OX postcode area

Oxford postcode area


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.

• 1 Coverage
• 2 Adjacent areas
• 3 See also
• 4 References

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, Wytham, Summertown	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-ON-THAMES	Longworth, Sunningwell, Frilford, Cothill, Appleton	Vale of White Horse
OX14	ABINGDON-ON-THAMES	Abingdon, Culham	Vale of White Horse / South Oxfordshire
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, Aynho, Arlescote, Chacombe, Charlton, Chipping Warden, Claydon, Cropredy, Culworth, Edgcote, Farnborough, Great Bourton, Hanwell, King's Sutton, Little Bourton, Lower Thorpe, Marston St Lawrence, Middleton Cheney, Mollington, Nethercote, Newbottle, Overthorpe, Shotteswell, Stuchbury, Sulgrave, Thenford, Thorpe Mandeville, Twyford, Wardington, Warkworth, Warmington, Williamscott	Cherwell, South Northamptonshire, Stratford-upon-Avon
OX18	BAMPTON, BURFORD, CARTERTON		West Oxfordshire
OX20	WOODSTOCK		West Oxfordshire
OX25	BICESTER		Cherwell
OX26	BICESTER	Bicester	Cherwell
OX27	BICESTER		Cherwell
OX28	WITNEY		West Oxfordshire
OX29	WITNEY		West Oxfordshire
OX33	OXFORD	Wheatley	South Oxfordshire
OX39	CHINNOR		South Oxfordshire
OX44	OXFORD	Chalgrove, Garsington, Toot Baldon	South Oxfordshire
OX49	WATLINGTON		South Oxfordshire

Adjacent areas

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

See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

References

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

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