Thornbury
Thornbury is covered by postcode district BS35. It is in the South Gloucestershire council area, England.
Every postcode in Thornbury, by flood risk
- A home or business at high risk: 2
- At medium risk at worst: 6
- At low risk at worst: 8
- At very low risk only: 0
- Not on the at-risk list: 337
Of the 353 postcodes in Thornbury that ONS places, 2 have a home or business at high risk, 6 are at medium risk at worst, 8 are at low risk at worst and 337 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6110, longitude -2.5180. 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.
What is it like to live in Thornbury?
Homes sold for a typical £354,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 269 of the 345 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 353 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Pilning, 9.7 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 Thornbury?
Homes in Thornbury sold for a typical £354,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 188 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- 12 months to August 2025
- £335,000
- 12 months to August 2026
- £354,750
▲ up 5.9% on the 12 months before
Across the whole BS35 district, Thornbury's main postcode district: a typical £362,750.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Thornbury: 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 Thornbury?
15 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Thornbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 245 homes sold in Thornbury were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS35 district, 9%.
The newest postcodes
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
| Period | In Thornbury | Across the BS35 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 0 of 188 (0%) | 4 of 294 (1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 16 of 245 (7%) | 36 of 398 (9%) |
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 Thornbury?
Ofcom reports on 345 of the 353 postcodes in Thornbury. At 269 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 Thornbury at risk of flooding?
16 of the 353 postcodes in Thornbury 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 37 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
Which schools are in Thornbury?
The open schools at the postcodes in Thornbury. A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury350 m 207 pupils, 210 places
- Gillingstool Primary School450 m 211 pupils, 210 places
- New Siblands School450 m 124 pupils, 125 places
- Manorbrook Primary School550 m 288 pupils, 210 places
- Crossways Infant School600 m 160 pupils, 180 places
- Crossways Junior School600 m 249 pupils, 240 places
- St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Thornbury800 m 197 pupils, 210 places
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 Thornbury?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thornbury is Pilning Rail Station, 9.7 km away in a straight line.
- Pilning Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive
- Yate Rail Station Railway station 9.8 kmDrive
- Patchway Rail Station Railway station 10.0 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 Thornbury?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Thornbury. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Severn View Family Practice200 m
- Streamside Surgery200 m
- St Mary Street Surgery700 m
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Thornbury safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 1,036 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Thornbury 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
- 87 September 2025
- 95 October 2025
- 88 November 2025
- 104 December 2025
- 87 January 2026
- 82 February 2026
- 108 March 2026
- 92 April 2026
- 72 May 2026
- 90 June 2026
- 68 July 2026
- 63 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: robbery 16, other crime 16, drugs 12, possession of weapons 7, bicycle theft 3.
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 postcodeSource: 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 Thornbury?
- Council
- South Gloucestershire
- Parliamentary constituency
- Thornbury and Yate
- Police force area
- Avon and Somerset
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
- MP
- Claire Young (Liberal Democrat)
All 353 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
Moving to Thornbury
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell South Gloucestershire about council tax Council tax, on beta.southglos.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Thornbury
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Find your rubbish collection day on GOV.UK
Thornbury postcodes
353 postcodes in use in Thornbury, by district:
That district is in the BS postcode area.
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Places near Thornbury
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Thornbury's £354,750. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Thornbury
- What is it like to live in Thornbury?
- Homes sold for a typical £354,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. At 269 of the 345 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 37 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 16 of its 353 postcodes. It has 6 primary schools, 1 secondary school and 1 all-through school at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Pilning, 9.7 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 Thornbury?
- Thornbury is covered by postcode district BS35, across 353 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Thornbury in?
- Thornbury is in the South Gloucestershire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Who is the MP for Thornbury?
- Thornbury is in the Thornbury and Yate parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Claire Young (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Thornbury?
- Homes in Thornbury sold for a typical £354,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 188 sales, up 5.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Thornbury?
- In Thornbury, primary schools at its postcodes include Christ The King Catholic Primary School, Thornbury, Gillingstool Primary School and New Siblands School; secondary schools at its postcodes include New Siblands School and The Castle School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Thornbury have a railway station?
- The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Thornbury is Pilning, 9.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Thornbury?
- Ofcom reports on 345 of the 353 postcodes in Thornbury. At 269 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Thornbury at risk of flooding?
- 16 of the 353 postcodes in Thornbury 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 37 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 Thornbury?
- 15 of the 353 postcodes now in use in Thornbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 16 of the 245 homes sold in Thornbury were newly built (7%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the BS35 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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