BS5 8 postcode sector in the BS5 district

BS5 8 is a sector of the BS5 district: every postcode that starts BS5 8. It has 265 postcodes in use, 2 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

Not sure what a sector is? UK postcode format explained.

Every postcode in the BS5 8 sector, by gigabit broadband

No home or business can get gigabit: 13
Some can get gigabit: 38
Every home and business can get gigabit: 212
Ofcom gives no figure: 2

Of the 265 postcodes in the BS5 8 sector that ONS places, 13 have no home or business that can get gigabit, 38 have some that can, 212 can all get it and 2 have no Ofcom figure.

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. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

Sources: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; Ofcom Connected Nations, Connected Nations, Spring 2026; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Ordnance Survey open maps. 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.

Postcodes without gigabit

13 postcodes here have no gigabit. These are the 12 first in postcode order.

BS5 8AW BS5 8AX BS5 8BF BS5 8DT BS5 8FF BS5 8FH BS5 8HF BS5 8NA BS5 8NE BS5 8NN BS5 8PR BS5 8QQ

What do homes sell for in BS5 8?

Homes in BS5 8 sold for a typical £316,600 in the 12 months to September 2026, across 158 sales, HM Land Registry's figures show. The 12 months before gave £325,000 from 176 sales: not a change larger than chance would explain, given which homes happened to sell.

£316,600 typical price, the 12 months to September 2026

£325,000 12 months to September 2025

Detached £377,500 14 sales
Semi-detached £374,500 21 sales
Terraced £352,500 74 sales
Flat or maisonette £218,000 49 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 BS5 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 October 2026.

Postcodes in BS5 8

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Postcodes that have ended are not listed.

What council am I in? The council, borough or local authority for a postcode, and the county council where there is one. What ward am I in? The ward for a postcode, with its council, constituency and parish.

Other sectors in BS5

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Where the facts on this page come from

Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory
Ofcom Connected Nations
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data

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