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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=BS}}
The '''BS postcode area''', also known as the '''Bristol postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 37 postcode districts in [[South West England]], within eight [[post town]]s. These cover the city of [[Bristol]], north [[Somerset]] (including [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Axbridge]], [[Banwell]], [[Cheddar, Somerset|Cheddar]], [[Clevedon]], [[Wedmore]] and [[Winscombe]]) and south [[Gloucestershire]].

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

{{postcode area table start}}
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BS0
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BRISTOL
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|
| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|''non-geographic''<ref name="amu1205">{{Cite web |url=http://www.royalmail.com/sites/default/files/052012_new_localities.pdf |title=New sectors and localities to 18 May 2012 |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=20 July 2012 |access-date=18 August 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=October 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="nongeo1207">{{Cite web|url=http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |title=Non Geographic Codes |publisher=Royal Mail Address Management Unit |date=July 2012 |access-date=18 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916141140/http://www.poweredbypaf.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/12July_current_non-geos-original.pdf |archive-date=16 September 2012 }}</ref>
|-
! BS1
| BRISTOL
| [[Bristol city centre]], [[Redcliffe, Bristol|Redcliffe]]
| [[Politics of Bristol|Bristol]]
|-
! BS2
| BRISTOL
| [[Kingsdown, Bristol|Kingsdown]], [[St Pauls, Bristol|St Paul's]], St Phillips, St Agnes
| Bristol
|-
! BS3
| BRISTOL
| [[Bedminster, Bristol|Bedminster]], [[Southville, Bristol|Southville]], [[Bower Ashton]], part of [[Totterdown, Bristol|Totterdown]], [[Windmill Hill, Bristol|Windmill Hill]]
| Bristol
|-
! BS4
| BRISTOL
| [[Brislington]], [[Knowle, Bristol|Knowle]], [[Knowle West]], [[St Annes, Bristol|St Anne's]], part of Totterdown
| Bristol
|-
! BS5
| BRISTOL
| [[Easton, Bristol|Easton]], [[St George, Bristol|St George]], [[Redfield, Bristol|Redfield]], [[Whitehall, Bristol|Whitehall]], [[Eastville, Bristol|Eastville]], [[Speedwell, Bristol|Speedwell]], [[Greenbank, Bristol|Greenbank]], [[Barton Hill, Bristol|Barton Hill]]
| Bristol
|-
! BS6
| BRISTOL
| [[Cotham, Bristol|Cotham]], [[Redland, Bristol|Redland]], [[Montpelier, Bristol|Montpelier]], [[Westbury Park, Bristol|Westbury Park]], [[St Andrews, Bristol|St. Andrew's]]
| Bristol
|-
! BS7
| BRISTOL
| [[Bishopston, Bristol|Bishopston]], [[Horfield]], part of [[Filton]], [[Lockleaze, Bristol|Lockleaze]], [[Ashley Down]]
| Bristol, [[South Gloucestershire]]
|-
! BS8
| BRISTOL
| [[Clifton, Bristol|Clifton]], [[Failand]], [[Hotwells]], [[Leigh Woods, Bristol|Leigh Woods]]
| Bristol, [[North Somerset]]
|-
! BS9
| BRISTOL
| [[Coombe Dingle]], [[Sneyd Park]], [[Stoke Bishop]], [[Westbury on Trym, Bristol|Westbury on Trym]], [[Henleaze, Bristol|Henleaze]], [[Sea Mills, Bristol|Sea Mills]]
| Bristol
|-
! BS10
| BRISTOL
| [[Brentry]], [[Henbury, Bristol|Henbury]], [[Southmead]], part of Westbury on Trym
| Bristol
|-
! BS11
| BRISTOL
| [[Avonmouth]], [[Shirehampton]], [[Lawrence Weston]]
| Bristol
|-
! BS13
| BRISTOL
| [[Bedminster Down, Bristol|Bedminster Down]], [[Bishopsworth]], [[Hartcliffe]], [[Withywood, Bristol|Withywood]], [[Headley Park]]
| Bristol
|-
! BS14
| BRISTOL
| [[Hengrove]], [[Stockwood, Bristol|Stockwood]], [[Whitchurch, Bristol|Whitchurch]],
| Bristol, [[Bath and North East Somerset]]
|-
! BS15
| BRISTOL
| [[Hanham]], [[Kingswood, South Gloucestershire|Kingswood]]
| Bristol, South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS16
| BRISTOL
| [[Downend, South Gloucestershire|Downend]], [[Emersons Green]], [[Fishponds, Bristol|Fishponds]], [[Frenchay]], [[Pucklechurch]], [[Mangotsfield]], [[Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire|Staple Hill]]
| Bristol, South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS20
| BRISTOL
| [[Pill, Somerset|Pill]], [[Portishead, Somerset|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, Somerset|Hutton]], [[Locking, North Somerset|Locking]], [[Lympsham]], [[Puxton]], [[Weston-super-Mare]], [[Wick St. Lawrence]]
| North Somerset, [[Somerset Council|Somerset]]
|-
! BS25
| WINSCOMBE
| [[Churchill, Somerset|Churchill]], [[Winscombe]], [[Sandford, Somerset|Sandford]], [[Shipham]]
| North Somerset, Somerset
|-
! BS26
| AXBRIDGE
| [[Axbridge]], [[Compton Bishop]], [[Loxton, Somerset|Loxton]]
| Somerset, North Somerset
|-
! BS27
| CHEDDAR
| [[Cheddar, Somerset|Cheddar]], [[Draycott, Somerset|Draycott]]
| Somerset
|-
! BS28
| WEDMORE
| [[Wedmore]]
| Somerset
|-
! BS29
| BANWELL
| [[Banwell]]
| North Somerset
|-
! BS30
| BRISTOL
| [[Bitton]], [[Longwell Green]], [[Cadbury Heath]], [[Oldland Common]], [[Warmley]], [[Wick, Bristol|Wick]]
| South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS31
| BRISTOL
| [[Keynsham]], [[Saltford]]
| Bath and North East Somerset
|-
! BS32
| BRISTOL
| Sector 4: [[Almondsbury]], Aztec West Sectors 8, 9 and 0: [[Bradley Stoke]]
| South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS34
| BRISTOL
| Sector 5: [[Patchway]], [[Charlton Hayes]], [[Cribbs Causeway]] Sector 6: [[Little Stoke]] Sector 7: [[Filton]] (Except Northville) Sector 8: [[Stoke Gifford]]
| South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS35
| BRISTOL
| Sector 1: [[Oldbury on Severn]], [[Thornbury, South Gloucestershire|Thornbury]] North Sector 2: Thornbury South Sector 3: [[Alveston]], [[Rudgeway]] Sector 4: [[Aust]], [[Olveston]], [[Pilning]], [[Severn Beach]] Sector 5: [[Easter Compton]]
| South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS36
| BRISTOL
| Sector 1: [[Winterbourne, Gloucestershire|Winterbourne]] Sector 2: [[Frampton Cotterell]], [[Coalpit Heath]]
| South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS37
| BRISTOL
| Sector 4: [[Yate]] Centre and South Sector 5: Yate NW, [[Nibley, South Gloucestershire|Nibley]] Sector 6: [[Chipping Sodbury]] Sector 7: Ladden Garden Common, [[Rangeworthy]] Sector 8: [[Westerleigh]], [[Wapley]], Far South of Yate
| South Gloucestershire
|-
! BS39
| BRISTOL
| [[Paulton]], [[Clutton, Somerset|Clutton]], [[Temple Cloud]], [[High Littleton]], [[Pensford]], [[Bishop Sutton]]
| Bath and North East Somerset
|-
! BS40
| BRISTOL
| [[Chew Valley]], [[Chew Magna]], [[Chew Stoke]], [[Blagdon]], [[Wrington]], [[Charterhouse, Somerset|Charterhouse]]
| Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Somerset
|-
! BS41
| BRISTOL
| [[Long Ashton]], [[Dundry]]
| North Somerset
|-
! BS48
| BRISTOL
| [[Backwell]], [[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{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}} 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==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=BS postcode area|size=550x550px}}
[[File:BS postcode area inset map.svg|thumb|none|550x550px|Detailed map of postcode districts in central Bristol]]

==See also==
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Postcode Address File]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Postcode areas covering South West England]]

BS postcode area - Revision history

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