Schools
79 open schools are in scope, including 57 primary and 11 secondary schools. Nova Hreod Academy is the nearest published school at 464 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
SN2 2UW
Rodbourne Ferndale & Western · Swindon · England
Updated September 2026
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- Local authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon North
- Postcode district
- SN2
- Postcode sector
- SN2 2
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- SN2 2UW
- Status
- Terminated
- Introduced
- 1 December 1996
- Terminated
- 1 December 1997
- Postcode area
- SN
- Postcode district
- SN2
- Postcode sector
- SN2 2
- Latitude
- 51.575232
- Longitude
- -1.808989
- British National Grid easting
- 413,333
- British National Grid northing
- 186,280
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South West · E12000009
- Local authority district
- Swindon · E06000030
- Electoral ward
- Rodbourne Ferndale & Western · E05016297
- Parish or community
- E04012663
- Westminster constituency
- Swindon North · E14001536
- Output area
- E00078791
- Lower layer super output area
- Swindon 012D · E01015581
- Middle layer super output area
- Swindon 012 · E02003223
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
Explore SN2
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 79
- Primary
- 57
- Secondary
- 11
- 464 m
Nova Hreod Academy
Academy converter
- 807 m
Moredon Primary School
Academy converter
- 939 m
Compass Community School Wheatley Park
Other independent special school
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,694
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 697
- Anti social behaviour 256
- Criminal damage and arson 146
- Public order 114
- Shoplifting 109
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- SN2 2 residents
- 12,973
Age bands in SN2 2
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 19.3%
- Age 15 to 24
- 10.5%
- Age 25 to 44
- 33.2%
- Age 45 to 64
- 25.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 11.7%
2,383 residents
1,288 residents
4,089 residents
3,126 residents
1,436 residents
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.
GP practices
15
within 5 km straight-line
NORTH SWINDON PRACTICE
HOME GROUND SURGERY, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ
ODS code J83057
1.9 km
PARK LANE PRACTICE
7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG
ODS code J83646
2.0 km
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE
RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX
ODS code J83064
2.1 km
HAWTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE
MAY CLOSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1UU
ODS code J83027
2.1 km
ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY
ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY
ODS code J83036
2.3 km
WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE
THE WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE, SWINDON NHS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ISLINGTON ST, SWINDON, SN1 2DQ
ODS code J83033
2.4 km
PHOENIX SURGERY
DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX
ODS code J83645
2.6 km
ABBEY MEADS MEDICAL PRACT
ABBEYMEADS VILLAGE CENTRE, ELSTREE WAY, SWINDON, SN25 4YZ
ODS code J83035
2.8 km
OLD TOWN SURGERY
CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB
ODS code J83022
2.9 km
VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY
168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU
ODS code J83633
3.1 km
KINGSWOOD SURGERY
KINGSWOOD AVENUE, PARK NORTH, SWINDON, SN3 2RJ
ODS code J83038
4.3 km
MERCHISTON SURGERY
HIGHWORTH ROAD, STRATTON ST MARGARET, SWINDON, SN3 4BF
ODS code J83001
4.4 km
THE LAWN MEDICAL CENTRE
GUILDFORD AVENUE, SWINDON, SN3 1JL
ODS code J83059
4.5 km
PRIORY ROAD MEDICAL CENTRE
PARK SOUTH, SWINDON, SN3 2EZ
ODS code J83024
4.9 km
PURTON SURGERY
DOCTORS SURGERY, WILLIS WAY, PURTON, SWINDON, SN5 4BD
ODS code J83006
4.9 km
Nearby transport
- 0.1 miles
Enterprise House
BCT · Cheney Manor
- 0.1 miles
Enterprise House
BCT · Cheney Manor
- 0.1 miles
Lynton Road
BCT · Cheney Manor
- 0.1 miles
Lynton Road
BCT · Cheney Manor
- 0.3 miles
Manor Crescent
BCT · Moredon
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 012D, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
24,957 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 7 of 10
- Education and skills
- 6 of 10
- Health and disability
- 7 of 10
- Crime
- 7 of 10
- Housing and services
- 10 of 10
- Living environment
- 5 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
Recorded crime
1,694 published events cover 12 months, averaging 141.167 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 697 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.