The Bristol Postcode Area

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
BS0	BRISTOL	Non-geographic	Bristol
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	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, Withywood	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	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
BS25	WINSCOMBE	Churchill, Winscombe, Sandford, Shipham	North Somerset, Somerset
BS26	AXBRIDGE	Axbridge, Compton Bishop, Loxton	Somerset
BS27	CHEDDAR	Cheddar, Draycott	Somerset
BS28	WEDMORE	Wedmore	Somerset
BS29	BANWELL	Banwell	Somerset
BS30	BRISTOL	Bitton, Longwell Green, Cadbury Heath, Oldland Common, 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, Severn Beach, Pilning, 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, Dundry	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

Until the 1990s (?date) different numbers were used for Bristol postcode districts from BS12 upwards.
Missing from the above list are: 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, High Littleton, Saltford, Long Ashton, West Harptree, Wrington, Chew Magna, Blagdon, and Temple Cloud, 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.