The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area,Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004) is a group of 37 postcode districts in

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, within eight

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s. These cover the city of

Bristol Bristol () is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

, north

Somerset Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...

(including

Weston-super-Mare Weston-super-Mare ( ) is a seaside town and civil parish in the North Somerset unitary district, in the county of Somerset, England. It lies by the Bristol Channel south-west of Bristol between Worlebury Hill and Bleadon Hill. Its population ...

, Axbridge,

Banwell Banwell is a village and civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its population was 3,251 according to the 2021 census. Toponymy Banwell's name is first securely attested around the year 900 i ...

, Cheddar,

Clevedon Clevedon (, ) is a seaside town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. It recorded a parish population of 21,281 in the United Kingdom Census 2011, estimated at 21,442 in 2019. It lies ...

, Wedmore and Winscombe) and south

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Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts: ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", BS0 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", BRISTOL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! BS1 , BRISTOL , Bristol city centre, Redcliffe ,

, - ! BS2 , BRISTOL , Kingsdown, St Paul's, St Phillips, St Agnes , Bristol , - ! BS3 , BRISTOL , Bedminster, Southville, Bower Ashton, part of Totterdown, Windmill Hill , Bristol , - ! BS4 , BRISTOL ,

Brislington Brislington is an area in the south east of the city of Bristol, England. It is on the edge of Bristol and from Bath, Somerset, Bath. Brislington Brook runs through the area in the woodlands of Nightingale Valley and St Anne's Wood. Brislingto ...

, Knowle, Knowle West, St Anne's, part of Totterdown , Bristol , - ! BS5 , BRISTOL , Easton,

St George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the R ...

, Redfield,

Whitehall Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England. The road forms the first part of the A roads in Zone 3 of the Great Britain numbering scheme, A3212 road from Trafalgar Square to Chelsea, London, Chelsea. It ...

, Eastville, Speedwell, Greenbank, Barton Hill , Bristol , - ! BS6 , BRISTOL , Cotham, Redland, Montpelier, Westbury Park, St. Andrew's , Bristol , - ! BS7 , BRISTOL , Bishopston,

Horfield Horfield is a suburb of the city of Bristol, in southwest England. It lies on Bristol's northern edge, its border with Filton marking part of the boundary between Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Bishopston lies directly to the south. Monk ...

, part of Filton, Lockleaze, Ashley Down , Bristol,

South Gloucestershire South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, South West England. Towns in the area include Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Kingswood, Thornbury, Filton, Patchway and Bradley Stoke. The southern p ...

, - ! BS8 , BRISTOL , Clifton, Failand, Hotwells,

Leigh Woods Leigh Woods is a area of woodland on the south-west side of the Avon Gorge, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge, within North Somerset opposite the English city of Bristol and north of the Ashton Court estate, of which it formed a part. St ...

, Bristol,

North Somerset North Somerset is a unitary authorities of England, unitary authority in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. The council is based in Weston-super-Mare, the area's largest town. The district also contains the towns of Clevedon, Nailsea ...

, - ! BS9 , BRISTOL , Coombe Dingle, Sneyd Park, Stoke Bishop, Westbury on Trym,

Henleaze Henleaze is a suburb in the north of the city of Bristol in South West England. It is an almost entirely residential interwar development, with Edwardian streets on its southern fringes. Its main neighbours are Westbury on Trym, Horfield, ...

, Sea Mills , Bristol , - ! BS10 , BRISTOL , Brentry, Henbury, Southmead, part of Westbury on Trym , Bristol , - ! BS11 , BRISTOL , Avonmouth, Shirehampton, Lawrence Weston , Bristol , - ! BS13 , BRISTOL , Bedminster Down,

Bishopsworth Bishopsworth is a suburban neighbourhood and wards of the United Kingdom, electoral ward of the city of Bristol. It is located in the south of the city and has a high proportion of council housing. Local facilities include shops and pubs, a pu ...

, Hartcliffe, Withywood, Headley Park , Bristol , - ! BS14 , BRISTOL , Hengrove, Stockwood, Whitchurch, , Bristol,

Bath and North East Somerset Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority district in Somerset, South West England. Bath and North East Somerset Council was created on 1 April 1996 following the abolition of the county of Avon. ...

, - ! BS15 , BRISTOL , Hanham, Kingswood , Bristol, South Gloucestershire , - ! BS16 , BRISTOL , Downend, Emersons Green,

Fishponds Fishponds is a suburb in the north-east of the English city of Bristol, about from Bristol city centre, the city centre. It is mainly residential, and housing is typically terraced Victorian. It has a small student population from the presence ...

, Frenchay, Pucklechurch, Mangotsfield, Staple Hill , Bristol, South Gloucestershire , - ! BS20 , BRISTOL ,

Pill Pill or The Pill may refer to: Drugs * Pill (pharmacy), referring to anything small for a specific dose of medicine * "The Pill", a general nickname for the combined oral contraceptive pill Film and television * ''The Pill'' (film), a 2011 fil ...

, Portishead , North Somerset , - ! BS21 , CLEVEDON ,

, North Somerset , - ! BS22 , WESTON-SUPER-MARE , Kewstoke,

, Worle , North Somerset , - ! BS23 , WESTON-SUPER-MARE , Uphill,

, North Somerset , - ! BS24 , WESTON-SUPER-MARE , Bleadon, Hutton, Locking, Lympsham, Puxton,

, Wick St. Lawrence , North Somerset,

, - ! BS25 , WINSCOMBE , Churchill, Winscombe, Sandford, Shipham , North Somerset, Somerset , - ! BS26 , AXBRIDGE , Axbridge, Compton Bishop, Loxton , Somerset, North Somerset , - ! BS27 , CHEDDAR , Cheddar, Draycott , Somerset , - ! BS28 , WEDMORE , Wedmore , Somerset , - ! BS29 , BANWELL ,

, North Somerset , - ! BS30 , BRISTOL , Bitton, Longwell Green, Cadbury Heath, Oldland Common, Warmley, Wick , South Gloucestershire , - ! BS31 , BRISTOL ,

Keynsham Keynsham ( ) is a town and civil parish located on the outskirts of the city of Bristol on the A4 that links the cities of Bristol and Bath, Somerset, Bath in Somerset, England. It had a population of 19,603 at the 2021 Census. It was listed i ...

, Saltford , Bath and North East Somerset , - ! BS32 , BRISTOL , Sector 4:

Almondsbury Almondsbury () is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A38 road in the Avon Green Belt north of Bristol city centre. It is adjacent to junction 16 of the M5 motorway and Almondsbury Interc ...

, Aztec West
Sectors 8, 9 and 0:

Bradley Stoke Bradley Stoke is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, situated north-northeast of Bristol city centre.OS Explorer Map, Bristol and Bath, Keynsham & Marshfield. Scale: 1:25 000.Publisher: Ordnance Survey B4 edition (2013). ...

, South Gloucestershire , - ! BS34 , BRISTOL , Sector 5:

Patchway Patchway is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England, situated north-north west of central Bristol. The town has become an overflow settlement for Bristol and is contiguous with Bristol's urban area, along with the nearby towns ...

, Charlton Hayes,

Cribbs Causeway Cribbs Causeway is both a road in South Gloucestershire, England, running north of the city of Bristol, and the adjacent area which is notable for its Out-of-town shopping centres in the United Kingdom, out-of-town shopping and leisure facilitie ...

Sector 6:

Little Stoke Little Stoke is a village in the parish of Stoke Gifford, situated in South Gloucestershire, England. It is surrounded by Patchway, Stoke Gifford and Bradley Stoke. Home to Patchway railway station, a minor stop on the railway network, the Rail ...

Sector 7: Filton (Except Northville)
Sector 8:

Stoke Gifford Stoke Gifford is a neighbourhood and Civil parish, parish and Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom, electoral ward in the South Gloucestershire district, in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England. Formerly a separate ...

, South Gloucestershire , - ! BS35 , BRISTOL , Sector 1: Oldbury on Severn, Thornbury North
Sector 2: Thornbury South
Sector 3: Alveston, Rudgeway
Sector 4:

Aust Aust is a small village in South Gloucestershire, England, about north of Bristol and about south west of Gloucester. It is located on the eastern side of the Severn estuary, close to the eastern end of the Severn Bridge which carries the M48 ...

, Olveston, Pilning,

Severn Beach Severn Beach is a village on the Severn Estuary in South Gloucestershire, England. The eastern portal of the Severn Tunnel is on the outskirts of the village. The River Severn, Severn footpathon the sea wallis part of the Severn Way that leads fro ...

Sector 5:

Easter Compton Easter Compton is a village in the civil parish of Almondsbury, South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated at the bottom of a hill (known as ''Blackhorse Hill'') near Junction 17 of the M5 Motorway on the B4055 road. The village is only 1.5 ...

, South Gloucestershire , - ! BS36 , BRISTOL , Sector 1: Winterbourne
Sector 2: Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath , South Gloucestershire , - ! BS37 , BRISTOL , Sector 4:

Yate Yate is a town and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It lies just to the southwest of the Cotswolds, Cotswold Hills and is northeast of Bristol and from Bath, Somerset, Bath. Developing from a small village into a town from t ...

Centre and South
Sector 5: Yate NW, Nibley
Sector 6:

Chipping Sodbury Chipping Sodbury is a market town and civil parish in the unitary authority area of South Gloucestershire, in the county of Gloucestershire, England. It is situated 13 miles (21 km) north-east of Bristol and directly east of Yate. The town ...

Sector 7: Ladden Garden Common, Rangeworthy
Sector 8: Westerleigh, Wapley, Far South of 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 Chew Stoke is a small village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the affluent Chew Valley, in Somerset, England, about south of Bristol and 10 miles north of Wells, Somerset, Wells. It is at the northern edge of the Mendip Hills, ...

Blagdon Blagdon is a village and civil parish in the Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county of Somerset, within the unitary authority of North Somerset, in England. It is located in the Mendip Hills, a recognised Area of Outstanding Natural ...

Wrington Wrington is a village and a civil parish, civil and ecclesiastical parish on the north slopes of the Mendip Hills in North Somerset, England. Both include nearby Redhill, Somerset, Redhill. Wrington lies in the valley of the Congresbury Yeo riv ...

, Charterhouse , Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset , - ! BS41 , BRISTOL ,

Long Ashton Long Ashton is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England. It falls within the unitary authority of North Somerset and is one of a number of large villages just outside the boundary of city of Bristol urban area. The parish has a populat ...

, Dundry , North Somerset , - ! BS48 , BRISTOL ,

Backwell Backwell is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of North Somerset, in the ceremonial county of Somerset, England. In 2011 it had a population of 4,589. The village lies about southwest of Bristol, south of the A370 to West ...

, Nailsea , North Somerset , - ! BS49 , BRISTOL , Congresbury, Yatton , North Somerset , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", BS98 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", BRISTOL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic'' , - ! style="background:#FFFFFF;", BS99 , style="background:#FFFFFF;", BRISTOL , style="background:#FFFFFF;", , style="background:#FFFFFF;", ''non-geographic''

Historic codes

Until about 1994 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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