| Area Code: | BS |
The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area,[1] 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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The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:
! style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BS0| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|BRISTOL| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|| style="background:#FFFFFF;"|non-geographic[2] [3] |-! BS1| BRISTOL| Bristol city centre, Redcliffe| Bristol|-! 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, 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, 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, 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, Mangotsfield, 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, 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| Banwell| North Somerset|-! BS30| BRISTOL| Bitton, Longwell Green, Cadbury Heath, Oldland Common, Warmley, 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 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
Sector 2: Frampton Cotterell, Coalpit Heath| South Gloucestershire|-! BS37| BRISTOL| Sector 4: Yate Centre and South
Sector 5: Yate NW, 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, Temple Cloud, High Littleton, Pensford, Bishop Sutton| Bath and North East Somerset|-! BS40| BRISTOL| Chew Valley, Chew Magna, Chew Stoke, Blagdon, Wrington, 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|}
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.