BS20 8 postcode sector in the BS20 district

BS20 8 is a sector of the BS20 district: every postcode that starts BS20 8. It has 143 postcodes in use, 5 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the BS20 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the BS20 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 143 postcodes in the BS20 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 139 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Portishead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. BS20 8AS: not on the flood risk listBS20 8AX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BJ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BL: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BP: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BS: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BT: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8BZ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DF: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DG: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DL: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DP: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DQ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DT: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8DZ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8ED: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EF: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EG: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EP: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EQ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8ER: not on the flood risk listBS20 8ES: not on the flood risk listBS20 8ET: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8EZ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8FD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8FE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8GA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8GB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HF: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HG: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HJ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HL: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HP: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HQ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HR: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HS: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HT: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8HZ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JF: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JG: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JJ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JL: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JP: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JQ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JR: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JT: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8JZ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LF: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LG: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LJ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LL: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LP: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LQ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LS: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8NB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8ND: not on the flood risk listBS20 8NN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8NX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PG: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PS: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PT: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PU: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PX: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8PZ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8QA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8QD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8QE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8QJ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8QY: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RA: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RB: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RD: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RE: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RF: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RH: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RJ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RL: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RN: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RQ: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RR: not on the flood risk listBS20 8RW: not on the flood risk listBS20 8LR: very low flood risk onlyBS20 8PL: very low flood risk onlyBS20 8PR: very low flood risk onlyBS20 8DR: medium flood risk at worst Portishead Map of every postcode in the BS20 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 143 postcodes in the BS20 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 139 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Portishead. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Portishead
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 1
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 3
  • Not on the at-risk list: 139

Of the 143 postcodes in the BS20 8 sector that ONS places, 1 are at medium risk at worst, 3 are at very low risk only and 139 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.

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 medium risk at worst

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

What do homes sell for in BS20 8?

Homes in BS20 8 sold for a typical £473,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 70 sales, down 0.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£473,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£475,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 0.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £532,500 42 sales
  • Semi-detached £382,500 9 sales
  • Terraced £327,250 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £282,500 11 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start BS20 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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 BS20 8

Pick a postcode to see its council and MP, broadband, flood risk, what homes sell for, council tax, the nearest schools and stations, and crime around it.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed. See all our data sources

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