RG16 7RE

Watchfield & Shrivenham · Vale of White Horse · England

Updated September 2026

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Ward: Watchfield & Shrivenham
Local authority: Vale of White Horse
Constituency: Witney
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode	Distance
RG17 8RE	65 m
RG17 8RD	1.8 km
SN8 2JY	2.1 km
RG17 8RB	2.1 km
SN8 2JX	2.3 km

Complete postcode fields and official codes

Postcode: RG16 7RE
Status: Terminated
Introduced: 1 January 1980
Terminated: 1 July 1995
Postcode area: RG
Postcode district: RG16
Postcode sector: RG16 7
Latitude: 51.532698
Longitude: -1.594791
British National Grid easting: 428,203
British National Grid northing: 181,610

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country: England · E92000001
Region: South East · E12000008
Local authority district: Vale of White Horse · E07000180
Electoral ward: Watchfield & Shrivenham · E05012980
Parish or community: E04008191
Westminster constituency: Witney · E14001591
Output area: E00146239
Lower layer super output area: Vale of White Horse 016E · E01028713
Middle layer super output area: Vale of White Horse 016 · E02006886

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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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools: 3
Primary: 3
Secondary: 0

Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School

Voluntary aided school
3.6 km
Ashbury With Compton Beauchamp Church of England Primary School

Academy converter
3.9 km
Bishopstone Church of England Primary School

Voluntary controlled school
4.2 km

Nearby transport

Ashdown House

BCT · Ashbury
0.5 miles
Ashdown House

BCT · Ashbury
0.5 miles
The Ridgeway

BCT · Ashbury
1.8 miles
The Ridgeway

BCT · Ashbury
1.8 miles
Downsmead

BCT · Baydon
2.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Vale of White Horse 016E, 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

20,703 of 33,755

Income: 9 of 10
Employment: 8 of 10
Education and skills: 8 of 10
Health and disability: 10 of 10
Crime: 8 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

3 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Baydon St Nicholas Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 2.2 miles.

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