Kingsmead, Bath

This article is about the electoral ward in Bath. For the square in the same city, see Kingsmead Square, Bath.
Kingsmead
Kingsmead
 Kingsmead shown within Somerset
Population 5,516 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceST740653
Unitary authorityBath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial countySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town BATH
Postcode district BA1
Dialling code 01225
Police Avon and Somerset
Fire Avon
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentBath
List of places
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Coordinates: 51°23′10″N 2°22′30″W / 51.386°N 2.375°W

Kingsmead Square after which the ward is named, at the eastern end of the ward.
Chelsea Road shopping area on the western edge of the ward. The shops on the right (east) side of the road are in Kingsmead ward, the left (west) in Newbridge ward.

Kingsmead is a largely residential electoral ward within Bath, England.

Kingsmead is rarely used as the name of an area of Bath, and is primarily used just for electoral purposes within the Bath and North East Somerset unitary authority, electing two councillors.[2] Kingsmead stretches about 1 mile (1.6 km) westward from the western edge of the city centre, straddling the A4 road north of the River Avon. The ward is separated by the large Royal Victoria Park into a near city centre eastern end, and a western residential end sometimes called Lower Weston.[3]

St Andrew's Church of England Primary School is located in the north-east corner of the ward.[4]

Residents in the western end of the ward often use the facilities, such as schools, of the neighbouring Newbridge and Weston wards, and associate themselves with these localities. The Chelsea Road shopping area, normally considered as the Newbridge shops, is part of the ward's western boundary so half of these shops are within Kingsmead ward. The eastern industrial units of Locksbrook are also within the ward.[3]

The closed Mangotsfield and Bath Branch Line formerly ran through the ward from Bath Green Park railway station, now a shopping area, through Weston (Bath) railway station in the west of the ward. The Bristol & Bath Railway Path runs through the ward, but on the River Avon path rather than the old railway track which has been developed on within the city.

The electoral wards surrounding the ward are: Newbridge to the west, Weston and Lansdown to the north, Abbey to the east, and Widcombe and Westmoreland to the south over the River Avon.[3]

Notable places

Notable places within the ward, from east to west, are:

References

  1. ↑ "Ward population 2011.Retrieved 7 April 2015".
  2. ↑ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ward Maps". Bath & North East Somerset Council. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  4. ↑ "St Andrew's Church of England Primary School". St Andrew's Church of England Primary School. Retrieved 10 March 2011.

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