OX12 8BS open data databoard

OX12 8BS lies on Newbury Street in Wantage. OX12 8BS is located in the Wantage Charlton electoral ward, within the local authority district of Vale of White Horse and the English Parliamentary constituency of Wantage. The Sub Integrated Care Board (ICB) Location is NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB - 10Q and the police force is Thames Valley. This postcode has been in use since January 1980.

OX12 8BS maps

OX12 8BS map - OS OpenMap – Local (Ordnance Survey)

OX12 8BS map - OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)

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Source: OS VectorMap District (Ordnance Survey)
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OX12 8BS geodata

Easting	439860
Northing	187840
Latitude	51.588012
Longitude	-1.426038

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is OX12 8BS?

Street	Newbury Street
Town/City	Wantage
Country	England
Postcode District	OX12
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OX12 8BS Elevation

Elevation or altitude of OX12 8BS as distance above sea level:

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	90m	295ft

Elevation is measured from the approximate centre of the postcode, to the nearest point on an OS contour line from OS Terrain 50, which has contour spacing of ten vertical metres.

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Politics

Ward	Wantage Charlton
Constituency	Wantage

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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House Prices

Sales of detached houses in OX12 8BS

6, NEWBURY STREET, WANTAGE, OX12 8BS 2006 11 AUG £290,000
6, NEWBURY STREET, WANTAGE, OX12 8BS 2001 3 AUG £120,000

➜ Wantage house prices

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Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to OX12 8BS

Newbury Street	Wantage	13m
Market Place	Wantage	75m
Market Place	Wantage	89m
Seesen Way	Wantage	238m
Seesen Way	Wantage	249m

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in OX12 8BS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties with Next Generation Access	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Superfast Broadband	100.0%
Percentage of properties with Ultrafast Broadband	50.0%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

Superfast Broadband is between 30Mbps and 300Mbps
Ultrafast Broadband is > 300Mbps

Broadband speed in OX12 8BS (2019 data)

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Median download speed	80.0Mbps
Average download speed	63.5Mbps
Maximum download speed	100.00Mbps

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Median upload speed	20.0Mbps
Average upload speed	12.4Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in OX12 8BS (2020 data)

Percentage of properties unable to receive 2Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 5Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 10Mbps	0.0%
Percentage of properties unable to receive 30Mbps	0.0%

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OX12 8BS gas and electricity consumption

Estimated total energy consumption in OX12 8BS by fuel type, 2015.

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	150,204
Meter count	6
Mean (kWh/meter)	25,034
Median (kWh/meter)	17,510

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in OX12 8BS, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in OX12 8BS.
Mean: The mean average consumption per meter, in kWh.
Median: The median average consumption per meter, in kWh.

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Source: Postcode level gas estimates: 2015 (experimental)
Source: Postcode level electricity estimates: 2015 (experimental)
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Deprivation

15.4% of English postcodes are less deprived than OX12 8BS:

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Source: ONS Postcode Database
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Food Standards Agency

Three nearest food hygiene ratings to OX12 8BS (metres)

Blue Boar

4 Newbury Street

10m

Yummy Thai

8 Newbury Street

10m

Peking Dynasty

Newbury Street

10m

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Nearest post box to OX12 8BS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Wantage Sorting Office	17:30	11:30	93m
Wantage Post Office	18:30	11:30	118m
Mill Street	17:00	09:00	298m

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Source: Dracos
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OX12 8BS ITL and OX12 8BS LAU

The below table lists the International Territorial Level (ITL) codes (formerly Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) codes) and Local Administrative Units (LAU) codes for OX12 8BS:

ITL 1 Code	Name
TLJ	South East (England)
ITL 2 Code	Name
TLJ1	Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
ITL 3 Code	Name
TLJ14	Oxfordshire CC
LAU 1 Code	Name
E07000180	Vale of White Horse

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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OX12 8BS census areas

The below table lists the Census Output Area (OA), Lower Layer Super Output Area (LSOA), and Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA) for OX12 8BS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00173202
LSOA	E01028756	Vale of White Horse 014B
MSOA	E02005991	Vale of White Horse 014

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to OX12 8BS

OX12 8BU	Newbury Street	37m
OX12 8AB	Market Place	47m
OX12 8DR	Post Office Lane	71m
OX12 8DE	Newbury Street	92m
OX12 8AW	Market Place	100m
OX12 8DA	Newbury Street	102m
OX12 8FA	St Marys	114m
OX12 8AX	Wallingford Street	114m
OX12 8BL	Church Street	115m
OX12 8FG	St Annes Mews	119m

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