Oxford postcode area
OX
Postcode area	OX
Postcode area name	Oxford
Post towns	17
Postcode districts	28
Postcode sectors	145
Postcodes (live)	19,577
Postcodes (total)	31,696
Statistics as at October 2006[1]

The OX postcode area, also known as the Oxford postcode area^[2], is a group of postal districts centred around the city of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. The main towns and larger villages covered include Abingdon, Bampton, Banbury, Bicester, Burford, Carterton, Chinnor, Chipping Norton, Didcot, Kidlington, Thame, Wallingford, Wantage, Watlington, Witney, and Woodstock.

Contents 1 Coverage 2 Adjacent areas 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Coverage

The approximate coverage of the postal districts:

Postal district	Post town	Coverage	Local authority
OX1	OXFORD	Central and South Oxford, Kennington	Oxford, Vale of White Horse
OX2	OXFORD	North and West Oxford, Botley, Wytham, Summertown	Oxford, Vale of White Horse, Cherwell
OX3	OXFORD	North East Oxford, Headington, Marston, Elsfield	Oxford, South Oxfordshire
OX4	OXFORD	East Oxford, Cowley, Blackbird Leys, Sandford-on-Thames, Iffley	Oxford, South Oxfordshire
OX5	KIDLINGTON
OX7	CHIPPING NORTON	Charlbury, Chadlington
OX9	THAME	Postcombe, Thame, Towersey, North Weston	South Oxfordshire
OX10	WALLINGFORD	Wallingford, Berinsfield, Cholsey, Dorchester	South Oxfordshire
OX11	DIDCOT	Didcot, Blewbury, Harwell	South Oxfordshire / Vale of White Horse
OX12	WANTAGE	Wantage, Grove	Vale of White Horse
OX13	ABINGDON-ON-THAMES	Longworth, Sunningwell, Frilford, Cothill	Vale of White Horse
OX14	ABINGDON-ON-THAMES	Abingdon, Culham	Vale of White Horse
OX15	BANBURY	Bloxham, Drayton, Wroxton, North Newington, South Newington, Swalcliffe, Sibford Gower, Barford St Michael, Barford St John, Deddington, Hempton, Broughton, Hornton, Horley, Balscote, Shenington, Alkerton, Wigginton, Milton, Hook Norton, Milcombe, Shutford, Epwell, Tadmarton, Swerford, Bodicote	Cherwell DC
OX16	BANBURY	Banbury	Cherwell DC
OX17	BANBURY	King's Sutton	South Northamptonshire
OX18	BAMPTON, BURFORD, CARTERTON
OX20	WOODSTOCK
OX25	BICESTER
OX26	BICESTER
OX27	BICESTER
OX28	WITNEY
OX29	WITNEY
OX33	OXFORD	Wheatley	South Oxfordshire
OX39	CHINNOR
OX44	OXFORD	Chalgrove, Garsington, Toot Baldon	South Oxfordshire
OX49	WATLINGTON		South Oxfordshire

[edit] Adjacent areas

The adjacent postcode areas are (clockwise from east) - HP (Hemel Hempstead) - RG (Reading) - SN (Swindon) - GL (Gloucester) - CV (Coventry) - NN (Northampton) - MK (Milton Keynes).

Adjacent postcode areas CV NN MK GL OX HP SN RG

[edit] See also

• List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom

[edit] References

Coordinates: 51°48′N 1°18′W / 51.8°N 1.3°W / 51.8; -1.3

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