BA Postcode Area for the Bath Region

Map of the BA Bath Postcode Area

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Quick Facts about the BA Postcode

The BA Postcode is significant due to Bath's Special Place in Postal History

Bath holds a unique position in postal history, thanks to two of its pioneering citizens.

Ralph Allen (1693 to 1764) was the first Postmaster of Bath and developed a system known as the Cross and Bye Post. This system used postmen on horseback who relayed mail between designated points, usually situated at inns, taverns, or bakeries precursors to today's post offices. The Cross and Bye Posts allowed letters to travel directly between towns without having to pass through London, greatly improving the efficiency of the postal network.

John Palmer later pioneered the mail coach service. Before Palmer's innovation, it took three days for a letter to travel from Bristol to London. However, on the 2nd of August 1784, using Palmer's system, the same journey took only fourteen hours.

Both Ralph Allen and John Palmer served as Mayors of Bath and represented the city in Parliament.

Bath also made history as the starting point of the first organised airmail service over a distance of more than 100 miles. On the 21st of May 1912, Mr. B. Hucks carried a letter from the Mayor of Bath to the Lord Mayor of London.

The BA postcode area represents a group of 19 postal districts in the Bath area of the United Kingdom. The area code stands for the letters b and a in BAth. The area has a population of 434,166 and covers an area of 1,858,478 hectares. Fun fact: 0.67% of the population of Great Britain lives in this area.

The postcode area falls within the following counties: Somerset (76.41%), Wiltshire (23.26%), Dorset (0.25%), Gloucestershire (0.07%).

Where is the BA Postcode Area?

The BA Bath Postcode is in the South West England.. The postal area borders the following neighbouring postal areas: TA - Taunton, SN - Swindon, SP - Salisbury, DT - Dorchester and BS - Bristol, and is located inland.