HP6 postcode district: Amersham and around, Buckinghamshire

HP6 is a postcode district in England, with 428 postcodes in use in 3 sectors. It has postcodes in Amersham and Little Chalfont. Its council is Buckinghamshire.

Postcodes in use: 428
Sectors: 3
Council: Buckinghamshire
Places: 2 places

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Every postcode in HP6, and which are new since 2020

New since 2020: 14
In use before 2020: 414
Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together

Of the 428 postcodes in HP6 that ONS places, 14 are new since 2020 and 414 were in use before 2020.

Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 160 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.6787, longitude -0.5984. Open this area on OpenStreetMap

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

The 5 newest postcodes

HP6 9PBApril 2026 HP6 9PAJanuary 2026 HP6 9NYMarch 2025 HP6 9NXFebruary 2025 HP6 9NWJanuary 2025

Where the new postcodes lie together

6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. HP6 9PB, is the newest of them.
6 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. HP6 9SB, is the newest of them.

What broadband can you get in HP6?

Ofcom reports on 410 of the 428 postcodes in HP6. At 306 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 2 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit306 of 410

Postcodes where every home can get superfast394 of 410

Postcodes where some cannot get decent broadband2 of 410

Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Check one address on Ofcom's checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is HP6 at risk of flooding?

None of the 428 postcodes in HP6 is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and 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

What do homes sell for in HP6?

Homes in HP6 sold for a typical £781,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 132 sales, up 7.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£781,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026

£727,500 12 months to August 2025

▲ up 7.5% on the 12 months before

Detached £1,000,000 55 sales
Semi-detached £825,000 31 sales
Terraced £550,000 19 sales
Flat or maisonette £326,000 27 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it