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Bristol
Bristol
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Postcode area
Coordinates: 51°26′42″N 2°37′55″W / 51.445°N 2.632°W
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode areaBS
Postcode area nameBristol
Post towns8
Postcode districts47
Postcode sectors205
Postcodes (live)26,740
Postcodes (total)45,317
Statistics as at May 2020[1]

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, Portishead and Winscombe) and south Gloucestershire.

Coverage#edit

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode districtPost townCoverageLocal authority area(s)
BS0BRISTOLnon-geographic[3][4]
BS1BRISTOLBristol city centre, RedcliffeBristol
BS2BRISTOLKingsdown, St Paul's, St Phillips, St AgnesBristol
BS3BRISTOLBedminster, Southville, Bower Ashton, part of Totterdown, Windmill HillBristol
BS4BRISTOLBrislington, Knowle, Knowle West, St Anne's, part of TotterdownBristol
BS5BRISTOLEaston, St George, Redfield, Whitehall, Eastville, Speedwell, Greenbank, Barton HillBristol
BS6BRISTOLCotham, Redland, Montpelier, Westbury Park, St. Andrew'sBristol
BS7BRISTOLBishopston, Horfield, part of Filton, Lockleaze, Ashley DownBristol, South Gloucestershire
BS8BRISTOLClifton, Failand, Hotwells, Leigh WoodsBristol, North Somerset
BS9BRISTOLCoombe Dingle, Sneyd Park, Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym, Henleaze, Sea MillsBristol
BS10BRISTOLBrentry, Henbury, Southmead, part of Westbury on TrymBristol
BS11BRISTOLAvonmouth, Shirehampton, Lawrence WestonBristol
BS13BRISTOLBedminster Down, Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Headley ParkBristol
BS14BRISTOLHengrove, Stockwood, Whitchurch,Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset
BS15BRISTOLHanham, KingswoodBristol, South Gloucestershire
BS16BRISTOLDownend, Emersons Green, Fishponds, Frenchay, Pucklechurch, Mangotsfield, Staple HillBristol, South Gloucestershire
BS20BRISTOLPill, PortisheadNorth Somerset
BS21CLEVEDONClevedonNorth Somerset
BS22WESTON-SUPER-MAREKewstoke, Weston-super-Mare, WorleNorth Somerset
BS23WESTON-SUPER-MAREUphill, Weston-super-MareNorth Somerset
BS24WESTON-SUPER-MAREBleadon, Hutton, Locking, Lympsham, Puxton, Weston-super-Mare, Wick St. LawrenceNorth Somerset, Somerset
BS25WINSCOMBEChurchill, Winscombe, Sandford, ShiphamNorth Somerset, Somerset
BS26AXBRIDGEAxbridge, Compton Bishop, LoxtonSomerset, North Somerset
BS27CHEDDARCheddar, DraycottSomerset
BS28WEDMOREWedmoreSomerset
BS29BANWELLBanwellNorth Somerset
BS30BRISTOLBitton, Longwell Green, Cadbury Heath, Oldland Common, Warmley, WickSouth Gloucestershire
BS31BRISTOLKeynsham, SaltfordBath and North East Somerset
BS32BRISTOLSector 4: Almondsbury, Aztec West
Sectors 8, 9 and 0: Bradley Stoke		South Gloucestershire
BS34BRISTOLSector 5: Patchway, Charlton Hayes, Cribbs Causeway
Sector 6: Little Stoke
Sector 7: Filton (Except Northville)
Sector 8: Stoke Gifford		South Gloucestershire
BS35BRISTOLSector 1: Oldbury on Severn, Thornbury North
Sector 2: Thornbury South
Sector 3: Alveston, Rudgeway
Sector 4: Aust, Olveston, Pilning, Severn Beach
Sector 5: Easter Compton		South Gloucestershire
BS36BRISTOLSector 1: Winterbourne
Sector 2: Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath		South Gloucestershire
BS37BRISTOLSector 4: Yate Centre and South
Sector 5: Yate NW, Nibley
Sector 6: Chipping Sodbury
Sector 7: Ladden Garden Common, Rangeworthy
Sector 8: Westerleigh, Wapley, Far South of Yate		South Gloucestershire
BS39BRISTOLPaulton, Clutton, Temple Cloud, High Littleton, Pensford, Bishop SuttonBath and North East Somerset
BS40BRISTOLChew Valley, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Blagdon, Wrington, CharterhouseBath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset
BS41BRISTOLLong Ashton, DundryNorth Somerset
BS48BRISTOLBackwell, NailseaNorth Somerset
BS49BRISTOLCongresbury, YattonNorth Somerset
BS98BRISTOLnon-geographic
BS99BRISTOLnon-geographic

Historic codes#edit

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.

Map#edit

Template:Attached KML/BS postcode area

BS postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BA, GL, NP, SN and TA postcode areas.
BS postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby BA, GL, NP, SN and TA postcode areas. Image: source and license
Detailed map of postcode districts in central Bristol
Detailed map of postcode districts in central Bristol Image: source and license

See also#edit

References#edit

  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 June 2020. Coordinates from mean of unit postcode points, "Code-Point Open". OS OpenData. Ordnance Survey. February 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)
  3. ^ "New sectors and localities to 18 May 2012" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Non Geographic Codes" (PDF). Royal Mail Address Management Unit. July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
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