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Coordinates: 51°27′N 2°34′W / 51.450°N 2.567°W / 51.450; -2.567
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Bristol
BS is located in the United Kingdom
BS
BS
Coordinates: 51°26′42″N 2°37′55″W / 51.445°N 2.632°W / 51.445; -2.632
CountryUnited Kingdom
Postcode area
BS
Postcode area name
Bristol
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 postal districts around Axbridge, Banwell, Bristol, Cheddar, Clevedon, Wedmore, Weston-super-Mare and Winscombe in England.

Coverage

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The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
BS1 BRISTOL Bristol city centre, Redcliffe Bristol
BS2 BRISTOL Kingsdown, St Pauls, St Phillips, St Agnes Bristol
BS3 BRISTOL Bedminster, Southville, Bower Ashton, part of Totterdown, Windmill Hill Bristol
BS4 BRISTOL Brislington, Knowle, Knowle West, St Annes, part of Totterdown Bristol
BS5 BRISTOL Easton, St George, Whitehall Bristol
BS6 BRISTOL Redland, Montpelier, Westbury Park Bristol
BS7 BRISTOL Bishopston, Horfield, part of Filton Bristol / South Gloucestershire
BS8 BRISTOL Clifton, Hotwells Bristol
BS9 BRISTOL Coombe Dingle, Sneyd Park, Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym Bristol
BS10 BRISTOL Brentry, Henbury, Southmead Bristol
BS11 BRISTOL Avonmouth, Shirehampton Bristol
BS13 BRISTOL Bedminster Down, Bishopsworth, Hartcliffe, Withywood Bristol
BS14 BRISTOL Hengrove, Stockwood, Whitchurch, Withywood Bristol
BS15 BRISTOL Hanham, Kingswood Bristol / South Gloucestershire
BS16 BRISTOL Downend, Fishponds, Frenchay Bristol / South Gloucestershire
BS20 BRISTOL Portishead North Somerset
BS21 CLEVEDON Clevedon North Somerset
BS22 WESTON-SUPER-MARE Kewstoke, Weston-super-Mare, Worle North Somerset
BS23 WESTON-SUPER-MARE Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
BS24 WESTON-SUPER-MARE Locking, Hutton, Weston-super-Mare North Somerset
BS25 WINSCOMBE Churchill, Winscombe, Sandford, Shipham North Somerset, Somerset
BS26 AXBRIDGE Axbridge, Compton Bishop Somerset
BS27 CHEDDAR Cheddar, Draycott Somerset
BS28 WEDMORE Wedmore Somerset
BS29 BANWELL Banwell Somerset
BS30 BRISTOL Bitton, Cadbury Heath, Warmley, Wick South Gloucestershire
BS31 BRISTOL Chewton Keynsham, 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, Thornbury South Gloucestershire
BS36 BRISTOL Frampton Cotterell, Winterbourne South Gloucestershire
BS37 BRISTOL Chipping Sodbury, Yate South Gloucestershire
BS39 BRISTOL Clutton, Temple Cloud Bath and North East Somerset
BS40 BRISTOL Chew Valley, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Wrington Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset
BS41 BRISTOL Long Ashton North Somerset
BS48 BRISTOL Backwell, Nailsea North Somerset
BS49 BRISTOL Congresbury, Yatton North Somerset
BS98 BRISTOL Non-geographic Bristol
BS99 BRISTOL Non-geographic Bristol

Historic Codes

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Until the 1990s (?date) different numbers were used for Bristol Postal Codes from BS12 upwards.

Missing from the above list are obviously: BS12, BS17, BS18 and BS19. Previously these were assigned as below.

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, Saltford, Long Ashton, West Harptree, Wrington, Chew Magna, Blagdon, and Temple Cloud.

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.

Adjacent areas

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Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: SN (Swindon), BA (Bath), TA (Taunton), NP (Newport), GL (Gloucester).

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "ONS Postcode Directory Version Notes" (ZIP). National Statistics Postcode Products. Office for National Statistics. May 2020. Table 2. Retrieved 19 Jun 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)

51°27′N 2°34′W / 51.450°N 2.567°W / 51.450; -2.567