BS23 3AR North Somerset
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Weston-super-Mare Central. Region: South West.
Streets
- Wooler Road, Weston-super-Mare: 42 addresses
- Glebe Road, Weston-super-Mare: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in North Somerset in 2026-27: Band D £2,491 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,661 | £1,938 | £2,214 | £2,491 | £3,045 | £3,598 | £4,152 | £4,982 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band A (77% of about 990 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 1.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- Weston-super-Mare Library, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- BT Building Boulevard Weston-super-Mare: up to 48 homes, not permissioned (60 m)
- 69-71 Locking Road, Weston-super-Mare: up to 11 homes, permissioned (460 m)
- Former Ashcombe Public House Ashcombe Road Weston-super-Mare, permissioned (500 m)
- Station Gateway Weston-super-Mare: up to 350 homes, not permissioned (520 m)
- Former TJ Hughes Store High Street Weston-super-Mare: up to 40 homes, not permissioned (540 m)
- Walliscote Place Police Station and Magistrates Court Weston-super-Mare: up to 19 homes, not permissioned (560 m)
- Dolphin Square Weston-super-Mare: up to 126 homes, not permissioned (670 m)
- Frames Snooker Centre, Sunnyside Road North, Weston-super-Mare: up to 9 homes, permissioned (750 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 19 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 29 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 28 medium, 0 low and 1 very low.
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 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 43 addresses are between 5 m and 6 m above sea level (6 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Weston-Super-Mare 1.0 million journeys in 2024–25 | 590 m |
| Weston Milton 107,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km | |
| Worle 398,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 25 stops within 400 m, 60 within 800 m; nearest George Street Weston-super-Mare | 70 m |
| Ferry terminal | Weston-super-Mare Knightstone Harbour | 1.2 km |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m; nearest Locking Road Car Park | 440 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest Melrose Car Park GeniePoint | 890 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Bristol Airport BRS | 18.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Pier Health Group LTD | 570 m |
| Pharmacies | 6 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Tesco Instore Pharmacy | 410 m |
| NHS dentists | 8 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Boulevard Dental Practice | 130 m |
| Hospital | Bft Southmead Weston General Hospital | 3.0 km |
| Police station | Weston-super-Mare Police Enquiry Office | 560 m |
| Cash machines | 3 machines within 800 m; nearest Weston Super Mare NatWest | 490 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Grove Park 3.4 ha | 510 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 250 m² | 590 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.7 ha | 770 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 1.1 km |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 5.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 530 m north-west. 49 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m north-west |
| Grove Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 600 m north-west |
| Worlebury Camp, a large multivallate hillfort and the linear earthworks to the east | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Worlebury Hill | Hill | 1.0 km north |
| Ashcombe Wood | Wood | 1.1 km north-east |
| Weston Woods | Wood | 1.2 km north |
| Knightstone | Island | 1.2 km west |
| Bathing Cove | Wetland | 1.5 km north-west |
| Tower Rock | Cliff or slope | 3.9 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 8.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
Noise figures are still being loaded.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 42 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 32% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 31% | 17% |
| Private rented | 36% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 52% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 11% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 16% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 24% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 61% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 29% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 18% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 8% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 89% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 1 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Wooler Road.