Photo: David Gearing · CC BY-SA 2.0How long people live in Trowbridge: 79.4 for men and 84.1 for women
England as a whole stood at 79.1 and 83.0 over 2019 to 2023. Inside the town, men’s life expectancy runs from 75.4 in Trowbridge North to 80.8 in Trowbridge South East, 0.9 miles apart. Trowbridge grades C+ for health: life expectancy, healthy life expectancy, early deaths, hospital admissions, child obesity and Census health, each adjusted for age; #23 of 30 in Wiltshire.
What stands out about health in Trowbridge
A 5-year gap from one part of Trowbridge to another
Men in Trowbridge South East can expect to live to 80.8, longer than the English average of 79.1. In Trowbridge North, 0.9 miles away, the figure is 75.4, and Trowbridge North records 135 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected for its ages. For women the range is 81.5 in Trowbridge North to 86.9 in Trowbridge West. Neighbourhoods ↓
A&E waits run longer than England’s, but fewer patients wait 12 hours for a bed
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust, which runs the A&E at Royal United Hospital Bath, saw 57% of major-A&E patients within four hours in the 12 months to September 2026, against 61% across England: 72nd of 117 trusts. 5.7% of patients admitted through its A&Es waited more than 12 hours from the decision to admit, against 13% in England. A&E ↓
Patients rate Trowbridge’s GP practices above England’s
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 85% of patients at Trowbridge’s 2 practices called their overall experience good, against 77% across England, and 48% found it easy to get through by phone (57% in England). That is ahead of 73% of English towns. GP practices ↓
Written from the OHID, NHS England and GP Patient Survey figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2019 to 2023; neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people.
Trowbridge grades C+ for health
Healthier than 38% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
What holds the grade back: deaths under 75 and men’s years in good health (better than 28% and 32% of UK towns). What lifts it: women’s life expectancy (52%) and emergency admissions (44%). Among the 185 UK towns of 31,000 to 59,000 people, Trowbridge’s Health Grade is the 58th highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; deaths and admissions are counted against what England’s rates would give a town with these ages, and the Census answers against England and Wales’s rates by single year of age, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
85% of patients rate Trowbridge’s 2 GP practices good
GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos), about 100 patients a practice, against 77% across England. 15th of 150 English towns of 31,000 to 59,000, from the highest.
| Practice | Overall experience | Easy by phone | Wait about right | CQC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowbridge Health Centre BA14 8QA · 26,069 adult patients | 91% good · range 59%–99% | 50% | 77% | Good2018 |
| Lovemead Group Practice BA14 7EH · 15,516 adult patients | 75% good · range 57%–87% | 43% | 76% | Outstanding2016 |
You can register with any practice whose area covers your address.
GP Patient Survey 2026: surveys sent January to March 2026; results weighted by NHS England. The range is the 95% confidence interval. Adult patients: the survey’s practice population aged 16 and over. A practice counts as in Trowbridge when its main surgery is inside the built-up area; branch surgeries are part of their main practice. CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Men’s life expectancy across Trowbridge runs from 75.4 to 80.8
Life expectancy at birth, 2019–23, in Trowbridge’s 6 middle-layer neighbourhoods (about 8,000 people each). Circles are sized by residents and show men’s life expectancy.
The gap follows deprivation less closely inside Trowbridge than across England. Trowbridge West, where 25% of residents are income-deprived, has men’s life expectancy of 80.5, among the town’s longest; Trowbridge North, with 27%, has the shortest. Trowbridge North has the most deaths under 75 for its ages (135 per 100 expected), against 85 in Trowbridge South East.
Show every measure as a table
| Neighbourhood | Men | Women | Deaths under 75 | Emergency admissions | Year 6 obese | Income-deprived |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowbridge South East | 80.8 | 83.6 | 85 | 98 | 21% | 24% |
| Staverton, Hilperton & Semington | 80.6 | 84.2 | 84 | 82 | 17% | 15% |
| Trowbridge West | 80.5 | 86.9 | 89 | 76 | 19% | 25% |
| Trowbridge East | 80.3 | 83.7 | 88 | 82 | 19% | 16% |
| Trowbridge South | 77.6 | 85.3 | 111 | 89 | 26% | 17% |
| Trowbridge North | 75.4 | 81.5 | 135 | 110 | 20% | 27% |
Deaths and admissions per 100 expected for each area’s ages (England = 100). Each figure has a range: Trowbridge North’s men’s life expectancy is 75.4 with a 95% range of 73.3 to 77.4. Neighbourhoods are ONS middle-layer areas at least 30% inside Trowbridge; names are the House of Commons Library’s.
Royal United Hospitals Bath saw 57% of major-A&E patients within four hours
Type 1 (major) A&E attendances seen, admitted or discharged within four hours of arrival, by month. NHS England publishes it by trust, not hospital: Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust runs the A&E at Royal United Hospital Bath, the nearest to Trowbridge (9.4 mi).
The share seen within four hours has held near 57% over 18 months. Long waits for a bed are rarer than at 70% of trusts: 1,921 patients in 12 months, 5.7% of emergency admissions through A&E. CQC’s latest ratings for Royal United Hospital Bath: urgent and emergency services requires improvement (2026), the hospital overall requires improvement (2026).
South West trusts
Hospitals within 25 miles
| Distance | Hospital | CQC overall | Urgent & emergency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 mi | Frome Birth Centre (Frome Community Hospital) Frome · Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | Good2024 | — |
| 7.3 mi | Frome Community Hospital Frome · Somerset NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 9.4 mi | Royal United Hospital Bath A&E Bath · Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2026 | Requires improvement2026 |
| 9.8 mi | Chippenham Community Hospital Chippenham · Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust | Good2024 | — |
| 17 mi | South Bristol NHS Community Hospital Bristol · Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | Good2026 | — |
| 19 mi | Bristol Eye Hospital Assessment Clinic @ The Galleries Bristol · Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | — |
| 19 mi | UHBW Bristol Campus A&E Bristol · Bristol NHS Foundation Trust | Requires improvement2025 | Requires improvement2025 |
| 20 mi | Southmead Hospital A&E Bristol · University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust | Not rated | Not rated |
NHS acute hospitals registered with the Care Quality Commission (care directory, 01 October 2026). “A&E” marks a major (type 1) emergency department, open 24 hours and led by consultants, in NHS England’s Emergency Care Data Set; a hospital without the mark may still have a minor injury unit or urgent treatment centre. Ratings run Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement, Inadequate; the year is when each was published. Distances are straight lines from the town centre.
Men’s life expectancy in Trowbridge is about what its level of deprivation predicts
Across 1,996 English towns of 2,500 or more, men’s life expectancy tracks income deprivation closely (correlation −0.81). Each dot is a town.
20% of Trowbridge’s residents are income-deprived, more than in most English towns. For that level, the line predicts 79.5 years for men; Trowbridge’s is 79.4. For women it predicts 83.4, and Trowbridge’s 84.1 is 0.8 years above.
Income deprivation: share of residents in low-income households, English Indices of Deprivation 2025, averaged over each town’s neighbourhoods. A town above or below the line isn’t necessarily doing better or worse on care: students, prisons and hostels inside a boundary all shift the figures.
Care in and near Trowbridge
The nearest A&E, the practice patients rate highest, and where to go when it’s urgent but not an emergency. In an emergency, call 999.
81% of adults in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire area who tried got an NHS dental appointment
Adults who tried to get an NHS dental appointment for themselves in the last two years, and got one. GP Patient Survey 2026, by integrated care system (the NHS area that plans dentistry for Trowbridge).
Across England 82% of those who tried got an appointment. Of Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire patients who did, 73% rated the experience good (England 74%). NHS practices taking new patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist; for urgent dental pain, call NHS 111.
The survey asks GP patients about dentistry, so results are published for health areas, not towns or practices.
82% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2021, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 92 report bad health for every 100 expected, fewer than the national rate.
Show as a table
| Census 2021 | Trowbridge | Wiltshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 82% | 83% | 82% |
| Fair health | 13% | 12% | 13% |
| Bad or very bad health | 4.9% | 4.4% | 5.2% |
| Disabled under the Equality Act | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 7% | 6.4% | 7.4% |
Wiltshire and England: all residents of their built-up areas (towns and cities), from the same Census 2021 output areas.
Trowbridge’s Health Grade is 58th of 185 UK towns of 31,000 to 59,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Trowbridge, and others in Wiltshire. Life expectancy for men / women; deaths under 75 per 100 expected.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Deaths under 75 | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleet Hampshire | 37,800 | 83.3 / 85.7 | 58 | A+ |
| 2 | Wokingham Berkshire | 50,320 | 82.7 / 86.1 | 67 | A+ |
| 3 | West Molesey Surrey | 47,144 | 82.5 / 86.3 | 63 | A |
| … | |||||
| 40 | Chippenham Wiltshire | 36,084 | 80.1 / 84.2 | 85 | B− |
| … | |||||
| 50 | Salisbury Wiltshire | 47,690 | 79.6 / 83.9 | 85 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 56 | Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire | 51,504 | 80.0 / 84.0 | 95 | C+ |
| 57 | Arnold Nottinghamshire | 40,016 | 80.1 / 83.7 | 90 | C+ |
| 58 | Trowbridge Wiltshire | 43,753 | 79.4 / 84.1 | 97 | C+ |
| 59 | Royal Leamington Spa Warwickshire | 51,321 | 78.1 / 82.8 | 111 | C+ |
| 60 | Dunstable Bedfordshire | 34,498 | 79.5 / 83.4 | 95 | C+ |
| … | |||||
| 185 | Greenock Inverclyde | 42,870 | 73.5 / 78.2 | — | D− |
Health letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only. Welsh towns are graded on life expectancy, healthy life expectancy and the two Census measures: OHID’s early-death, admissions and child-obesity figures cover England.
Health in the places around Trowbridge
Life expectancy for men / women, and the nearest A&E. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Nearest A&E | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trowbridge | 43,753 | 79.4 / 84.1 | 9.4 mi | C+ |
| North Bradley | 1,555 | 82.0 / 86.9 | 10 mi | A− |
| Southwick | 1,856 | 82.1 / 86.9 | 9.5 mi | A− |
| Bradford-on-Avon | 9,864 | 82.2 / 87.1 | 6.9 mi | A |
| Holt | 1,704 | 83.9 / 86.8 | 8.6 mi | A |
| Westwood | 1,001 | 84.3 / 87.1 | 6.4 mi | A+ |
| Berryfield | 1,094 | 82.4 / 85.7 | 11 mi | B+ |
| Winsley | 1,365 | 84.3 / 87.1 | 5.4 mi | A+ |
Westwood, 3.2 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 84.3, 4.9 years longer than Trowbridge’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- A&E figures are for the trust. NHS England publishes four-hour waits by trust, not hospital, so Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust’s figures cover every major A&E it runs. They count type 1 (major) departments; minor injury units and urgent treatment centres are left out, which is why they sit below the all-types figure NHS England headlines (75% for England).
- The GP survey is a survey. About 100 patients answer for each practice, so a practice’s figure has a range (shown in the table); small differences between practices aren’t meaningful. The town figure weights each practice by its adult patients, some of whom live outside Trowbridge.
- Adjusted for age. A ratio of 100 means as many deaths, admissions or reports of bad health as England’s rates (England and Wales’s for the Census) would give a town with these ages; 120 means a fifth more.
- Small areas, summed to the town. OHID publishes these figures for middle-layer areas of about 8,000 people; the town’s figure averages the areas it covers, weighted by how many of their residents live in it, so a village shares its area’s figure with the countryside around it.
- Different years. Life expectancy and deaths cover 2019 to 2023; emergency admissions 2016/17 to 2020/21 (the latest OHID publishes for small areas, including the pandemic dip); child obesity the three school years to 2024/25; A&E the 12 months to September 2026; the GP Patient Survey early 2026; CQC ratings were published on different dates, shown in each row.
- Distances are straight lines. Miles are measured from the town’s centre to each site; the road is longer. For an emergency, call 999; for urgent advice, call NHS 111.
Questions about health in Trowbridge
How healthy is Trowbridge?
Trowbridge earns a C+ for health, healthier than 38% of UK towns on measures adjusted for age, and 58th of 185 UK towns of its size. Life expectancy is 79.4 for men and 84.1 for women (England 79.1 and 83.0), and there are 97 deaths under 75 for every 100 expected.
Which parts of Trowbridge have the highest life expectancy?
For men, Trowbridge South East (80.8), Staverton, Hilperton & Semington (80.6) and Trowbridge West (80.5); the shortest is Trowbridge North (75.4). For women, Trowbridge West is highest (86.9) and Trowbridge North lowest (81.5). OHID figures for 2019 to 2023, by neighbourhood of about 8,000 people.
How long are A&E waits at Royal United Hospital Bath?
NHS England publishes waits for the trust, Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust. In the 12 months to September 2026 it saw 57% of major-A&E patients within four hours, against 61% across England; in September 2026 the figure was 57%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice call NHS 111.
Can I get an NHS dentist in Trowbridge?
In the 2026 GP Patient Survey, 81% of adults in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire area who tried to get an NHS dental appointment in the last two years got one, against 82% across England. Practices taking new NHS patients are listed on the NHS website’s Find a dentist service.
How many GP practices are there in Trowbridge?
Trowbridge has 2 GP practices with surgeries inside the town; 2 of the 2 rated by the Care Quality Commission are good or outstanding.
What is the life expectancy in Trowbridge?
79.4 years for men and 84.1 for women, on OHID’s figures for 2019 to 2023. Men can expect 65.3 of those years and women 66.8 in good health.
CQC ratings © Care Quality Commission.
Sources: OHID Fingertips small-area indicators (life expectancy and deaths 2019–23, emergency admissions 2016/17–2020/21, NCMP 2022/23–2024/25); House of Commons Library MSOA names · ONS health state life expectancy for small areas (MSOAs), England and Wales, 2019 to 2023 (healthy life expectancy) · ONS Census 2021 general health and disability, adjusted for age · Care Quality Commission care directory and latest ratings, 01 October 2026 · NHS Organisation Data Service · GP Patient Survey 2026 (NHS England, run by Ipsos) · NHS England, A&E Attendances and Emergency Admissions (monthly, by trust) and Emergency Care Data Set activity by site, June–September 2026 (type 1 A&Es) · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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