OX12 8HS open data databoard

OX12 8HS lies on Chain Hill in Wantage. OX12 8HS 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 June 1998.

OX12 8HS maps

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

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

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OX12 8HS geodata

Easting	440125
Northing	187533
Latitude	51.585231
Longitude	-1.422265

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Source: Open Postcode Geo
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Where is OX12 8HS?

Street	Chain Hill
Town/City	Wantage
Country	England
Postcode District	OX12
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OX12 8HS Elevation

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

	Metres	Feet
Elevation	100m	328ft

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 8HS

27, CHAIN HILL, WANTAGE, OX12 8HS 2017 11 MAY £435,000
29, CHAIN HILL, WANTAGE, OX12 8HS 2015 24 JUL £559,950

➜ Wantage house prices

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Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data
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Transport

Nearest bus stops to OX12 8HS

Newbury Street	Wantage	405m
Seesen Way	Wantage	439m
Seesen Way	Wantage	456m
Market Place	Wantage	480m
King Alfreds School (Portway)	Wantage	480m

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Source: NaPTAN
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Broadband

Broadband access in OX12 8HS (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	6.7%
Percentage of properties with Full Fibre Broadband	0.0%

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

Broadband speed in OX12 8HS (2019 data)

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Median download speed	71.5Mbps
Average download speed	60.3Mbps
Maximum download speed	80.00Mbps

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Median upload speed	19.4Mbps
Average upload speed	14.2Mbps
Maximum upload speed	20.00Mbps

Broadband limitations in OX12 8HS (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 8HS gas and electricity consumption

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

Gas

Consumption (kWh)	58,817
Meter count	7
Mean (kWh/meter)	8,402
Median (kWh/meter)	7,249

Electricity

Consumption (kWh)	46,413
Meter count	16
Mean (kWh/meter)	2,901
Median (kWh/meter)	2,690

Consumption: The estimated total energy consumption, in kWh, across all meters in OX12 8HS, for 2015.
Meter count: The total number of meters in OX12 8HS.
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

39.4% of English postcodes are less deprived than OX12 8HS:

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Food Standards Agency

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

Comrades Club

Newbury Street

244m

Wantage C Of E School

Newbury Street

244m

Rockwell House Day Nursery

Rockwell House

330m

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Nearest post box to OX12 8HS

	Last Collection
Location	Mon-Fri	Sat	Distance
Newbury Street	17:00	08:15	251m
Wantage Post Office	18:30	11:30	393m
Denchworth Road	17:00	08:15	443m

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OX12 8HS ITL and OX12 8HS 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 8HS:

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 8HS 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 8HS:

	Code	Name
OA	E00146471
LSOA	E01028757	Vale of White Horse 015F
MSOA	E02005992	Vale of White Horse 015

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Source: ONS Postcode Directory
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Nearest postcodes to OX12 8HS

OX12 8EB	Orchard Way	104m
OX12 8DL	Alfredston Place	115m
OX12 8DT	Winslow Terrace	118m
OX12 8FJ	St Gabriels	158m
OX12 8ED	Orchard Way	176m
OX12 8FW	Moley Gardens	182m
OX12 8FL	St Gabriels	190m
OX12 8EW	Chandlers Close	196m
OX12 8FU	Humphries Green	197m
OX12 8GA	St Katherines	209m

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