OX postcode area

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Oxford postcode area
OX (United Kingdom)
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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 postal districts around Abingdon, Bampton, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Chinnor, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Kidlington, Oxford, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Watlington, Witney and Woodstock in England.

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[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district Post town Coverage Local authority
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
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
OX7 CHIPPING NORTON
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 Kingston Bagpuize, Marcham Vale of White Horse
OX14 ABINGDON Abingdon, Culham Vale of White Horse
OX15 BANBURY
OX16 BANBURY
OX17 BANBURY
OX18 BAMPTON, BURFORD, CARTERTON
OX20 WOODSTOCK
OX25 BICESTER
OX26 BICESTER
OX27 BICESTER
OX28 WITNEY
OX29 WITNEY
OX33 OXFORD Wheatley South Oxfordshire
OX39 CHINNOR
OX44 OXFORD Chalgrove, Garsington, Toot Baldon South Oxfordshire
OX49 WATLINGTON South Oxfordshire

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - HP (Hemel Hempstead) - SL (Slough) - RG (Reading) - SN (Swindon) - GL (Gloucester) - CV (Coventry) - NN (Northampton) - MK (Milton Keynes).
Adjacent postcode areas
CV
NN

MK
GL
OX
HP

SN RG
SL

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Statistics, Postcode Directory Version Notes, (2006)
  2. ^ Royal Mail, Address Management Guide, (2004)

[edit] See also

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