BS20 8RB

Portishead West · North Somerset · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bristol
Local authority
North Somerset
Constituency
North Somerset
Postcode district
BS20
Postcode sector
BS20 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS20 8DA 64 m
BS20 8BX 100 m
BS20 8RJ 100 m
BS20 8BN 112 m
BS20 8RN 112 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS20 8RB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS20
Postcode sector
BS20 8
Latitude
51.479479
Longitude
-2.792952
British National Grid easting
345,030
British National Grid northing
175,912

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
North Somerset · E06000024
Parish or community
E04012097
Westminster constituency
North Somerset · E14001399
Output area
E00074754
Lower layer super output area
North Somerset 002D · E01014798
Middle layer super output area
North Somerset 002 · E02003066

Postcode source versions

Explore BS20

31 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
61, Down Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8RB 6 September 2024 £475,000
93, Down Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8RB 18 March 2022 £400,000
75, Down Road, Portishead, Bristol, BS20 8RB 14 June 2021 £490,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
9
Primary
7
Secondary
1
  1. High Down Infant School

    Academy converter

    342 m
  2. High Down Junior School

    Academy converter

    382 m
  3. Gordano School

    Academy converter

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
702
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 340
  • Anti social behaviour 84
  • Public order 73
  • Other theft 57
  • Shoplifting 46

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
61

39 female, 22 male

Postcode households
25
Residents per household
2.4
BS20 8 residents
5,874

Age bands in BS20 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.1%

897 residents

Age 15 to 24
7.8%

461 residents

Age 25 to 44
17.3%

1,026 residents

Age 45 to 64
29.6%

1,762 residents

Age 65 and over
30.3%

1,801 residents

This postcode contained 1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS20 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.

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

2

within 5 km

  • PORTISHEAD MEDICAL GROUP

    VICTORIA SQUARE, PORTISHEAD, BRISTOL, BS20 6AQ

    ODS code L81004

    1.8 km

  • HARBOURSIDE FAMILY PRACTICE

    THE MARINA HEALTHCARE CTR, 2 HAVEN VIEW, PORTISHEAD, BRISTOL, BS20 7QA

    ODS code L81600

    2.5 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

  • Bruton Avenue

    BCT · Portishead

    0.0 miles
  • Bruton Avenue

    BCT · Portishead

    0.0 miles
  • Merlin Park

    BCT · Portishead

    0.1 miles
  • Merlin Park

    BCT · Portishead

    0.1 miles
  • Gaunts Close

    BCT · Portishead

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for North Somerset 002D, 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

33,047 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
5 of 10
Living environment
10 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
2
Low risk addresses
5
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 £437,500 from 2 recorded sales in BS20 8RB. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for North Somerset is £314,628 in June 2026, up 7.5% year on year.

Schools

9 open schools are in scope, including 7 primary and 1 secondary schools. High Down Infant School is the nearest published school at 342 m.

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

Recorded crime

702 published events cover 12 months, averaging 58.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 340 events.

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