OX26 6HF

Bicester South and Ambrosden · Cherwell · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Cherwell
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 6

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX25 2DE 339 m
OX25 2DD 347 m
OX25 2DB 374 m
OX25 2BS 407 m
OX25 2DA 410 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX26 6HF
Status
Current
Introduced
1 October 2000
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX26
Postcode sector
OX26 6
Latitude
51.877886
Longitude
-1.152198
British National Grid easting
458,457
British National Grid northing
220,263

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
E00185854
Lower layer super output area
Cherwell 011G · E01035733
Middle layer super output area
Cherwell 011 · E02005931

Postcode source versions

Explore OX26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
15
Secondary
3
  1. Graven Hill Primary School

    Free schools

    742 m
  2. Whitelands Academy

    Free schools

    1.6 km
  3. Langford Village Community Primary School

    Community school

    1.7 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
402
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Shoplifting 203
  • Violence and sexual offences 97
  • Other theft 21
  • Public order 18
  • Criminal damage and arson 17

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
150

25 female, 125 male

Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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 1.6% 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
100%
Next Generation Access
0%
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 straight-line

  • ALCHESTER MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K84613

    1.8 km

  • MONTGOMERY HOUSE SURGERY

    PIGGY LANE, BICESTER, OX26 6HT

    ODS code K84038

    2.1 km

  • BICESTER HEALTH CENTRE

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

    ODS code K84052

    2.1 km

Nearby transport

  • Anniversary Avenue

    BCT · Graven Hill

    0.6 miles
  • Rodney House

    BCT · Graven Hill

    0.8 miles
  • Rodney House

    BCT · Graven Hill

    0.8 miles
  • Bicester Avenue

    BCT · Bicester

    0.9 miles
  • Ravencroft

    BCT · Langford Village

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Cherwell 011G, 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

8 of 10

Overall England rank

26,433 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 of 10
Living environment
10 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
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

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 3 secondary schools. Graven Hill Primary School is the nearest published school at 742 m.

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

Recorded crime

402 published events cover 12 months, averaging 33.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Shoplifting with 203 events.

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