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SN5 8LS

Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill · Swindon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Swindon
Ward
Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill
Local authority
Swindon
Constituency
Swindon South
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
SN5 8LR 56 m
SN5 8PH 89 m
SN5 8LP 107 m
SN5 8LT 124 m
SN5 8PQ 163 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN5 8LS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1983
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 8
Latitude
51.556451
Longitude
-1.834239
British National Grid easting
411,588
British National Grid northing
184,187

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South West · E12000009
Local authority district
Swindon · E06000030
Electoral ward
Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill · E05016290
Parish or community
E04012672
Westminster constituency
Swindon South · E14001537
Output area
E00078745
Lower layer super output area
Swindon 022D · E01015569
Middle layer super output area
Swindon 022 · E02003233

Postcode source versions

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Property

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13 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Wareham Close, Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8LS 19 March 2021 £340,000
5, Wareham Close, Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8LS 7 June 2019 £280,000
1, Wareham Close, Toothill, Swindon, SN5 8LS 16 July 2014 £240,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
53
Primary
39
Secondary
10

  1. Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    160 m

  2. Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School

    Voluntary aided school

    160 m

  3. Tregoze Primary School

    Academy converter

    735 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,601
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 631
  • Anti social behaviour 246
  • Shoplifting 178
  • Public order 145
  • Criminal damage and arson 123

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
34

18 female, 16 male

Postcode households
13
Residents per household
2.6
SN5 8 residents
9,920

Age bands in SN5 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18.1%

1,846 residents

Age 15 to 24
10.1%

1,031 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

2,719 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.1%

2,761 residents

Age 65 and over
18.1%

1,841 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider SN5 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

12

within 5 km

  • ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY

    ASHINGTON HOUSE, ASHINGTON WAY, WESTLEA, SWINDON, SN5 7XY

    ODS code J83036

    542 m

  • PHOENIX SURGERY

    DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX

    ODS code J83645

    919 m

  • RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

    RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL CENTRE, SHAW VILLAGE CENTRE, RAMLEAZE DRIVE, SHAW, SWINDON, SN5 5PX

    ODS code J83064

    1.3 km

  • PARK LANE PRACTICE

    7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG

    ODS code J83646

    2.7 km

  • OLD TOWN SURGERY

    CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB

    ODS code J83022

    2.7 km

  • WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE

    THE WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE, SWINDON NHS HEALTH CENTRE, 1 ISLINGTON ST, SWINDON, SN1 2DQ

    ODS code J83033

    3.7 km

  • VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY

    168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU

    ODS code J83633

    3.9 km

  • NORTH SWINDON PRACTICE

    HOME GROUND SURGERY, THAMES AVENUE, SWINDON, SN25 1QQ

    ODS code J83057

    4.4 km

  • PURTON SURGERY

    DOCTORS SURGERY, WILLIS WAY, PURTON, SWINDON, SN5 4BD

    ODS code J83006

    4.4 km

  • HAWTHORN MEDICAL CENTRE

    MAY CLOSE, CRICKLADE ROAD, SWINDON, SN2 1UU

    ODS code J83027

    4.4 km

  • RIDGEWAY VIEW FAMILY PRACTICE

    BARRETT WAY, WROUGHTON, SWINDON, SN4 9LW

    ODS code J83009

    4.7 km

  • TINKERS LANE SURGERY

    ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, SWINDON, SN4 7AT

    ODS code J83029

    4.8 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

  • Grange Park Subway

    BCT · Grange Park

    0.1 miles

  • Oliver Tomkins School

    BCT · Toothill

    0.1 miles

  • Grange Park Subway

    BCT · Grange Park

    0.1 miles

  • Castle Dore

    BCT · Freshbrook

    0.1 miles

  • Castle Dore

    BCT · Freshbrook

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 022D, 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

2 of 10

Overall England rank

6,601 of 33,755

Income
3 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
4 of 10
Crime
2 of 10
Housing and services
5 of 10
Living environment
9 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

53 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 10 secondary schools. Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School is the nearest published school at 160 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,601 published events cover 12 months, averaging 133.417 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 631 events.

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