OX postcode area

The OX postcode area, also known as the Oxford postcode area,[2] is a group of 26 postcode districts in south-central England, within 17 post towns.

These cover most of Oxfordshire (including Oxford, Banbury, Abingdon, Bicester, Witney, Didcot, Carterton, Kidlington, Thame, Wantage, Wallingford, Chipping Norton, Chinnor, Woodstock, Watlington, Bampton and Burford), plus very small parts of Northamptonshire, Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and Warwickshire.

The original OX6 district for Bicester was recoded to OX25, OX26 and OX27 in 2000, while the OX39 district for Chinnor and the OX49 district for Watlington were formed out of the OX9 district at the same time.

[3] In 2001, the original OX8 district for Witney was recoded to OX28 and OX29.

[4] The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

OX postcode area map, showing postcode districts, post towns and neighbouring postcode areas. B postcode area CV postcode area GL postcode area HP postcode area LU postcode area MK postcode area NN postcode area RG postcode area SL postcode area SN postcode area WR postcode area
OX postcode area map, showing postcode districts in red and post towns in grey text, with links to nearby CV , GL , HP , MK , NN , RG and SN postcode areas.