The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area,[2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in South West England, within eight post towns. These cover the city of Bristol, north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare, Axbridge, Banwell, Cheddar, Clevedon, Wedmore and Winscombe) and south Gloucestershire.
Bristol | |
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United Kingdom postcode area | |
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Coordinates: 51.445°N 2.632°W / 51.445; -2.632 | |
Country | United Kingdom |
Postcode area | BS |
Postcode area name | Bristol |
Post towns | 8 |
Postcode districts | 47 |
Postcode sectors | 205 |
Postcodes (live) | 26,740 |
Postcodes (total) | 45,317 |
Statistics as at May 2020[1] |
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
Postcode district | Post town | Coverage | Local authority area(s) |
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BS0 | BRISTOL | non-geographic[3][4] | |
BS1 | BRISTOL | Bristol city centre, Redcliffe | Bristol |
BS2 | BRISTOL | Kingsdown, St Paul's, St Phillip's, St Agnes | Bristol |
BS3 | BRISTOL | Bedminster, Southville, Bower Ashton, part of Totterdown, Windmill Hill | Bristol |
BS4 | BRISTOL | Brislington, Knowle, Knowle West, St Anne's, part of Totterdown | Bristol |
BS5 | BRISTOL | Easton, St George, Redfield, Whitehall, Eastville, Speedwell, Greenbank, Barton Hill | Bristol |
BS6 | BRISTOL | Cotham, Redland, Montpelier, Westbury Park, St. Andrew's | Bristol |
BS7 | BRISTOL | Bishopston, Horfield, part of Filton, Lockleaze, Ashley Down, | Bristol, South Gloucestershire |
BS8 | BRISTOL | Clifton, Failand, Hotwells, Leigh Woods | Bristol, North Somerset |
BS9 | BRISTOL | Coombe Dingle, Sneyd Park, Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym, Henleaze | Bristol |
BS10 | BRISTOL | Brentry, Henbury, Southmead, part of Westbury on Trym, | Bristol |
BS11 | BRISTOL | Avonmouth, Shirehampton, Lawrence Weston | Bristol |
BS13 | BRISTOL | Bedminster Down, Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Headley Park | Bristol |
BS14 | BRISTOL | Hengrove, Stockwood, Whitchurch, | Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset |
BS15 | BRISTOL | Hanham, Kingswood | Bristol, South Gloucestershire |
BS16 | BRISTOL | Downend, Emersons Green, Fishponds, Frenchay, Pucklechurch, Staple Hill | Bristol, South Gloucestershire |
BS20 | BRISTOL | Pill, Portishead | North Somerset |
BS21 | CLEVEDON | Clevedon | North Somerset |
BS22 | WESTON-SUPER-MARE | Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare, Worle | North Somerset |
BS23 | WESTON-SUPER-MARE | Uphill, Weston-super-Mare | North Somerset |
BS24 | WESTON-SUPER-MARE | Bleadon, Hutton, Locking, Lympsham, Puxton, Weston-super-Mare, Wick St. Lawrence | North Somerset, Sedgemoor |
BS25 | WINSCOMBE | Churchill, Winscombe, Sandford, Shipham | North Somerset, Sedgemoor |
BS26 | AXBRIDGE | Axbridge, Compton Bishop, Loxton | Sedgemoor, North Somerset |
BS27 | CHEDDAR | Cheddar, Draycott | Sedgemoor, Mendip |
BS28 | WEDMORE | Wedmore | Sedgemoor |
BS29 | BANWELL | Banwell | North Somerset |
BS30 | BRISTOL | Bitton, Longwell Green, Cadbury Heath, Oldland Common, Warmley, Wick | South Gloucestershire |
BS31 | BRISTOL | Keynsham, Saltford | Bath and North East Somerset |
BS32 | BRISTOL | Almondsbury, Bradley Stoke | South Gloucestershire |
BS34 | BRISTOL | Part of Filton, Little Stoke, Patchway, Stoke Gifford | South Gloucestershire |
BS35 | BRISTOL | Alveston, Rudgeway, Severn Beach, Pilning, Thornbury | South Gloucestershire |
BS36 | BRISTOL | Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne | South Gloucestershire |
BS37 | BRISTOL | Chipping Sodbury, Yate | South Gloucestershire |
BS39 | BRISTOL | Paulton, Clutton, Temple Cloud, High Littleton, Pensford, Bishop Sutton | Bath and North East Somerset |
BS40 | BRISTOL | Chew Valley, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Wrington, Charterhouse | Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Mendip |
BS41 | BRISTOL | Long Ashton, Dundry | North Somerset |
BS48 | BRISTOL | Backwell, Nailsea | North Somerset |
BS49 | BRISTOL | Congresbury, Yatton | North Somerset |
BS98 | BRISTOL | non-geographic | |
BS99 | BRISTOL | non-geographic |
Until about 1994[citation needed] different numbers applied to districts from BS12 upwards.
No longer existing are: BS12, BS17, BS18 and BS19; these were as follows:
BS12 covered: Almondsbury, Alveston, Aust, Awkley, Bradley Stoke, Earthcote Green, Easter Compton, Elberton, Filton, Ingst, Itchington, Littleton-on-Severn, Morton, Northwick, Oldbury Naite, Oldbury-on-Severn, Olveston, Over, Patchway, Pilning, Redwick, Rudgeway, Severn Beach, Shepperdine, Stoke Gifford, Thornbury, and Tockington
BS17 covered: Chipping Sodbury, Mangotsfield, Old Sodbury, Pucklechurch, Rangeworthy, Winterbourne, and Yate
BS18 covered: Compton Dando, High Littleton, Saltford, Long Ashton, West Harptree, Wrington, Paulton, Chew Magna, Blagdon, Temple Cloud, and Keynsham.
BS19 covered: Backwell, Churchill, Congresbury, Flax Bourton, Nailsea and Yatton.
The above codes are correct, but not complete. Other towns and villages may have shared these postcodes.
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