Congresbury

Congresbury is covered by postcode district BS49. It is in the North Somerset council area, England.

Typical price £366,000 Homes sold in Congresbury, last 12 months. ▼ 0.8% on the year before Gigabit broadband 53 of 81 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 28 of 81 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 1 1 primary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Congresbury, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Congresbury, by flood risk Of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 25 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Congresbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. BS49 5AF: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AG: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AJ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AL: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AN: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AQ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AY: not on the flood risk listBS49 5AZ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BE: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BG: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BH: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BJ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BL: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BN: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BQ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BS: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BT: not on the flood risk listBS49 5DA: not on the flood risk listBS49 5DB: not on the flood risk listBS49 5DL: not on the flood risk listBS49 5DU: not on the flood risk listBS49 5EE: not on the flood risk listBS49 5EF: not on the flood risk listBS49 5EG: not on the flood risk listBS49 5EP: not on the flood risk listBS49 5ER: not on the flood risk listBS49 5ES: not on the flood risk listBS49 5EX: not on the flood risk listBS49 5EZ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HA: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HB: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HD: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HE: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HF: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HG: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HH: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HJ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HL: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HN: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HP: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HQ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HR: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HW: not on the flood risk listBS49 5HZ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JB: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JD: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JE: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JF: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JG: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JH: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JJ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JQ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5JZ: not on the flood risk listBS49 5BU: very low flood risk onlyBS49 5DS: very low flood risk onlyBS49 5AA: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BA: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BB: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BD: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BF: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BP: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BW: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BX: low flood risk at worstBS49 5BY: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DD: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DF: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DG: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DH: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DJ: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DN: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DP: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DQ: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DR: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DW: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DX: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DY: low flood risk at worstBS49 5DZ: low flood risk at worstBS49 5EA: low flood risk at worstBS49 5EN: low flood risk at worstBS49 5JA: low flood risk at worstBS49 5EY: high flood risk Congresbury Map of every postcode in Congresbury, by flood risk Of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 25 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 53 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Congresbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Congresbury
  • A home or business at high risk: 1
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 25
  • At very low risk only: 2
  • Not on the at-risk list: 53

Of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury that ONS places, 1 have a home or business at high risk, 25 are at low risk at worst, 2 are at very low risk only and 53 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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.3695, longitude -2.8060. 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

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

BS49 5EY1 at high risk

What is it like to live in Congresbury?

Homes sold for a typical £366,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 81 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 81 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Mendip Vale Medical Practice, 3.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Yatton, 2.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.

We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.

Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources

What do homes cost in Congresbury?

Homes in Congresbury sold for a typical £366,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£366,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£369,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 0.8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £545,000 10 sales
  • Semi-detached £335,000 17 sales
  • Terraced 4 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole BS49 district, Congresbury's main postcode district: a typical £359,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Congresbury: 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

Are new homes being built in Congresbury?

3 of the 81 postcodes now in use in Congresbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 55 homes sold in Congresbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS49 district, 15%.

The newest postcodes

BS49 5EGsince August 2023BS49 5EFsince August 2021BS49 5DDsince February 2020

A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn CongresburyAcross the BS49 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 31 (0%) 6 of 176 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 55 (0%) 38 of 258 (15%)

Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What broadband can you get in Congresbury?

Ofcom reports on 81 of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit53 of 81
Postcodes where every home can get superfast75 of 81

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Congresbury at risk of flooding?

28 of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury 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 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 28 of 81 postcodes High: 1Medium: 9Low: 265Very low: 41

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

Which schools are in Congresbury?

The primary schools are at the postcodes in Congresbury. There is no secondary school at its postcodes; these are the nearest to its middle. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.

Primary

Secondary

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Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

How far is the station from Congresbury?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Congresbury is Yatton Rail Station, 2.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Yatton Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • Nailsea & Backwell Rail Station Railway station 6.7 kmDrive
  • Worle Rail Station Railway station 7.3 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are in Congresbury?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Congresbury. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Congresbury safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 231 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Congresbury over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.

Each month, September 2025 to August 2026

  1. 15 September 2025
  2. 39 October 2025
  3. 17 November 2025
  4. 17 December 2025
  5. 14 January 2026
  6. 14 February 2026
  7. 13 March 2026
  8. 34 April 2026
  9. 18 May 2026
  10. 27 June 2026
  11. 10 July 2026
  12. 13 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences104 reports
Anti-social behaviour26 reports
Criminal damage and arson25 reports
Burglary17 reports
Public order16 reports
Other theft16 reports
Other crime7 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports

Also: shoplifting 6, robbery 3, possession of weapons 3, drugs 2.

Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.

Crime around one postcode

Source: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Who runs Congresbury?

Council
North Somerset
Parliamentary constituency
Wells and Mendip Hills
Police force area
Avon and Somerset
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat)

All 81 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Congresbury postcodes

81 postcodes in use in Congresbury, by district:

BS49 postcode district,81 postcodes

That district is in the BS postcode area.

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Places near Congresbury

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Congresbury's £366,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Yatton2.4 km, £339,000Wrington3.2 km, £370,000Lower Langford3.7 km, £430,000Winscombe and Sandford5.9 km, £460,000Banwell6.4 km, £323,750Backwell6.8 km, £550,000Nailsea7.5 km, £365,000Clevedon8.0 km, £350,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Congresbury

What is it like to live in Congresbury?
Homes sold for a typical £366,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 53 of the 81 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 10 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 28 of its 81 postcodes. It has 1 primary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Mendip Vale Medical Practice, 3.4 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Yatton, 2.8 km from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
What is the postcode for Congresbury?
Congresbury is covered by postcode district BS49, across 81 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Congresbury in?
Congresbury is in the North Somerset council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Congresbury?
Congresbury is in the Wells and Mendip Hills parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Tessa Munt (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Congresbury?
Homes in Congresbury sold for a typical £366,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 31 sales, down 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Congresbury?
In Congresbury, primary schools at its postcodes include St Andrew's CofE Primary School; the nearest secondary school to the middle of its postcodes is Churchill Academy & Sixth Form, 3.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Congresbury have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Congresbury is Yatton, 2.8 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Congresbury?
Ofcom reports on 81 of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury. At 53 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Congresbury at risk of flooding?
28 of the 81 postcodes in Congresbury 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 10 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Congresbury?
3 of the 81 postcodes now in use in Congresbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 55 homes sold in Congresbury were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS49 district, 15%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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