Bristol postcode area | |
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Postcode area | BS |
Postcode area name | Bristol |
Post towns | 8 |
Postcode districts | 47 |
Postcode sectors | 205 |
Postcodes (live) | 26,550 |
Postcodes (total) | 43,486 |
Statistics as at February 2012 |
Postcode district boundaries: Google
The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area, is a group of postcode districts around Axbridge, Banwell, Bristol, Cheddar, Clevedon, Wedmore, Weston-super-Mare and Winscombe in England, generally covering Bristol in its entirety, and most of South Gloucestershire, Bath & North East Somerset and North Somerset.
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
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.