OX postcode area

Oxford postcode area
OX
Postcode area	OX
Postcode area name	Oxford
Post towns	17
Postcode districts	28
Postcode sectors	145
Postcodes (live)	19,577
Postcodes (total)	31,696
Statistics as at October 2006 [1]

The OX postcode area, also known as the Oxford postcode area^[2], is a group of postcode districts centred around the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. The main towns and larger villages covered include Abingdon, Bampton, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Chinnor, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Kidlington, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Watlington, Witney, and Woodstock.

Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

Postcode district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority area
OX1	OXFORD	Central and South Oxford, Kennington	Oxford, Vale of White Horse
OX2	OXFORD	North and West Oxford, Botley, North Hinksey, Summertown, Wytham	Oxford, Vale of White Horse, Cherwell
OX3	OXFORD	North East Oxford, Headington, Marston, Elsfield	Oxford, South Oxfordshire
OX4	OXFORD	East Oxford, Cowley, Blackbird Leys, Sandford-on-Thames, Iffley	Oxford, South Oxfordshire
OX5	KIDLINGTON		Cherwell
OX7	CHIPPING NORTON	Charlbury, Chadlington	West Oxfordshire
OX9	THAME	Postcombe, Thame, Towersey, North Weston	South Oxfordshire
OX10	WALLINGFORD	Wallingford, Berinsfield, Cholsey, Dorchester	South Oxfordshire
OX11	DIDCOT	Didcot, Blewbury, Harwell	South Oxfordshire / Vale of White Horse
OX12	WANTAGE	Wantage, Grove	Vale of White Horse
OX13	ABINGDON	Longworth, Sunningwell, Frilford, Cothill, Appleton	Vale of White Horse
OX14	ABINGDON	Abingdon, Appleford-on-Thames, Burcot, Clifton Hampden, Culham, Drayton, Little Wittenham, Long Wittenham, Radley, Milton, Sutton Courtenay	South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse
OX15	BANBURY	Bloxham, Drayton, Wroxton, North Newington, South Newington, Swalcliffe, Sibford Gower, Sibford Ferris, Barford St Michael, Barford St John, Deddington, Hempton, Broughton, Hornton, Horley, Balscote, Shenington, Alkerton, Wigginton, Milton, Hook Norton, Milcombe, Shutford, Epwell, Tadmarton, Swerford, Bodicote, Brailes, Edge Hill, Ratley, Upton	Cherwell, Stratford-upon-Avon
OX16	BANBURY	Banbury	Cherwell
OX17	BANBURY	Adderbury, Appletree, Aynho, Arlescote, Chacombe, Charlton, Chipping Warden, Claydon, Cropredy, Culworth, Edgcote, Farnborough, Greatworth, Great Bourton, Hanwell, King's Sutton, Little Bourton, Lower Thorpe, Marston St Lawrence, Middleton Cheney, Mollington, Nethercote, Newbottle, Overthorpe, Prescote, Shotteswell, Stuchbury, Sulgrave, Thenford, Thorpe Mandeville, Twyford, Upper Astrop, Wardington, Warkworth, Warmington, Williamscott	Cherwell, South Northamptonshire, Stratford-upon-Avon
OX18	BAMPTON, BURFORD, CARTERTON	Alvescot, Asthall, Aston, Bampton, Barrington, Black Bourton, Bradwell, Brize Norton, Burford, Carterton, Chimney, Clanfield, Cote, Fulbrook, Grafton, Holwell, Lew, Little Clanfield, Radcot, Shilton, Signet, Swinbrook, Taynton, Upper Windrush, Upton, Weald, Westwell, Widford, Windrush	West Oxfordshire, Cotswolds
OX20	WOODSTOCK	Woodstock, Bladon, Glympton, Kiddington, Woodleys, Wootton	West Oxfordshire
OX25	BICESTER	Ambrosden, Arncott, Blackthorn, Caulcott, Duns Tew, Little Chesterton, Lower Heyford, Merton, Middle Aston, Middleton Stoney, North Aston, Piddington, Rousham, Somerton, Steeple Aston, Steeple Barton, Upper Heyford, Wendlebury, Weston-on-the-Green	Cherwell
OX26	BICESTER	Bicester, Chesterton, Launton	Cherwell
OX27	BICESTER	Ardley, Bainton, Baynards Green, Bucknell, Caversfield, Charndon, Fewcott, Fringford, Fritwell, Godington, Hardwick, Hethe, Marsh Gibbon, Newton Morrell, Poundon, Souldern, Stoke Lyne, Stratton Audley, Tusmore	Cherwell, Aylesbury Vale
OX28	WITNEY	Witney	West Oxfordshire
OX29	WITNEY	Barnard Gate, Brighthampton, Church Hanborough, Combe, Crawley, Curbridge, Ducklington, Eynsham, Freeland, Hailey, Hardwick, High Cogges, Long Hanborough, New Yatt, Newbridge, North Leigh, East End (North Leigh), Old Shifford, Shifford, Standlake, Stanton Harcourt, Stonesfield, Sutton, Yelford	West Oxfordshire
OX33	OXFORD	Wheatley, Forest Hill, Holton, Horspath, Horton-cum-Studley, Littleworth, Milton Common, Stanton St. John, Waterperry, Waterstock, Woodperry.	South Oxfordshire
OX39	CHINNOR		South Oxfordshire
OX44	OXFORD	Ascott, Chalgrove, Chippinghurst, Chiselhampton, Cuddesdon, Denton, Garsington, Great Haseley, Great Milton, Little Baldon, Little Haseley, Little Milton, Marsh Baldon, Nuneham Courtenay, Stadhampton, Toot Baldon	South Oxfordshire
OX49	WATLINGTON		South Oxfordshire

Adjacent areas

Adjacent postcode areas
CV		NN
		MK
GL	OX	HP
SN	RG	SL

Clockwise from the east, the adjacent postcode areas are: HP (Hemel Hempstead), SL (Slough), RG (Reading), SN (Swindon), GL (Gloucester), CV (Coventry), NN (Northampton), MK (Milton Keynes).

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

References

1. ^ "National Statistics Postcode Directory" (PDF). Office for National Statistics Postcode Directory (November 2006). Office for National Statistics. November 2006. http://www.statistics.gov.uk/geography/downloads/NSPDVersionNotes.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-29. 
2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

Coordinates: 51°48′N 1°18′W / 51.8°N 1.3°W / 51.8; -1.3