BS2 8EA Bristol, City of

Streets

• Kingsdown Parade, Bristol: 12 addresses

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 (57% of about 1,750 homes).

Sources: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, homes at 31 March 2026 (counts rounded to the nearest 10; some small counts withheld), 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, St. Michael's Hill and Christmas Steps (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 27.
• 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: 5 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• COLSTONS ALMSHOUSES COLSTON'S ALMSHOUSES, grade I
• FRONT WALL AND GATES TO COLSTON'S ALMSHOUSES, grade I
• 23-29, ST MICHAELS HILL, grade II*
• CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II*
• THE MANOR HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS, DOORWAY AND PIERS, grade II*
• 21, HORFIELD ROAD, grade II
• 23, HORFIELD ROAD, grade II
• 34, ST MICHAELS HILL, grade II
• 42, ST MICHAELS HILL, grade II
• BENGOUGH'S ALMSHOUSES AND ATTACHED WALLS, RAILINGS, BALUSTRADES, grade II
• FOUR GAS LAMP POSTS IN COURTYARD OF BENGOUGH'S ALMSHOUSES, grade II
• NUMBER 12 AND ATTACHED WALL AND RAILININGS, grade II
• NUMBER 44 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 46 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 48 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 51 AND ATTACHED WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 54 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 20, 22 AND 24 AND ATTACHED WALLS, PIERS AND RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 30 AND 32 AND ATTACHED WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 31 TO 37 (ODD) BRISTOL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, grade II
• NUMBERS 39 AND 41 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 43 TO 49 (ODD) AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 50 AND 52 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS AND GATES, grade II
• NUMBERS 6 TO 16 (EVEN) AND TWO ATTACHED LANTERNS, grade II
• RAISED PAVEMENT, STEPS, RAMPS, RAILINGS AND STANCHIONS, grade II
• RETAINING WALL, PIERS AND RAILINGS TO EAST AND SOUTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, grade II
• THE OLD RECTORY AND ATTACHED REAR WALL, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• 82 - 88 Colston Street Bristol BS1 5BB: up to 8 homes, pending decision (110 m)
• Manor House Park Lane Bristol, permissioned (120 m)
• Lewins Place Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NR, permissioned (160 m)
• Lewins Place Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NR, permissioned (160 m)
• Ropemaker Court 11-12 Lower Park Row Bristol BS1 5BN, permissioned (220 m)
• NCP Rupert Street City Centre Bristol BS1 2PY: up to 203 homes, pending decision (260 m)
• Electricity House Colston Avenue Bristol BS1 4SY, permissioned (260 m)
• Old Building Bristol Royal Infirmary Marlborough Street City Centre Bristol BS2 8HW: up to 246 homes, permissioned (280 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

No address in this postcode is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.

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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.

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.