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SN5 8SN

Lydiard, Freshbrook & Toothill · Swindon · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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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 8YW 77 m
SN5 8AU 86 m
SN5 8UD 153 m
SN5 8RU 358 m
SN5 8UZ 434 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
SN5 8SN
Status
Terminated
Introduced
1 January 1991
Terminated
1 July 2001
Postcode area
SN
Postcode district
SN5
Postcode sector
SN5 8
Latitude
51.544817
Longitude
-1.847736
British National Grid easting
410,655
British National Grid northing
182,891

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
E00078407
Lower layer super output area
Swindon 022C · E01015503
Middle layer super output area
Swindon 022 · E02003233

Postcode source versions

Explore SN5

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
38
Primary
28
Secondary
8

  1. Millbrook Primary School

    Academy converter

    785 m

  2. Lydiard Park Academy

    Academy converter

    1.5 km

  3. Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School

    Voluntary aided school

    1.6 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
561
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 247
  • Anti social behaviour 82
  • Public order 67
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Other theft 36

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
Not supplied
Postcode households
Not supplied
Residents per household
Not available
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

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

11

within 5 km straight-line

  • ASHINGTON HOUSE SURGERY

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

    ODS code J83036

    2.0 km

  • PHOENIX SURGERY

    DUNWICH DRIVE, TOOTHILL, SWINDON, SN5 8SX

    ODS code J83645

    2.0 km

  • RIDGE GREEN MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J83064

    2.7 km

  • OLD TOWN SURGERY

    CURIE AVENUE, OKUS, SWINDON, SN1 4GB

    ODS code J83022

    3.6 km

  • TINKERS LANE SURGERY

    ROYAL WOOTTON BASSETT, SWINDON, SN4 7AT

    ODS code J83029

    3.7 km

  • PARK LANE PRACTICE

    7-9 PARK LANE, SWINDON, SN1 5HG

    ODS code J83646

    3.9 km

  • NEW COURT SURGERY

    BOROUGH FIELDS, WOOTTON BASSETT, SWINDON, SN4 7AX

    ODS code J83055

    4.0 km

  • RIDGEWAY VIEW FAMILY PRACTICE

    BARRETT WAY, WROUGHTON, SWINDON, SN4 9LW

    ODS code J83009

    4.5 km

  • WHALEBRIDGE PRACTICE

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

    ODS code J83033

    5.0 km

  • PURTON SURGERY

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

    ODS code J83006

    5.0 km

  • VICTORIA CROSS SURGERY

    168-169 VICTORIA ROAD, SWINDON, SN1 3BU

    ODS code J83633

    5.0 km

Nearby transport

  • Ramsden Road

    BCT · Blagrove

    0.2 miles

  • Ramsden Road

    BCT · Blagrove

    0.2 miles

  • Blagrove Roundabout

    BCT · Blagrove

    0.2 miles

  • Electron

    BCT · Windmill Hill

    0.3 miles

  • Blagrove Roundabout

    BCT · Blagrove

    0.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Swindon 022C, 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

3 of 10

Overall England rank

7,190 of 33,755

Income
2 of 10
Employment
2 of 10
Education and skills
2 of 10
Health and disability
2 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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.

Evidence in context

Schools

38 open schools are in scope, including 28 primary and 8 secondary schools. Millbrook Primary School is the nearest published school at 785 m.

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

Recorded crime

561 published events cover 12 months, averaging 46.75 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 247 events.

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