BS40 6 postcode sector in the BS40 district

BS40 6 is a sector of the BS40 district: every postcode that starts BS40 6. It has 140 postcodes in use, one of them a large-user postcode. 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 BS40 6 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the BS40 6 sector, by flood risk Of the 140 postcodes in the BS40 6 sector that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 125 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Mendip, Chew Valley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. BS40 6AA: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AE: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AF: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AP: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AR: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AS: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AT: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AU: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AX: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AY: not on the flood risk listBS40 6AZ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BN: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BR: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BS: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BT: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BU: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BX: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BY: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DA: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DE: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DR: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DS: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DT: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DU: not on the flood risk listBS40 6DW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EA: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6ED: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EE: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EF: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EN: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EP: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6ER: not on the flood risk listBS40 6ES: not on the flood risk listBS40 6EW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HF: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HN: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HP: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HR: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HS: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HU: not on the flood risk listBS40 6HW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JE: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JF: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JN: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JR: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JS: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JT: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JU: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JX: not on the flood risk listBS40 6JY: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LE: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LF: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6LX: not on the flood risk listBS40 6NB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6ND: not on the flood risk listBS40 6NG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6NH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6NJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6NL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6NQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PA: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PB: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PD: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PE: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PF: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PG: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PH: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PJ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PL: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PN: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PP: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PQ: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PR: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PS: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PW: not on the flood risk listBS40 6PX: not on the flood risk listBS40 6BJ: low flood risk at worstBS40 6BZ: low flood risk at worstBS40 6JJ: low flood risk at worstBS40 6LA: low flood risk at worstBS40 6NF: low flood risk at worstBS40 6AN: medium flood risk at worstBS40 6JL: medium flood risk at worstBS40 6BQ: high flood riskBS40 6JA: high flood riskBS40 6JP: high flood riskBS40 6JQ: high flood riskBS40 6NA: high flood riskBS40 6NE: high flood riskBS40 6PT: high flood riskBS40 6PU: high flood risk MendipChew Valley 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to BS40 6JP, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the BS40 6 sector, by flood risk Of the 140 postcodes in the BS40 6 sector that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 125 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Mendip, Chew Valley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. MendipChew Valley
  • A home or business at high risk: 8
  • At medium risk at worst: 2
  • At low risk at worst: 5
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 125
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 140 postcodes in the BS40 6 sector that ONS places, 8 have a home or business at high risk, 2 are at medium risk at worst, 5 are at low risk at worst and 125 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 350 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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

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.

BS40 6JP9 at high riskBS40 6BQ5 at high riskBS40 6NE4 at high riskBS40 6NA4 at high riskBS40 6JA2 at high riskBS40 6JQ2 at high riskBS40 6PT1 at high riskBS40 6PU1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. BS40 6JP, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What do homes sell for in BS40 6?

Homes in BS40 6 sold for a typical £635,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 15 sales, up 9.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£635,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£580,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 9.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £787,500 8 sales
  • Semi-detached 4 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced 3 sales, too few to price

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start BS40 6. 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 BS40 6

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.

BS40 6AABS40 6ABBS40 6ADBS40 6AEBS40 6AFBS40 6AGBS40 6AHBS40 6AJBS40 6ALBS40 6ANBS40 6APBS40 6AQBS40 6ARBS40 6ASBS40 6ATBS40 6AUBS40 6AWBS40 6AXBS40 6AYBS40 6AZBS40 6BABS40 6BBBS40 6BDBS40 6BEBS40 6BGBS40 6BHBS40 6BJBS40 6BLBS40 6BNBS40 6BQBS40 6BRBS40 6BSBS40 6BTBS40 6BUBS40 6BWBS40 6BXBS40 6BYBS40 6BZBS40 6DABS40 6DBBS40 6DDBS40 6DEBS40 6DFBS40 6DGBS40 6DJBS40 6DLBS40 6DQBS40 6DRBS40 6DSBS40 6DTBS40 6DUBS40 6DWBS40 6EABS40 6EBBS40 6EDBS40 6EEBS40 6EFBS40 6EGBS40 6EHBS40 6EJBS40 6ELBS40 6ENBS40 6EPBS40 6EQBS40 6ERBS40 6ESBS40 6EWBS40 6HABS40 6HBBS40 6HDBS40 6HFBS40 6HGBS40 6HHBS40 6HJBS40 6HLBS40 6HNBS40 6HPBS40 6HQBS40 6HRBS40 6HSBS40 6HUBS40 6HWBS40 6JABS40 6JBBS40 6JDBS40 6JEBS40 6JFBS40 6JGBS40 6JHBS40 6JJBS40 6JLBS40 6JNBS40 6JPBS40 6JQBS40 6JRBS40 6JSBS40 6JTBS40 6JUBS40 6JWBS40 6JXBS40 6JYBS40 6LABS40 6LBBS40 6LDBS40 6LEBS40 6LFBS40 6LGBS40 6LHBS40 6LJBS40 6LQBS40 6LXBS40 6NABS40 6NBBS40 6NDBS40 6NEBS40 6NFBS40 6NGBS40 6NHBS40 6NJBS40 6NLBS40 6NQBS40 6PABS40 6PBBS40 6PDBS40 6PEBS40 6PFBS40 6PGBS40 6PHBS40 6PJBS40 6PLBS40 6PNBS40 6PPBS40 6PQBS40 6PRBS40 6PSBS40 6PTBS40 6PUBS40 6PWBS40 6PXBS40 6YX

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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