For elections to Bristol City Council, the area is part of Westbury-on-Trym and Henleaze electoral ward.

[5] At the end of the 8th century, King Offa of Mercia granted land at Westbury to his minister, Aethelmund.

Westbury College Gatehouse passed into the hands of the National Trust and the grounds were adapted for housing elderly people.

Falcondale Road[11] was constructed during the 1930s to act as a bypass to the narrow twisting streets of the old village.

With the opening of the Filton Bypass in the late 30s, Falcondale Road acted as a major conduit for A38 holiday traffic going to and from the South West.

Westbury-on-Trym became a conservation area in 1971, one of the earliest in Bristol, the boundaries were expanded in 2015 to include the Southfield Road environs and Elmfield Lodge.

Two free car parks are available and a medium-sized supermarket, built on the site of the previous Carlton cinema, above which there is a ladies only gym.

During 2001, a large Sainsbury's was proposed, but the opposition to the plan was so strong from local villagers that the supermarket construction was eventually scrapped.

Westbury is served by bus routes 1, 10, 11, 13, 623 and service T7 also connects Westbury-on-Trym with Chepstow.

The following suburbs are in the same urban area, but lie in South Gloucestershire or North Somerset: