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 South West England, within eight post towns. These cover the city of Bristol, north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare, Axbridge, Banwell, Cheddar, Clevedon, Wedmore and Winscombe) and south Gloucestershire.
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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 | 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 |- ! 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, | 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 | Pill, 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, Sedgemoor |- ! BS25 | WINSCOMBE | Churchill, Winscombe, Sandford, Shipham | North Somerset, Sedgemoor |- ! BS26 | AXBRIDGE | Axbridge, Compton Bishop, Loxton | Sedgemoor, North Somerset |- ! BS27 | CHEDDAR | Cheddar, Draycott | Sedgemoor, Mendip |- ! BS28 | WEDMORE | Wedmore | Sedgemoor |- ! BS29 | BANWELL | Banwell | North 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 | Paulton, Clutton, Temple Cloud, Pensford, Bishop Sutton | Bath and North East Somerset |- ! BS40 | BRISTOL | Chew Valley, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Wrington, Charterhouse | Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Mendip |- ! 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 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, 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.
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See also
*List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom *Postcode Address File
References
External links
Royal Mail's Postcode Address FileA quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom Category:Postcode areas covering South West England
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 | 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 |- ! 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, | 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 | Pill, 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, Sedgemoor |- ! BS25 | WINSCOMBE | Churchill, Winscombe, Sandford, Shipham | North Somerset, Sedgemoor |- ! BS26 | AXBRIDGE | Axbridge, Compton Bishop, Loxton | Sedgemoor, North Somerset |- ! BS27 | CHEDDAR | Cheddar, Draycott | Sedgemoor, Mendip |- ! BS28 | WEDMORE | Wedmore | Sedgemoor |- ! BS29 | BANWELL | Banwell | North 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 | Paulton, Clutton, Temple Cloud, Pensford, Bishop Sutton | Bath and North East Somerset |- ! BS40 | BRISTOL | Chew Valley, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Wrington, Charterhouse | Bath and North East Somerset, North Somerset, Mendip |- ! 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 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, 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.
Map
See also
*List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom *Postcode Address File
References
External links
Royal Mail's Postcode Address File
{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom Category:Postcode areas covering South West England