BS16 5TW

Frenchay & Downend · South Gloucestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bristol
Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Postcode district
BS16
Postcode sector
BS16 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS16 5FQ 43 m
BS16 6AX 60 m
BS16 5RG 88 m
BS16 5TN 105 m
BS16 5TP 107 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS16 5TW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS16
Postcode sector
BS16 5
Latitude
51.487970
Longitude
-2.500623
British National Grid easting
365,337
British National Grid northing
176,677

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
South Gloucestershire · E06000025
Parish or community
E04001082
Westminster constituency
Filton and Bradley Stoke · E14001237
Output area
E00075306
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 022B · E01014898
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 022 · E02003111

Postcode source versions

Explore BS16

49 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
9, Buckingham Gardens, Bristol, BS16 5TW 1 April 2026 £337,500
18, Buckingham Gardens, Bristol, BS16 5TW 1 March 2024 £285,000
20, Buckingham Gardens, Bristol, BS16 5TW 23 August 2023 £400,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
78
Primary
53
Secondary
10
  1. Stanbridge Primary School

    Academy converter

    447 m
  2. Christ Church, Church of England Infant School, Downend

    Voluntary controlled school

    490 m
  3. Downend School

    Academy converter

    694 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

View all nearby crime records
Published events
2,806
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,187
  • Anti social behaviour 335
  • Public order 245
  • Other theft 203
  • Criminal damage and arson 198

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
62

36 female, 26 male

Postcode households
33
Residents per household
1.9
BS16 5 residents
10,841

Age bands in BS16 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.8%

1,751 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.3%

1,174 residents

Age 25 to 44
28.1%

2,930 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.3%

2,422 residents

Age 65 and over
20.5%

2,135 residents

This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS16 5 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
91.4%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
91.4%
Gigabit-capable
91.4%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

GP practices

14

within 5 km

  • THE DOWNEND HEALTH GROUP

    CHRISTCHURCH FAMILY MEDICAL CENTRE, NORTH STREET, DOWNEND, BRISTOL, BS16 5SG

    ODS code L81026

    455 m

  • LEAP VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BEAUFORT ROAD, DOWNEND, BRISTOL, BS16 6UG

    ODS code L81046

    1.3 km

  • EMERSONS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

    ST. LUKES CLOSE, EMERSON'S GREEN SOUTH, BRISTOL, BS16 7AL

    ODS code L81632

    1.7 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81087

    2.0 km

  • FISHPONDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81013

    2.0 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, MANOR ROAD, FISHPONDS, BRISTOL, BS16 2JD

    ODS code L81075

    2.1 km

  • KINGSWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    ALMA ROAD, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 4EJ

    ODS code L81063

    2.8 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACDONALD WALK, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 8NJ

    ODS code L81055

    3.0 km

  • FIRECLAY HEALTH

    BELLEVUE ROAD, ST GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PH

    ODS code L81062

    3.6 km

  • AIR BALLOON SURGERY

    KENN ROAD, ST. GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PD

    ODS code L81038

    3.9 km

  • STOKES MEDICAL GROUP

    RATCLIFFE DRIVE, STOKE GIFFORD, BRISTOL, BS34 8UE

    ODS code L81118

    4.6 km

  • CADBURY HEATH HEALTHCARE

    PARKWALL ROAD, BRISTOL, BS30 8HS

    ODS code L81130

    4.6 km

  • EAST TREES HEALTH CENTRE

    100A FISHPONDS ROAD, EASTVILLE, BRISTOL, BS5 6SA

    ODS code L81023

    4.8 km

  • CLOSE FARM SURGERY

    47 VICTORIA ROAD, WARMLEY, NORTH COMMON, BRISTOL, BS30 5JZ

    ODS code L81050

    4.8 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • The Horseshoe

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles
  • Peache Court

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles
  • The Horseshoe

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles
  • Peache Court

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles
  • The Horseshoe

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 022B, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,849 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
8 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
6 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
9
Medium risk addresses
15
Low risk addresses
7
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Property market

The five-year median is £350,000 from 5 recorded sales in BS16 5TW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Gloucestershire is £340,300 in June 2026, up 2.3% year on year.

Schools

78 open schools are in scope, including 53 primary and 10 secondary schools. Stanbridge Primary School is the nearest published school at 447 m.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

2,806 published events cover 12 months, averaging 233.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,187 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.