BS16 6PW

Frenchay & Downend · South Gloucestershire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Gloucestershire
Postcode district
BS16
Postcode sector
BS16 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS16 6PL 59 m
BS16 6PG 61 m
BS16 6PN 81 m
BS16 6PH 104 m
BS16 6PP 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS16 6PW
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 December 1994
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS16
Postcode sector
BS16 6
Latitude
51.499869
Longitude
-2.499845
British National Grid easting
365,400
British National Grid northing
178,000

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
E00075646
Lower layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 020D · E01014965
Middle layer super output area
South Gloucestershire 020 · E02003109

Postcode source versions

Explore BS16

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
65
Primary
43
Secondary
10
  1. Bromley Heath Junior School

    Community school

    123 m
  2. Bromley Heath Infant School

    Community school

    165 m
  3. St Augustine of Canterbury Catholic Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    610 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
973
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 368
  • Anti social behaviour 117
  • Other theft 94
  • Shoplifting 79
  • Burglary 70

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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.

GP practices

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • LEAP VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    BEAUFORT ROAD, DOWNEND, BRISTOL, BS16 6UG

    ODS code L81046

    910 m

  • THE DOWNEND HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code L81026

    1.7 km

  • EMERSONS GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code L81632

    1.8 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

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

    ODS code L81075

    2.8 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81087

    2.9 km

  • FISHPONDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81013

    2.9 km

  • FROME VALLEY MEDICAL CENTRE

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

    ODS code L81014

    3.7 km

  • STOKES MEDICAL GROUP

    RATCLIFFE DRIVE, STOKE GIFFORD, BRISTOL, BS34 8UE

    ODS code L81118

    3.8 km

  • KINGSWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    ALMA ROAD, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 4EJ

    ODS code L81063

    4.1 km

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACDONALD WALK, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 8NJ

    ODS code L81055

    4.3 km

  • FIRECLAY HEALTH

    BELLEVUE ROAD, ST GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PH

    ODS code L81062

    4.8 km

Nearby transport

  • Four Acre Road

    BCT · Bromley Heath

    0.0 miles
  • Four Acre Road

    BCT · Blackhorse

    0.0 miles
  • Four Acre Road

    BCT · Blackhorse

    0.1 miles
  • Queensholm Drive

    BCT · Bromley Heath

    0.2 miles
  • Leap Bridge

    BCT · Blackhorse

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Gloucestershire 020D, 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

32,547 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
10 of 10
Living environment
9 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

65 open schools are in scope, including 43 primary and 10 secondary schools. Bromley Heath Junior School is the nearest published school at 123 m.

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

Recorded crime

973 published events cover 12 months, averaging 81.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 368 events.

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