BS8 1RU Bristol, City of

Streets

• Westbourne Place, 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 C (28% of about 1,090 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, Clifton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 16.
• 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: 16 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• EDGECUMBE HALL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS THORTON HALL AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II*
• Victoria Rooms and attached railings and gates, grade II*
• 1,1A, ST PAULS ROAD (See details for further address information), grade II
• 11, 12 AND 13, ARLINGTON VILLAS, grade II
• 14, 15 AND 16, ARLINGTON VILLAS, grade II
• 46 AND 48, ST PAULS ROAD, grade II
• 50 AND 52, ST PAULS ROAD, grade II
• 54 AND 56, ST PAULS ROAD, grade II
• ARC LAMP POST APPROXIMATELY 2 METRES WEST OF NUMBER 9, grade II
• ARC LAMP POST APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES WEST OF NUMBER 3, grade II
• BEDFORD HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, WALLS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS WIDCOMBE HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, WALLS AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, grade II
• CHESTERFIELD BUILDINGS, grade II
• Church of St Paul, grade II
• FRESHFORD KINGSTON, grade II
• GATEWAY ATTACHED TO THORNTON HALL AND EDGECUMBE HALL, grade II
• NUMBERS 2 TO 14 (CONSECUTIVE) WESTBOURNE PLACE AND 88 QUEEN'S ROAD, AND ATTACHED BASEMENT AREA RAILINGS, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Beech House 6 St Pauls Road Clifton Bristol BS8 1LT, permissioned (200 m)
• 44-46 Oakfield Road Bristol BS8 2BG, permissioned (310 m)
• 1 Berkeley Crescent Bristol BS8 1HA, permissioned (400 m)
• Former Star Service Station 40A Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2LG, permissioned (450 m)
• Former Whiteladies Road Cinema 44 Whiteladies Road Bristol BS8 2NH, permissioned (530 m)
• 14 Charlotte Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5PP, permissioned (600 m)
• 15 Charlotte Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5PP, permissioned (600 m)
• 16 Charlotte Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5PP, permissioned (610 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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 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: 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.