Winchester City Council
Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers
Winchester City Council is the district, borough or city council for Winchester. It collects bins and council tax, and decides planning applications. Schools, roads and social care here are run by the county council, Hampshire. ONS places 4,213 postcodes in use in Winchester, in 16 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.
69% of homes and businesses in Winchester can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says. The Environment Agency puts 695 homes and businesses in Winchester in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Do it on Winchester City Council's own website
Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.
Bins and recycling
Council tax
Planning and building
Housing
Roads and parking
Report a problem
Councillors, voting and complaints
The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Winchester City Council. GOV.UK lists 19. When we opened them on 14 October 2026, 6 pages had gone (missing, or moved to a page about something else). We left those out rather than send you to a page we could not see. If one has moved since, tell us.
What broadband can you get in Winchester?
Across Winchester, 69% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 58% full fibre, Ofcom says.
For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How much is council tax in Winchester?
Band D for 2026‑27: £2,360 a year
Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is twice it.
| Band | A year |
|---|---|
| Band A | £1,573 |
| Band B | £1,835 |
| Band C | £2,098 |
| Band D | £2,360 |
| Band E | £2,884 |
| Band F | £3,409 |
| Band G | £3,933 |
| Band H | £4,720 |
Band D is the average across the area, including the county council, police, fire and combined authority charges, and parish or town council charges, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.
Check one home's band on GOV.UKSource: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
How many homes in Winchester are at risk of flooding?
Across Winchester, the Environment Agency puts 695 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 269 postcodes with any property at risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them. It leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Surface water
In Winchester the Environment Agency counts 1,283 properties at high risk of flooding from surface water (1.6% of all its properties), 1,171 at medium risk (1.5%) and 2,958 at low risk (3.7%). Surface water is rain that cannot drain away fast enough.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Schools, roads and care: Hampshire
Winchester has two councils. The county council, Hampshire, runs schools, roads, social care and libraries here.
Everything Hampshire County Council doesPostcode districts with postcodes in Winchester
- GU32 postcode district46 of its 556 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- PO7 postcode district393 of its 1,266 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- PO8 postcode district6 of its 873 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- PO15 postcode district181 of its 703 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- PO17 postcode district294 of its 334 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO20 postcode district4 of its 346 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO21 postcode district692 of its 743 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO22 postcode districtAll 747 of its postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO23 postcode districtAll 812 of its postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO24 postcode district360 of its 450 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO25 postcode districtIts 1 postcode in use is in Winchester.
- SO30 postcode district79 of its 825 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO32 postcode district576 of its 678 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO50 postcode district16 of its 1,321 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO51 postcode district4 of its 881 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
- SO53 postcode district2 of its 860 postcodes in use are in Winchester.
Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.
Its postcode areas
Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Winchester.
Towns and villages
Is an address in Winchester?
A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.
All councils, A to ZWhat Winchester covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources
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