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OX12 8NW

Downlands · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Wantage
Ward
Downlands
Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX12 8NP 932 m
OX12 8NN 1.0 km
OX12 8NH 1.1 km
RG20 7HT 1.6 km
OX12 8NJ 1.6 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX12 8NW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX12
Postcode sector
OX12 8
Latitude
51.532149
Longitude
-1.404915
British National Grid easting
441,374
British National Grid northing
181,639

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community
E04001155
Westminster constituency
Newbury · E14001376
Output area
E00082272
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 001C · E01016287
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 001 · E02003367

Postcode source versions

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Property

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1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Farnborough Downs Farm, Farnborough, Wantage, OX12 8NW 6 March 2020 £2,850,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
2
Primary
2
Secondary
0

  1. Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School

    Voluntary aided school

    2.7 km

  2. Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    4.5 km

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
7

3 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.3
OX12 8 residents
6,126

Age bands in OX12 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17%

1,096 residents

Age 15 to 24
10%

643 residents

Age 25 to 44
25.8%

1,660 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.4%

1,765 residents

Age 65 and over
19.9%

1,281 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX12 8 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

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+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

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

Nearby transport

  • The Smithy

    BCT · Farnborough

    1.2 miles

  • The Smithy

    BCT · Farnborough

    1.2 miles

  • California Farm

    BCT · Farnborough

    1.4 miles

  • California Farm

    BCT · Farnborough

    1.4 miles

  • Ridgeway Path

    BCT · Wantage

    1.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 001C, 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

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,907 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 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
0
Low risk addresses
1
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

Schools

2 open schools are in scope, including 2 primary and 0 secondary schools. Brightwalton C.E. Aided Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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