath	£265,000 Apr-2024	62	4,274

See the entire list of all sales in Bath (BA1 4) here.