Bristol Built-up Area

Bristol Built-Up Area
Conurbation
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Largest settlements
(Pop. 100,000+)
Area
 • Total 55.76 sq mi (144.42 km2)
Population (2015 estimate)
 • Total 724,000 [1]
 • Rank 8th
 • Density 11,636/sq mi (4,492.6/km2)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode BS
Area code(s) 0117, 01275, 01454

The Bristol Built-Up Area is a term used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to refer to a conurbation in based around the city of Bristol, in South West England. It was formerly known as the Bristol Urban Area. It is the 7th largest urban area in England and 8th largest in the United Kingdom. It covers the contiguous built-up area around Bristol, including the Kingswood, Mangotsfield, Stoke Gifford, Bradley Stoke, Patchway, Filton, Almondsbury, Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne areas within South Gloucestershire; Pill and Easton-in-Gordano within North Somerset; and part of Whitchurch which falls within the administrative area of Bath and North East Somerset.[2]

Subdivisions

Bristol Built-up Area and its urban subdivisions in 2011
  Bristol subdivision
  Other subdivisions
  City of Bristol unitary authority boundary
Urban subdivisionPopulation Census 2011
Bristol535,907
Filton59,495
Frampton Cotterell & Winterbourne14,694
Pill4,828
Almondsbury855
Leigh Woods553
Whiteshill403
Hambrook349
Coalpit Heath196
Total617,280

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.citypopulation.de/UK-UA.html
  2. ↑ https://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/fertility-analysis/focus-on-people-and-migration/december-2005/focus-on-people-and-migration---focus-on-people-and-migration---chapter-3.pdf

Coordinates: 51°24′N 2°34′W / 51.4°N 2.56°W / 51.4; -2.56

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