BS5 8LF

St George Troopers Hill · Bristol, City of · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bristol
Local authority
Bristol, City of
Constituency
Bristol East
Postcode district
BS5
Postcode sector
BS5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
BS5 8LR 7 m
BS5 8LE 40 m
BS5 8BU 79 m
BS5 8BT 94 m
BS5 8LG 100 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
BS5 8LF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
BS
Postcode district
BS5
Postcode sector
BS5 8
Latitude
51.457382
Longitude
-2.530843
British National Grid easting
363,214
British National Grid northing
173,290

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Bristol, City of · E06000023
Parish or community
E43000019
Westminster constituency
Bristol East · E14001132
Output area
E00074126
Lower layer super output area
Bristol 033B · E01014678
Middle layer super output area
Bristol 033 · E02003044

Postcode source versions

Explore BS5

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
84, Air Balloon Road, Bristol, BS5 8LF 19 August 2024 £300,000
94, Air Balloon Road, Bristol, BS5 8LF 29 April 2021 £275,000
76, Air Balloon Road, Bristol, BS5 8LF 4 September 2020 £200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
128
Primary
78
Secondary
20
  1. Air Balloon Hill Primary School

    Community school

    180 m
  2. Summerhill Infant School

    Community school

    865 m
  3. Summerhill Academy

    Academy converter

    896 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
4,641
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 1,779
  • Shoplifting 526
  • Anti social behaviour 435
  • Public order 400
  • Criminal damage and arson 326

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
24

11 female, 13 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.7
BS5 8 residents
10,368

Age bands in BS5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

1,665 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.5%

1,030 residents

Age 25 to 44
36.6%

3,985 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.5%

2,562 residents

Age 65 and over
15.1%

1,650 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider BS5 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

27

within 5 km

  • AIR BALLOON SURGERY

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

    ODS code L81038

    184 m

  • FIRECLAY HEALTH

    BELLEVUE ROAD, ST GEORGE, BRISTOL, BS5 7PH

    ODS code L81062

    385 m

  • ORCHARD MEDICAL CENTRE

    MACDONALD WALK, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 8NJ

    ODS code L81055

    1.5 km

  • BIRCHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    WICK ROAD, BRISTOL, BS4 4HU

    ODS code L81120

    1.7 km

  • NIGHTINGALE VALLEY PRACTICE

    WICK ROAD, BRISTOL, BS4 4HU

    ODS code L81033

    1.7 km

  • HANHAM HEALTH

    33 WHITTUCKS ROAD, HANHAM, BRISTOL, BS15 3HY

    ODS code L81079

    2.0 km

  • THE WELLSPRING SURGERY

    BEAM STREET, REDFIELD, BRISTOL, BS5 9QY

    ODS code L81061

    2.1 km

  • KINGSWOOD HEALTH CENTRE

    ALMA ROAD, KINGSWOOD, BRISTOL, BS15 4EJ

    ODS code L81063

    2.2 km

  • BEECHWOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81087

    2.5 km

  • FISHPONDS FAMILY PRACTICE

    BEECHWOOD ROAD, BRISTOL, BS16 3TD

    ODS code L81013

    2.5 km

  • EAST TREES HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code L81023

    2.7 km

  • THE OLD SCHOOL SURGERY

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

    ODS code L81075

    2.7 km

  • LAWRENCE HILL HEALTH CENTRE

    HASSELL DRIVE, EASTON, BRISTOL, BS2 0AN

    ODS code L81089

    2.9 km

  • CHARLOTTE KEEL MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SEYMOUR ROAD, EASTON, BRISTOL, BS5 0UA

    ODS code L81015

    3.0 km

  • CADBURY HEATH HEALTHCARE

    PARKWALL ROAD, BRISTOL, BS30 8HS

    ODS code L81130

    3.1 km

  • PRIORY SURGERY

    326 WELLS ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 2QJ

    ODS code L81084

    3.6 km

  • THE DOWNEND HEALTH GROUP

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

    ODS code L81026

    3.6 km

  • WELLS ROAD SURGERY

    233 WELLS ROAD, KNOWLE, BRISTOL, BS4 2DF

    ODS code L81125

    3.6 km

  • BROADMEAD MEDICAL CENTRE

    59 BROADMEAD, BRISTOL, BS1 3EA

    ODS code Y02578

    4.1 km

  • COMPASS HEALTH

    1 JAMAICA STREET, BRISTOL, BS2 8JP

    ODS code Y02873

    4.2 km

Showing 20 of 27 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

  • Troopers Hill Road

    BCT · St George

    0.0 miles
  • Troopers Hill Road

    BCT · St George

    0.0 miles
  • Marling Road

    BCT · St George

    0.2 miles
  • Marling Road

    BCT · St George

    0.2 miles
  • Glen Park

    BCT · St George

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Bristol 033B, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

19,007 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
5 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
5 of 10
Housing and services
8 of 10
Living environment
3 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
2
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
6
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 £300,000 from 1 recorded sale in BS5 8LF. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for City of Bristol is £356,824 in June 2026, up 3.5% year on year.

Schools

128 open schools are in scope, including 78 primary and 20 secondary schools. Air Balloon Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 180 m.

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

Recorded crime

4,641 published events cover 12 months, averaging 386.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 1,779 events.

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