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On The Avenue, in Warminster Central
What it's like at BA12 9AA: every home that has sold on The Avenue since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on The Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 7 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 2, The AvenueDetached · company-owned | Mar 1997 | £80,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Avenue Court, The AvenueTerraced | Sept 2001 | £59,000 | 46 m² | £1,283/m² | 1 |
| 2, Avenue Court, The AvenueTerraced | Nov 1996 | £34,019 | 43 m² | £791/m² | 1 |
| 3, Avenue Court, The AvenueFlat | Sept 2018 | £132,500 | 43 m² | £3,081/m² | 2 |
| 4, Avenue Court, The AvenueTerraced | Apr 2021 | £135,000 | 43 m² | £3,140/m² | 1 |
| 5, Avenue Court, The AvenueFlat | May 1997 | £33,000 | 43 m² | £767/m² | 1 |
| Wiltshire College, 5, The AvenueOther | Jun 2019 | £651,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Warminster, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 356k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Bath Spa.
The nearest bus stop is Market Place, 200 m away, with a bus about every 10 minutes on weekdays (routes D1, 50A, 24, 57); 28 departures an hour from the 14 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 12 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is The Avenue Primary School and Children's Centre, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 41% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Kingdown School, 1.1 km away; Attainment 8: 42.8 · 6.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Few families with young children: only 13% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Iceland, 100 m away; Holland And Barrett (100 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Avenue Surgery (under 50 m), with Well the closest pharmacy (150 m).
The nearest full A&E is Royal United Hospital Bath, 26 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 57% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 70% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 12 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 20 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Beans and Bits is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Anchor Hotel the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (11 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 105 per 1,000 residents a year.
Much of it is protected: 32% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (WARMINSTER, WARMINSTER (BOREHAM ROAD)).
There are 163 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 20% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Lake Pleasure Grounds, 550 m away; for exercise, Snap Fitness (250 m).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 5.4 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, Bristol is 42 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% of households own their home outright.
41 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Church Hall Immediately South East of Baptist Church | II | 180 m |
| 55-59, Market Place | II | 180 m |
| Baptist Church | II | 190 m |
| 63-67, Market Place | II | 190 m |
| 30-33, North Row | II | 190 m |
| Payne'S | II | 190 m |
| 45, Market Place | II | 190 m |
| the Anchor Public House | II | 190 m |
| 51 and 53, Market Place | II | 190 m |
| Osborne Cottage | II | 200 m |
| 69, Market Place | II | 200 m |
| the Bath Arms Hotel | II | 200 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
South West Wiltshire constituency: Dr Andrew Murrison MP (Conservative), since June 2001. 2024 general election: Con hold, majority 3,243 (7.0%), turnout 63%. Vote shares: Conservative 34%, Labour 27%, Reform UK 17%, Liberal Democrat 16%.
9 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near BA12 9AA →
It's an older community: 29% are 65 or over.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" The Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 5 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 2.2% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 82.1% | 71.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.2% | 14.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 15.7% | 10.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Poole Harbour Rockley Sands · about 62 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.