BS8 1TW Bristol, City of

Streets

• University Walk, 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 (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, Tyndall's Park (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
• Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 13.
• 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: 2 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
• Green belt: no.

Listed buildings

• ROYAL FORT AND ATTACHED FRONT STEP RAILINGS, grade I
• NUMBERS 65 AND 67 AND ATTACHED FRONT GARDEN AND ENTRANCE RAILINGS, grade II*
• THE MANOR HOUSE AND ATTACHED WALLS, DOORWAY AND PIERS, grade II*
• 53, ST MICHAELS HILL, grade II
• IVY GATE, NORTH EAST OF ROYAL FORT HOUSE, grade II
• NUMBER 51 AND ATTACHED WROUGHT IRON RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 54 AND ATTACHED FRONT RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 69 AND ATTACHED FRONT GARDEN AND ENTRANCE RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBER 71 AND ATTACHED FRONT GARDEN AND ENTRANCE RAILINGS, grade II
• NUMBERS 61 AND 63 AND ATTACHED FRONT AREA RAILINGS AND PIERS, grade II
• STUART HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS AND GATES, grade II
• THE GATEHOUSE AND ATTACHED RUBBLE WALL, grade II
• UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL, PHYSICS BUILDING, grade II

Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km

• Manor House Park Lane Bristol, permissioned (120 m)
• 82 - 88 Colston Street Bristol BS1 5BB: up to 8 homes, pending decision (270 m)
• Ropemaker Court 11-12 Lower Park Row Bristol BS1 5BN, permissioned (280 m)
• Land to the west of Lodge Street: up to 20 homes, not permissioned (340 m)
• 60 Park Street City Centre Bristol BS1 5JN, permissioned (350 m)
• Lewins Place Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NR, permissioned (350 m)
• 5 Kingsdown Parade Bristol BS6 5UD, permissioned (350 m)
• Lewins Place Lewins Mead Bristol BS1 2NR, permissioned (350 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

The Environment Agency's long-term flood risk figures have not been loaded for this postcode yet.

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.