BS1 2LA Bristol, City of

Streets

• Nelson Street, Bristol: 6 addresses
• Fairfax Street, Bristol: 3 addresses
• Broadmead, Bristol: 1 address
• All Saints' Street, Bristol: 1 address
• Rupert Street, Bristol: 1 address
• Unnamed street near Nelson Street, Bristol: 1 address

Council tax

What each band costs in Bristol, City of in 2026-27: Band D £2,714 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.

Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (47% of about 1,780 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10), for the neighbourhood (census area of about 700 homes) around it, not just this postcode; Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, council tax levels 2026-27. Bands are charged as fixed shares of Band D; the actual bill depends on the parish and on discounts such as the single-person discount. Check a home's own band with the official council tax band checker.

Planning and heritage

• Conservation area: yes, City and Queen Square (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 18.
• Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward boundary).
• Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• 41, BROAD STREET, grade II*
• Merchant Tailors' Hall, grade II*
• 1, JOHN STREET, grade II
• 1, Tailor's Court, grade II
• 12-17, JOHN STREET, grade II
• 2, Tailor's Court, grade II
• 43, BROAD STREET, grade II
• 44, BROAD STREET, grade II
• 49 AND 50, BROAD STREET, grade II
• 7, BRIDEWELL STREET, grade II
• BANK PUBLIC HOUSE, grade II
• BRISTOL POLICE HEADQUARTERS FIRE STATION, grade II
• CENTRAL POLICE STATION, grade II
• Court House, grade II
• EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE, grade II
• MAGISTRATES COURT PETTY SESSIONS, grade II
• PAIR OF LAMP POSTS FLANKING ENTRANCE TO CENTRAL POLICE STATION, grade II
• WALLS, PIERS, GATES AND RAILINGS TO SOUTH WEST, NORTH WEST AND NORTH EAST OF ST JOHN'S BURIAL GROUND, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• National Westminster Court Broad Street Bristol BS1 2EQ: up to 24 homes, permissioned (70 m)
• NCP Rupert Street City Centre Bristol BS1 2PY: up to 203 homes, pending decision (140 m)
• St Johns House 33-34 Broad Street Bristol BS1 2EZ, permissioned (150 m)
• Former Bank Of England Building 12 - 14 Broad Street Bristol BS1 2HL: up to 7 homes, permissioned (160 m)
• Electricity House Colston Avenue Bristol BS1 4SY, permissioned (210 m)
• Lewins Place Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NR, permissioned (230 m)
• Lewins Place Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NR, permissioned (230 m)
• 47 Corn Street Bristol BS1 1HT: up to 26 homes, pending decision (240 m)

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government), compiled from councils and, for listed buildings, Historic England's National Heritage List. Conservation areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation areas and the green belt are checked at each postcode's centre. Listed buildings and protected trees are counted within 100 m of this postcode. Councils publish Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders and brownfield registers to different standards, and some not yet. Planning applications are not here: there is no national open record of them yet.

Flood risk

Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 4 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.

Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.

High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.

Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.

Sources: Environment Agency Flood risk: postcode search tool data (loaded 29 October 2026), Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea: postcodes in areas at risk (loaded 29 October 2026) and Flood Map for Planning (loaded 28 October 2026). Flood zones are checked at each postcode's centre point. These are models of areas, which their publishers say are not suitable for showing whether an individual property is at risk, and they do not cover flooding from sewers or drains. Check an address on the official long-term flood risk service.

Broadband

Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.