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, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the BS40 6 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 140 postcodes in the BS40 6 sector that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 135 were in use before 2020. Places named: Mendip, Chew Valley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. BS40 6AA: before 2020BS40 6AB: before 2020BS40 6AD: before 2020BS40 6AE: before 2020BS40 6AF: before 2020BS40 6AG: before 2020BS40 6AH: before 2020BS40 6AJ: before 2020BS40 6AL: before 2020BS40 6AN: before 2020BS40 6AP: before 2020BS40 6AQ: before 2020BS40 6AR: before 2020BS40 6AS: before 2020BS40 6AT: before 2020BS40 6AU: before 2020BS40 6AW: before 2020BS40 6AX: before 2020BS40 6AY: before 2020BS40 6AZ: before 2020BS40 6BB: before 2020BS40 6BD: before 2020BS40 6BG: before 2020BS40 6BH: before 2020BS40 6BJ: before 2020BS40 6BL: before 2020BS40 6BN: before 2020BS40 6BQ: before 2020BS40 6BR: before 2020BS40 6BS: before 2020BS40 6BT: before 2020BS40 6BU: before 2020BS40 6BW: before 2020BS40 6BX: before 2020BS40 6BY: before 2020BS40 6BZ: before 2020BS40 6DA: before 2020BS40 6DB: before 2020BS40 6DD: before 2020BS40 6DE: before 2020BS40 6DG: before 2020BS40 6DJ: before 2020BS40 6DL: before 2020BS40 6DQ: before 2020BS40 6DR: before 2020BS40 6EA: before 2020BS40 6EB: before 2020BS40 6ED: before 2020BS40 6EE: before 2020BS40 6EF: before 2020BS40 6EG: before 2020BS40 6EH: before 2020BS40 6EJ: before 2020BS40 6EL: before 2020BS40 6EN: before 2020BS40 6EP: before 2020BS40 6EQ: before 2020BS40 6ER: before 2020BS40 6ES: before 2020BS40 6EW: before 2020BS40 6HB: before 2020BS40 6HD: before 2020BS40 6HF: before 2020BS40 6HG: before 2020BS40 6HH: before 2020BS40 6HJ: before 2020BS40 6HL: before 2020BS40 6HN: before 2020BS40 6HP: before 2020BS40 6HQ: before 2020BS40 6HR: before 2020BS40 6HS: before 2020BS40 6HU: before 2020BS40 6HW: before 2020BS40 6JA: before 2020BS40 6JD: before 2020BS40 6JE: before 2020BS40 6JF: before 2020BS40 6JG: before 2020BS40 6JL: before 2020BS40 6JN: before 2020BS40 6JP: before 2020BS40 6JQ: before 2020BS40 6JR: before 2020BS40 6JS: before 2020BS40 6JT: before 2020BS40 6JU: before 2020BS40 6JW: before 2020BS40 6JX: before 2020BS40 6JY: before 2020BS40 6LA: before 2020BS40 6LB: before 2020BS40 6LD: before 2020BS40 6LE: before 2020BS40 6LF: before 2020BS40 6LG: before 2020BS40 6LH: before 2020BS40 6LJ: before 2020BS40 6LQ: before 2020BS40 6LX: before 2020BS40 6NA: before 2020BS40 6NB: before 2020BS40 6ND: before 2020BS40 6NE: before 2020BS40 6NF: before 2020BS40 6NG: before 2020BS40 6NH: before 2020BS40 6NJ: before 2020BS40 6NL: before 2020BS40 6NQ: before 2020BS40 6PA: before 2020BS40 6PB: before 2020BS40 6PD: before 2020BS40 6PE: before 2020BS40 6PF: before 2020BS40 6PG: before 2020BS40 6PH: before 2020BS40 6PJ: before 2020BS40 6PL: before 2020BS40 6PN: before 2020BS40 6PP: before 2020BS40 6PQ: before 2020BS40 6PR: before 2020BS40 6PS: before 2020BS40 6PT: before 2020BS40 6PU: before 2020BS40 6PW: before 2020BS40 6PX: before 2020BS40 6JH: before 2020BS40 6DS: new since 2020BS40 6DT: new since 2020BS40 6DU: new since 2020BS40 6DW: new since 2020BS40 6YX: new since 2020 MendipChew Valley Map of every postcode in the BS40 6 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 140 postcodes in the BS40 6 sector that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 135 were in use before 2020. Places named: Mendip, Chew Valley. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. MendipChew Valley
  • New since 2020: 5
  • In use before 2020: 135

Of the 140 postcodes in the BS40 6 sector that ONS places, 5 are new since 2020 and 135 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. 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; when each came into use: the same directory; 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

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.

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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