Hanham is in the unitary authority of South Gloucestershire, adjacent to, but not within the City of Bristol.
The total population of the ward taken from the 2011 census was 10,311[3] Tom Cribb, once world champion bare-knuckle boxer, was born in Hanham.
[6] Built on the former Hanham Hall Hospital site,[7] the new village serves as a blueprint for Gordon Brown's proposed five eco-towns that will provide up to 100,000 zero-carbon dwellings across the country.
[8] The Blue Bowl has been claimed to be one of the oldest public houses in the country.
[9] The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset: