BS2 postcode district: Bristol and around
BS2 is a postcode district in England, with 659 postcodes in use in 4 sectors. It has postcodes in Bristol. Its council is City of Bristol.
- Postcodes in use
- 659
- Sectors
- 4
- Council
- City of Bristol
- Places
- Bristol
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Every postcode in BS2, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 34
- At medium risk at worst: 29
- At low risk at worst: 123
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 473
- Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
Of the 659 postcodes in BS2 that ONS places, 34 have a home or business at high risk, 29 are at medium risk at worst, 123 are at low risk at worst and 473 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.
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. 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 51.4599, longitude -2.5819. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk
34 postcodes here have a home or business at high risk. These are the 12 with the most homes and businesses at that risk.
Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.
Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together
- 26 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BS2 0XA, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 18 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BS2 9XW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BS2 0UB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
- 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BS2 9YN, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.
What broadband can you get in BS2?
Ofcom reports on 608 of the 659 postcodes in BS2. At 444 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 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 BS2 at risk of flooding?
186 of the 659 postcodes in BS2 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 444 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 BS2?
Homes in BS2 sold for a typical £299,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 168 sales, up 5.1% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £285,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £299,500
▲ up 5.1% on the 12 months before
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 BS2
Pick a sector, then a postcode. A sector is the district plus the next digit.
UK postcode format explainedPlaces in BS2
Towns and villages with postcodes in BS2, and how many each has here.
Who covers BS2
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 Central391
- Bristol East264
- Bristol North East4
Police force areas
- Avon and Somerset659
Next to BS2
"Next to" is by number: the districts before and after BS2 in the BS area.
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