Somerset · commuter town data · September 2026
Living in Bath: Bristol commute, house prices & costs
Bath is a commuter town in Somerset, around 16 minutes from Bristol by direct train from Bath Spa (well below average for the towns we track), with above-average prices at £418,000. It ranks #1 of 16 on Rightroute's balanced commuter score (September 2026 data).
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Rightroute score
Top quarter · #1 of 16
Bath at a glance
Commute and cost
16 min
Train to Bristol
From Bath Spa, 36% faster than the 16-town median.
£1,505
Annual season ticket
About £125 a month, matches the 1-town median.
£418k
Average house price
£418,000, 18% above the 16-town median.
£1,523
Average rent
A two-bed in Bath and North East Somerset, per month, 41% above the 16-town median.
Living there
Low
Safety
Crime index 72 on a 0–100 scale (lower is safer).
832Mb
Broadband
Average available download speed, 10% below the 16-town median.
7.4
Life satisfaction
ONS Personal Well-being mean score, 0–10 (higher is better).
What’s nearby
282
Historic landmarks
Nationally protected buildings, monuments and gardens within 3 miles, 506% more than the 16-town median.
201
Hectares of parks and fields
Public parks and playing fields within 3 miles, 37% more than the 16-town median.
420
Places to eat and drink
Restaurants, cafes and pubs within 3 miles, 306% more than the 16-town median.
The commute from Bath
Direct trains from Bath Spa take around 16 minutes into Bristol Temple Meads, running on Great Western Railway. That makes it #4 out of 16 towns for speed into Bristol.
An annual season ticket costs about £1,505, roughly £125 a month or £7,525 over five years. That's matches the 1-town median of £1,505.
How Bath compares to the other 15 towns
| Metric | Bath | Median | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Train to Bristol | 16 min | 25 min | #4 |
| Annual season ticket | £1,505 | £1,505 of 1 | #1 |
| Average house price | £418,000 | £354,750 | #15 |
| Price to local earnings | 11.0x | 9.3x | #15 |
| Average rent (2 bed) | £1,523/mo | £1,079/mo | #15 |
| Rent to local earnings | 48% | 36% | #15 |
| Crime index (lower is safer) | 72 | 45.5 | #15 |
| Broadband speed | 832 Mb | 921 Mb | #10 |
| Life satisfaction (0–10) | 7.4 | 7.5 | #11 |
Overall, Bath ranks #1 of 16 on the balanced Rightroute commuter score. Different priorities give different answers, so you can weight the criteria yourself in the comparison page.
Bath commuter FAQs
How long is the commute from Bath to Bristol?
Direct trains from Bath Spa take around 16 minutes to Bristol Temple Meads. Bath is served by Great Western Railway.
How much is a season ticket from Bath to Bristol?
An annual season ticket from Bath costs about £1,505, which works out at roughly £125 a month.
What is the average house price in Bath?
The average sold price in Bath is £418,000 (HM Land Registry), which is 18% above the median across the 16 Bristol commuter towns we hold a price for.
Is Bath a safe place to live?
Bath scores 72 on a 0–100 crime index (lower is safer), which is a lower level of safety relative to other Bristol commuter towns.
Is Bath a good commuter town for Bristol?
Bath ranks #1 of 16 Bristol commuter towns on Rightroute's balanced score, which weighs commute time, house prices, season ticket cost, safety and broadband. If your priorities are different, the Rightroute compare view lets you weight the criteria yourself.
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House prices are the median of that town's own sales from HM Land Registry Price Paid, August 2025 to July 2026, refreshed monthly; the crime score is the mean monthly count from police.uk over August 2025 to July 2026, placed on a 0 to 100 scale where lower is safer, also refreshed monthly. Rent is the average for a two-bed in the local authority, from the ONS Price Index of Private Rents, August 2026, refreshed monthly. Train times are typical off-peak direct rail to the destination city (National Rail) and season tickets the annual fare to the same place. Broadband is the average available download speed from Ofcom Connected Nations; life satisfaction is the ONS Personal Well-being mean for the local authority. Those are reviewed periodically rather than monthly. Heritage sites, green space and places to eat are counted within three miles from Historic England, OS Open Greenspace and the Food Standards Agency, built September 2026, and refreshed annually. Figures are for comparison between townsrather than exact values.