OX26 6FY

Bicester South and Ambrosden · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Bicester
Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX26 6FZ 109 m
OX26 6HD 113 m
OX26 6HG 117 m
OX26 6XA 177 m
OX26 6UH 236 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 6FY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 September 2016
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 6
Latitude
51.889633
Longitude
-1.147864
British National Grid easting
458,740
British National Grid northing
221,573

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Cherwell · E07000177
Parish or community
E04013332
Westminster constituency
Bicester and Woodstock · E14001090
Output area
E00145031
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 015B · E01028464
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 015 · E02005935

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

75 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
62, Flanders Close, Bicester, OX26 6FY 13 May 2026 £335,000
60, Flanders Close, Bicester, OX26 6FY 19 December 2025 £330,000
12, Flanders Close, Bicester, OX26 6FY 16 December 2025 £340,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
19
Primary
14
Secondary
3
  1. Graven Hill Primary School

    Free schools

    633 m
  2. Langford Village Community Primary School

    Community school

    633 m
  3. Longfields Primary and Nursery School

    Community school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
2,057
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 727
  • Violence and sexual offences 599
  • Public order 137
  • Other theft 130
  • Anti social behaviour 117

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
132

62 female, 70 male

Postcode households
57
Residents per household
2.3
OX26 6 residents
9,517

Age bands in OX26 6

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.3%

1,610 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.3%

1,020 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.4%

3,399 residents

Age 45 to 64
25.2%

2,497 residents

Age 65 and over
13.8%

1,365 residents

This postcode contained 1.4% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX26 6 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.

GP practices

3

within 5 km

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

    LANGFORD MEDICAL PRACTICE, 9 NIGHTINGALE PLACE, BICESTER, OX26 6XX

    ODS code K84613

    682 m

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    1.0 km

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, COKER CLOSE, BICESTER, OX26 6AT

    ODS code K84052

    1.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Rodney House

    BCT · Graven Hill

    0.2 miles
  • Bicester Village Station

    BCT · Bicester

    0.2 miles
  • Bicester Village Station

    BCT · Bicester

    0.2 miles
  • Bicester Village Rail Station

    RSE · Bicester

    0.2 miles
  • Bicester Village Rail Station

    RSE · Bicester

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 015B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,725 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
8 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
28
Medium risk addresses
30
Low risk addresses
2
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

Property market

The five-year median is £324,500 from 16 recorded sales in OX26 6FY. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Cherwell is £353,632 in June 2026, up 3.8% year on year.

Schools

19 open schools are in scope, including 14 primary and 3 secondary schools. Graven Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 633 m.

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

Recorded crime

2,057 published events cover 12 months, averaging 171.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 727 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.