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South Bristol is the part of Bristol, England south of the Bristol Avon. It is almost entirely made up of the areas of the city historically in Somerset , and since the abolition of the county Avon , consists of the southern suburbs in the county of Bristol.
The BS postcode area, also known as the Bristol postcode area, [2] is a group of 37 postcode districts in South West England, within eight post towns.These cover the city of Bristol, north Somerset (including Weston-super-Mare, Axbridge, Banwell, Cheddar, Clevedon, Wedmore and Winscombe) and south Gloucestershire.
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Bristol (/ ˈ b r ɪ s t əl / ⓘ) is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. [9] [10] Built around the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south.
The following areas and towns make up the city of Bristol and its outskirts. It includes some adjoining areas of South Gloucestershire , marked SG , North Somerset , marked NS , Bath and North East Somerset , marked BANES .
Modern Knowle West has an area of approximately 1.26 square miles (3.3 km 2), located on a plateau about 215 feet (66 m) above sea level, [note 1] south of the centre of Bristol, [19] between the districts of Knowle on the east, Whitchurch Park and Hengrove to the south, Hartcliffe and Bishopsworth to the west and Bedminster and Windmill Hill to the north. [20]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Subsections of the city of Bristol in South West England and nearby places in other local government areas that are ...
Bristol was the starting point for many important voyages, notably John Cabot's 1497 voyage of exploration to North America. [85] By the 14th century Bristol was one of England's three largest medieval towns after London, along with York and Norwich, with perhaps 15,000–20,000 inhabitants on the eve of the Black Death of 1348–49. [86]