Schools
114 open schools are in scope, including 70 primary and 14 secondary schools. Cotham School is the nearest published school at 243 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
BS2 8DQ
Central · Bristol, City of · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- Central
- Local authority
- Bristol, City of
- Constituency
- Bristol Central
- Postcode district
- BS2
- Postcode sector
- BS2 8
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- BS2 8DQ
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 January 1980
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- BS
- Postcode district
- BS2
- Postcode sector
- BS2 8
- Latitude
- 51.461381
- Longitude
- -2.602186
- British National Grid easting
- 358,261
- British National Grid northing
- 173,773
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Bristol, City of · E06000023
- Electoral ward
- Central · E05010892
- Parish or community
- E43000019
- Westminster constituency
- Bristol Central · E14001131
- Output area
- E00073421
- Lower layer super output area
- Bristol 060A · E01014538
- Middle layer super output area
- Bristol 060 · E02006951
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore BS2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 114
- Primary
- 70
- Secondary
- 14
- 243 m
Cotham School
Academy converter
- 295 m
Ss Peter and Paul RC Primary School
Voluntary aided school
- 384 m
Bristol Grammar School
Other independent school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 18,070
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 5,665
- Public order 2,097
- Other theft 1,878
- Shoplifting 1,821
- Anti social behaviour 1,660
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- 46
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- BS2 8 residents
- 7,547
29 female, 17 male
Age bands in BS2 8
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 9.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 34.7%
- Age 25 to 44
- 37.1%
- Age 45 to 64
- 13.3%
- Age 65 and over
- 5%
795 residents
2,788 residents
2,978 residents
1,066 residents
403 residents
This postcode contained 0.6% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS2 8 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.
GP practices
26
within 5 km
THE FAMILY PRACTICE
WESTERN COLLEGE, COTHAM ROAD, BRISTOL, BS6 6DF
ODS code L81090
169 m
STUDENT HEALTH SERVICE
HAMPTON HOUSE, COTHAM HILL, BRISTOL, BS6 6AU
ODS code L81133
170 m
COMPASS HEALTH
1 JAMAICA STREET, BRISTOL, BS2 8JP
ODS code Y02873
813 m
WHITELADIES MEDICAL GROUP
WHITELADIES HEALTH CENTRE, WHATLEY ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 2PU
ODS code L81091
820 m
BROADMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE
59 BROADMEAD, BRISTOL, BS1 3EA
ODS code Y02578
988 m
MONTPELIER HEALTH CENTRE
BATH BUILDINGS, MONTPELIER, BRISTOL, BS6 5PT
ODS code L81012
1.1 km
PEMBROKE ROAD SURGERY
111 PEMBROKE ROAD, CLIFTON, BRISTOL, BS8 3EU
ODS code L81081
1.2 km
BRIDGE VIEW MEDICAL
SOUTHVILLE SURGERY, 67 CORONATION ROAD, SOUTHVILLE, BRISTOL, BS3 1AS
ODS code L81007
1.8 km
BEDMINSTER FAMILY PRACTICE
REGENT ROAD, BEDMINSTER, BRISTOL, BS3 4AT
ODS code L81082
2.0 km
LAWRENCE HILL HEALTH CENTRE
HASSELL DRIVE, EASTON, BRISTOL, BS2 0AN
ODS code L81089
2.1 km
CHARLOTTE KEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE
SEYMOUR ROAD, EASTON, BRISTOL, BS5 0UA
ODS code L81015
2.2 km
FALLODON WAY MEDICAL CENTRE
13 FALLODON WAY, HENLEAZE, BRISTOL, BS9 4HT
ODS code L81131
2.5 km
GLOUCESTER ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
1A CHURCH ROAD, HORFIELD, BRISTOL, BS7 8SA
ODS code L81078
2.8 km
EAST TREES HEALTH CENTRE
100A FISHPONDS ROAD, EASTVILLE, BRISTOL, BS5 6SA
ODS code L81023
2.9 km
THE WELLSPRING SURGERY
BEAM STREET, REDFIELD, BRISTOL, BS5 9QY
ODS code L81061
3.0 km
WELLS ROAD SURGERY
233 WELLS ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 2DF
ODS code L81125
3.3 km
DOWNTON ROAD SURGERY
KNOWLE WEST HEALTH PARK, DOWNTON ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 1WH
ODS code L81095
3.7 km
HORFIELD HC
LOCKLEAZE ROAD, BRISTOL, BS7 9RR
ODS code L81022
3.7 km
WESTBURY ON TRYM PRIMARY CARE CENTRE
WESTBURY ON TRYM PCC, WESTBURY HILL, WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, BRISTOL, BS9 3AA
ODS code L81017
3.7 km
PRIORY SURGERY
326 WELLS ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 2QJ
ODS code L81084
3.9 km
Showing 20 of 26 matching practices.
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 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.
Nearby transport
- 0.0 miles
Cotham Hill
BCT · Cotham
- 0.1 miles
Cotham Hill
BCT · Cotham
- 0.1 miles
Cotham Hill
BCT · Cotham
- 0.1 miles
Myrtle Road
BCT · Kingsdown
- 0.1 miles
Myrtle Road
BCT · Kingsdown
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bristol 060A, 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
27,351 of 33,755
- Income
- 10 of 10
- Employment
- 10 of 10
- Education and skills
- 9 of 10
- Health and disability
- 8 of 10
- Crime
- 9 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 1 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
- 0
- 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
Recorded crime
18,070 published events cover 12 months, averaging 1,505.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 5,665 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.