RG26 5EA

Sherborne St John & Rooksdown · Basingstoke and Deane · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Local authority
Basingstoke and Deane
Postcode district
RG26
Postcode sector
RG26 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG26 5DX 97 m
RG26 5DL 423 m
RG26 5DN 658 m
RG26 5DH 874 m
RG26 5EE 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG26 5EA
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG26
Postcode sector
RG26 5
Latitude
51.313706
Longitude
-1.075053
British National Grid easting
464,561
British National Grid northing
157,583

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Basingstoke and Deane · E07000084
Parish or community
E04012234
Westminster constituency
North West Hampshire · E14001403
Output area
E00184914
Lower layer super output area
Basingstoke and Deane 005H · E01034710
Middle layer super output area
Basingstoke and Deane 005 · E02004679

Postcode source versions

Explore RG26

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
22
Primary
15
Secondary
2
  1. Bramley Church of England Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.5 km
  2. Four Lanes Infant School

    Community school

    2.5 km
  3. Four Lanes Community Junior School

    Community school

    2.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
25
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 12
  • Anti social behaviour 4
  • Criminal damage and arson 4
  • Public order 2
  • Other theft 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
6

2 female, 4 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
2.0
RG26 5 residents
10,100

Age bands in RG26 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

1,796 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.6%

959 residents

Age 25 to 44
23.9%

2,381 residents

Age 45 to 64
30.6%

3,052 residents

Age 65 and over
18%

1,792 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG26 5 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
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

3

within 5 km

  • CLIFT SURGERY

    MINCHENS LANE, BRAMLEY, TADLEY, RG26 5BH

    ODS code J82079

    2.0 km

  • CHINEHAM MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J82218

    3.0 km

  • SHAKESPEARE ROAD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y07014

    3.7 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Cufaude Lane

    BCT · Bramley

    0.8 miles
  • Cufaude Lane

    BCT · Bramley

    0.8 miles
  • St James Church

    BCT · Bramley

    0.8 miles
  • St James Church

    BCT · Bramley

    0.8 miles
  • Beaurepaire Close

    BCT · Bramley

    1.0 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Basingstoke and Deane 005H, 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

20,948 of 33,755

Income
5 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
6 of 10
Health and disability
5 of 10
Crime
6 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

22 open schools are in scope, including 15 primary and 2 secondary schools. Bramley Church of England Primary School is the nearest published school at 1.5 miles.

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

Recorded crime

25 published events cover 12 months, averaging 2.083 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 12 events.

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