OX3 9RY

Forest Hill & Holton · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
OX3 8FR 523 m
OX3 8FN 542 m
OX3 8FF 571 m
OX3 8FE 576 m
OX3 8FL 605 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
OX3 9RY
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
OX
Postcode district
OX3
Postcode sector
OX3 9
Latitude
51.763213
Longitude
-1.172749
British National Grid easting
457,187
British National Grid northing
207,493

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
South Oxfordshire · E07000179
Parish or community
E04008129
Westminster constituency
Henley and Thame · E14001280
Output area
E00145874
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 002B · E01028639
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 002 · E02005959

Postcode source versions

Explore OX3

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
43
Primary
23
Secondary
5
  1. Sandhills Community Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    542 m
  2. Endeavour Academy, Oxford

    Academy special sponsor led

    1.2 km
  3. Bayards Hill School

    Academy sponsor led

    1.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
366
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 156
  • Drugs 44
  • Criminal damage and arson 35
  • Anti social behaviour 34
  • Public order 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
1

0 female, 1 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
1.0
OX3 9 residents
10,739

Age bands in OX3 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
17.8%

1,960 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.6%

1,269 residents

Age 25 to 44
34.3%

3,765 residents

Age 45 to 64
22.9%

2,510 residents

Age 65 and over
13.5%

1,480 residents

This postcode contained 0% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider OX3 9 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

7

within 5 km straight-line

  • HEDENA HEALTH

    207 LONDON ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9JA

    ODS code K84009

    2.2 km

  • MORLAND HOUSE SURGERY

    MORLAND CLOSE, WHEATLEY, OXFORD, OX33 1DP

    ODS code K84014

    2.9 km

  • MANOR SURGERY

    OSLER ROAD, HEADINGTON, OXFORD, OX3 9BP

    ODS code K84044

    2.9 km

  • TEMPLE COWLEY HEALTH CENTRE

    TEMPLE ROAD, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 2HL

    ODS code K84007

    4.2 km

  • ST BARTHOLOMEWS & HOLLOW WAY MED CENTRE

    MANZIL WAY, COWLEY ROAD, OXFORD, OX4 1XB

    ODS code K84013

    4.4 km

  • BARTLEMAS SURGERY

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, 1 MANZIL WAY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84032

    4.5 km

  • COWLEY ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE EAST OXFORD HEALTH CENTRE, MANZIL WAY, COWLEY, OXFORD, OX4 1XD

    ODS code K84063

    4.5 km

Nearby transport

  • Thornhill Park and Ride

    BCT · Sandhills

    0.3 miles
  • Thornhill Park and Ride

    BCT · Thornhill Park & Ride

    0.4 miles
  • Thornhill Park and Ride

    BCT · Thornhill Park & Ride

    0.4 miles
  • Thornhill Park and Ride

    BCT · Thornhill Park & Ride

    0.4 miles
  • Thornhill Park and Ride

    BCT · Thornhill Park & Ride

    0.4 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 002B, 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

27,213 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 of 10
Housing and services
4 of 10
Living environment
4 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

43 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 5 secondary schools. Sandhills Community Primary School is the nearest published school at 542 m.

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

Recorded crime

366 published events cover 12 months, averaging 30.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 156 events.

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