BS16 6HT

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 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS16 2SJ 84 m
BS16 2SS 111 m
BS16 2SU 121 m
BS16 6HY 129 m
BS16 2TA 156 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS16 6HT
Status
Current
Introduced
1 June 1998
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS16
Postcode sector
BS16 6
Latitude
51.496197
Longitude
-2.511113
British National Grid easting
364,615
British National Grid northing
177,597

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
E00075298
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 022A · E01014897
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 022 · E02003111

Postcode source versions

Explore BS16

66 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
33, Heathfields, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6HT 27 November 2025 £595,000
31, Heathfields, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6HT 22 May 2025 £700,000
71, Heathfields, Downend, Bristol, BS16 6HT 28 April 2023 £745,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
81
Primary
54
Secondary
12
  1. Frome Vale Academy

    Academy sponsor led

    659 m
  2. Bromley Heath Infant School

    Community school

    718 m
  3. Frenchay Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    743 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,643
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 667
  • Anti social behaviour 222
  • Public order 137
  • Other theft 136
  • Criminal damage and arson 119

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
81

37 female, 44 male

Postcode households
35
Residents per household
2.3
BS16 6 residents
10,943

Age bands in BS16 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.9%

2,025 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.2%

1,160 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.5%

2,550 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.6%

3,015 residents

Age 65 and over
22.7%

2,569 residents

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS16 6 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+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
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

16

within 5 km

  • THE DOWNEND HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code L81026

    1.3 km

  • LEAP VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BEAUFORT ROAD, DOWNEND, BRISTOL, BS16 6UG

    ODS code L81046

    1.6 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

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

    ODS code L81075

    2.0 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81087

    2.1 km

  • FISHPONDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81013

    2.1 km

  • EMERSONS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code L81632

    2.4 km

  • STOKES MEDICAL GROUP

    RATCLIFFE DRIVE, STOKE GIFFORD, BRISTOL, BS34 8UE

    ODS code L81118

    3.4 km

  • KINGSWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    ALMA ROAD, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 4EJ

    ODS code L81063

    3.8 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACDONALD WALK, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 8NJ

    ODS code L81055

    3.8 km

  • FIRECLAY HEALTH

    BELLEVUE ROAD, ST GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PH

    ODS code L81062

    4.1 km

  • FROME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 COURT ROAD, FRAMPTON COTTERELL, BRISTOL, BS36 2DE

    ODS code L81014

    4.3 km

  • AIR BALLOON SURGERY

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

    ODS code L81038

    4.4 km

  • HORFIELD HC

    LOCKLEAZE ROAD, BRISTOL, BS7 9RR

    ODS code L81022

    4.6 km

  • EAST TREES HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code L81023

    4.6 km

  • CONCORD MEDICAL CENTRE

    BRAYDON AVENUE, LITTLE STOKE, BRISTOL, BS34 6BQ

    ODS code L81019

    4.8 km

  • MVMG - MONKS PARK

    24 MONKS PARK AVENUE, HORFIELD, BRISTOL, BS7 0UE

    ODS code L81669

    5.0 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

  • Cleeve Wood Road

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles
  • Bromley Heath Avenue

    BCT · Bromley Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Bromley Heath Avenue

    BCT · Bromley Heath

    0.1 miles
  • Cleeve Wood Road

    BCT · Downend

    0.1 miles
  • Cleeve Wood Road

    BCT · Downend

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 022A, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,543 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
7 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
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
2
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 £672,500 from 4 recorded sales in BS16 6HT. 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

81 open schools are in scope, including 54 primary and 12 secondary schools. Frome Vale Academy is the nearest published school at 659 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,643 published events cover 12 months, averaging 136.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 667 events.

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