RG16 8BD

Chieveley & Cold Ash · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury
Postcode district
RG16
Postcode sector
RG16 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG20 8BD 319 m
RG20 8UE 959 m
RG20 8DY 1.1 km
RG20 8RG 1.1 km
RG20 8RH 1.3 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG16 8BD
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
1 July 1995
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG16
Postcode sector
RG16 8
Latitude
51.461123
Longitude
-1.358624
British National Grid easting
444,654
British National Grid northing
173,767

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Parish or community
E04001203
Westminster constituency
Newbury · E14001376
Output area
E00082470
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 018D · E01016326
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 018 · E02003384

Postcode source versions

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Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
6
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Chieveley Primary School

    Community school

    2.7 km
  2. Mary Hare School

    Non-maintained special school

    3.4 km
  3. New Barn School

    Other independent special school

    3.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Public order 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1

GP practices

1

within 5 km straight-line

  • THE DOWNLAND PRACTICE

    EAST LANE, CHIEVELEY, NEWBURY, RG20 8UY

    ODS code K81050

    3.2 km

Nearby transport

  • Crab and Boar

    BCT · North Heath

    0.5 miles
  • Crab and Boar

    BCT · North Heath

    0.5 miles
  • Bradley Wood

    BCT · Westbrook

    0.7 miles
  • Bradley Wood

    BCT · Westbrook

    0.8 miles
  • Fayrecross

    BCT · Leckhampstead

    1.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 018D, 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

23,422 of 33,755

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

Evidence in context

Schools

6 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Chieveley Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.7 miles.

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

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Criminal damage and arson with 4 events.

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