BS16 postcode district: Kingswood and Fishponds and around
BS16 is a postcode district in England, with 2,037 postcodes in use in 9 sectors. It has postcodes in Kingswood and Fishponds, Pucklechurch, Bristol and 2 more places. It is split between 2 councils: South Gloucestershire (1,264 postcodes) and City of Bristol (773).
- Postcodes in use
- 2,037
- Sectors
- 9
- Councils
- 2 councils
- Places
- 5 places
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in BS16, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 93
- In use before 2020: 1,944
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 2,037 postcodes in BS16 that ONS places, 93 are new since 2020 and 1,944 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4869, longitude -2.5095. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Further out, not drawn
This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 18 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS16 2NZ, is the newest of them.
- 15 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS16 7QE, is the newest of them.
- 8 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS16 7PZ, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS16 0HQ, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. BS16 2NP, is the newest of them.
What broadband can you get in BS16?
Ofcom reports on 2,005 of the 2,037 postcodes in BS16. At 1,522 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is BS16 at risk of flooding?
62 of the 2,037 postcodes in BS16 have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 123 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What do homes sell for in BS16?
Homes in BS16 sold for a typical £350,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 982 sales, no change on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £507,500 160 sales
- Semi-detached £380,000 295 sales
- Terraced £339,250 336 sales
- Flat or maisonette £200,000 191 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Postcodes in BS16
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
Places in BS16
Towns and villages with postcodes in BS16, and how many each has here.
Who covers BS16
How many of the district's postcodes in use fall under each council, constituency and police force area.
Councils
What council am I in?Constituencies
- Bristol North East1,145
- Filton and Bradley Stoke798
- Thornbury and Yate93
- Bristol North West1
Police force areas
- Avon and Somerset2,037
Next to BS16
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after BS16 in the BS area.
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