MK18 4AZ

Fringford and Heyfords · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town: Buckingham
Ward: Fringford and Heyfords
Local authority: Cherwell
Constituency: Bicester and Woodstock
Postcode district: MK18
Postcode sector: MK18 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
MK18 4AY	324 m
MK18 4AX	390 m
MK18 4AU	922 m
OX27 8AG	1.3 km
MK18 4BA	1.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: MK18 4AZ
Status: Current
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: Not published
Postcode area: MK
Postcode district: MK18
Postcode sector: MK18 4
Latitude: 51.969942
Longitude: -1.091275
British National Grid easting: 462,523
British National Grid northing: 230,552

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: Cherwell · E07000177
Electoral ward: Fringford and Heyfords · E05012969
Parish or community: E04008068
Westminster constituency: Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area: E00169035
Lower layer super output area: Cherwell 011D · E01028483
Middle layer super output area: Cherwell 011 · E02005931

Postcode source versions

Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence

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Property

At this postcode

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6 recorded sales at this postcode

Address	Date	Price
4, Buckingham Road, Newton Purcell, Buckingham, MK18 4AZ	16 December 2019	£310,000
3, Newton Purcell, Buckingham, MK18 4AZ	19 September 2014	£249,950
12, Newton Purcell, Buckingham, MK18 4AZ	3 December 2012	£200,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 2
Primary: 2
Secondary: 0

Finmere Church of England Primary School

Academy converter
2.5 km
Fringford Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
2.8 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents: 27
Postcode households: 10
Residents per household: 2.7
MK18 4 residents: 4,055

Age bands in MK18 4

Wider postcode sector

Age 0 to 14: 15.9%
Age 15 to 24: 10.3%
Age 25 to 44: 19.2%
Age 45 to 64: 31.7%
Age 65 and over: 22.8%

This postcode contained 0.7% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider MK18 4 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

How to read these estimates

The standard postcode headcounts and the commissioned age table are separate ONS outputs. Small counts are disclosure-controlled, and totals can differ slightly between tables. Coverage is England and Wales only.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+: 7.7%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+: 7.7%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+: 7.7%
Gigabit-capable: 7.7%

Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband: 0%
Next Generation Access: 7.7%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless: 0%

Coverage is a modelled postcode-level snapshot, not a speed test or a guarantee for a named property. Check availability with providers before making a decision. Ofcom does not publish postcode-level full-fibre coverage in this release for commercial-confidentiality reasons.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

Rectory

BCT · Newton Purcell
0.2 miles
Rectory

BCT · Newton Purcell
0.2 miles
St James's Church

BCT · Barton Hartshorn
0.9 miles
St James's Church

BCT · Barton Hartshorn
1.0 miles
St Nicholas's Church

BCT · Chetwode
1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 011D, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

7 of 10

Overall England rank

21,350 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 10 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 10 of 10
Housing and services: 1 of 10
Living environment: 2 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses: 0
Medium risk addresses: 1
Low risk addresses: 0
Groundwater flood alert area: Unlikely

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

A factual reading of the data in this report's scope. It is not a location score or a recommendation.

Schools

Published establishments

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Finmere Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.6 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.