RG24 8LU

Chineham · Basingstoke and Deane · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Basingstoke
Local authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Constituency
Basingstoke
Postcode district
RG24
Postcode sector
RG24 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG24 8TE 69 m
RG24 8XY 129 m
RG24 8TA 144 m
RG24 8YE 180 m
RG24 8LZ 195 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG24 8LU
Status
Current
Introduced
1 August 1993
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG24
Postcode sector
RG24 8
Latitude
51.290669
Longitude
-1.054851
British National Grid easting
466,002
British National Grid northing
155,039

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Basingstoke and Deane · E07000084
Electoral ward
Chineham · E05013082
Parish or community
E04004445
Westminster constituency
Basingstoke · E14001078
Output area
E00114379
Lower layer super output area
Basingstoke and Deane 006D · E01022498
Middle layer super output area
Basingstoke and Deane 006 · E02004680

Postcode source versions

Explore RG24

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
3, Merrydown Lane, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8LU 17 November 2015 £640,000
7, Merrydown Lane, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8LU 13 August 2010 £315,000
9, Merrydown Lane, Chineham, Basingstoke, RG24 8LU 11 May 2007 £440,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
34
Primary
23
Secondary
3
  1. Four Lanes Community Junior School

    Community school

    355 m
  2. Four Lanes Infant School

    Community school

    451 m
  3. Great Binfields Primary School

    Community school

    779 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
791
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 379
  • Anti social behaviour 89
  • Other theft 56
  • Shoplifting 56
  • Public order 53

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
25

12 female, 13 male

Postcode households
10
Residents per household
2.5
RG24 8 residents
12,527

Age bands in RG24 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

2,316 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.4%

1,198 residents

Age 25 to 44
30.6%

3,918 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.1%

3,600 residents

Age 65 and over
13.8%

1,768 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG24 8 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

5

within 5 km

  • CHINEHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE NEW CHINEHAM SURGERY, READING ROAD, CHINEHAM, BASINGSTOKE, RG24 8ND

    ODS code J82218

    318 m

  • SHAKESPEARE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHAKESPEARE HOUSE HEALTH CENTRE, SHAKESPEARE ROAD, POPLEY, BASINGSTOKE, RG24 9DT

    ODS code Y07014

    2.3 km

  • CROWN HEIGHTS MEDICAL CENTRE

    2 DICKSON HOUSE, CROWN HEIGHTS, ALENCON LINK, BASINGSTOKE, RG21 7AN

    ODS code J82144

    3.4 km

  • BRAMBLYS GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    DICKSON HOUSE, CROWN HEIGHTS, ALENCON LINK, BASINGSTOKE, RG21 7AP

    ODS code J82058

    3.4 km

  • CLIFT SURGERY

    MINCHENS LANE, BRAMLEY, TADLEY, RG26 5BH

    ODS code J82079

    4.6 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

  • Merrydown Lane

    BCT · Chineham

    0.1 miles
  • Merrydown Lane

    BCT · Chineham

    0.1 miles
  • Cibbons Road

    BCT · Chineham

    0.1 miles
  • Kings Pightle

    BCT · Chineham

    0.1 miles
  • Village Hall

    BCT · Chineham

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Basingstoke and Deane 006D, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

31,646 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
4 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
1
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

34 open schools are in scope, including 23 primary and 3 secondary schools. Four Lanes Community Junior School is the nearest published school at 355 m.

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

Recorded crime

791 published events cover 12 months, averaging 65.917 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 379 events.

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