BS2 8PS Bristol, City of

Streets

• Surrey Street, Bristol: 131 addresses
• Victoria Street, Bristol: 2 addresses
• Cave Street, Bristol: 2 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 (56% of about 1,530 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, Portland and Brunswick Square (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 14.
• 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

• 31-34, PORTLAND SQUARE, grade I
• NUMBERS 1 TO 6 AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, grade I
• NUMBERS 22 TO 28 AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, grade I
• 2-8, CAVE STREET, grade II
• BRUNSWICK CHAPEL, grade II
• BRUNSWICK CHAPEL ANNEX, grade II
• CHEST TOMB APPROXIMATELY 6 METRES SOUTH OF NORTH ENTRANCE TO BRUNSWICK SQUARE BURIAL GROUND, grade II
• GATES AND RAILINGS ROUND PORTLAND SQUARE GARDENS, grade II
• GROUP OF CHEST TOMBS, BRUNSWICK SQUARE BURIAL GROUND, grade II
• NUMBER 13 AND ATTACHED BASEMENT AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 15 AND AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 14, 15 AND 16 AND ATTACHED AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 7 TO 12 AND AREA RAILINGS, grade II
• SURREY LODGE, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Land at Surrey Street / Portland Square (Sandhu's Warehouse), not permissioned (40 m)
• Nos. 31-32 Portland Square And Surrey Street Warehouse Surrey Street Bristol BS2 8PS: up to 118 homes, permissioned (40 m)
• 31 - 32 Portland Square And Surrey Street (warehouse) Bristol BS2 8PS: up to 93 homes, permissioned (50 m)
• 7 Brunswick Square Pembroke Street Bristol BS2 8PE, permissioned (70 m)
• Land adj. Pembroke Court Pembroke Street Bristol BS2 8AH, permissioned (70 m)
• 28-36 Wilder Street Bristol BS2 8QS: up to 9 homes, permissioned (90 m)
• 6 Portland Square Bristol BS2 8SJ, permissioned (90 m)
• 25 Portland Square Bristol BS2 8NN, permissioned (120 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 60%, gigabit 60% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.