Chippenham
Chippenham is covered by postcode districts SN13, SN14 and SN15. It is in the Wiltshire council area, England.
ONS publishes this built-up area as Chippenham (Wiltshire).
Every postcode in Chippenham, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 71
- In use before 2020: 1,004
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,075 postcodes in Chippenham that ONS places, 71 are new since 2020 and 1,004 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 150 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 51.4591, longitude -2.1234. 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
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SN15 1GB, is the newest of them.
- 16 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SN15 9QL, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SN14 0WS, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SN15 5FP, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. SN14 0FU, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Chippenham?
Homes sold for a typical £293,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 762 of the 993 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 138 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 55 of its 1,075 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chippenham, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Chippenham?
Homes in Chippenham sold for a typical £293,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 491 sales, up 2.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £447,500 138 sales
- Semi-detached £301,000 146 sales
- Terraced £250,000 144 sales
- Flat or maisonette £164,000 63 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole SN15 district, Chippenham's main postcode district: a typical £326,621.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Chippenham: 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
Are new homes being built in Chippenham?
71 of the 1,075 postcodes now in use in Chippenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 32 of the 667 homes sold in Chippenham were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN15 district, 14%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Chippenham | Across the SN15 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 491 (Under 1%) | 25 of 461 (5%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 32 of 667 (5%) | 90 of 649 (14%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Chippenham?
Ofcom reports on 993 of the 1,075 postcodes in Chippenham. At 762 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.
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 checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chippenham at risk of flooding?
55 of the 1,075 postcodes in Chippenham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 138 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium 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, 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
Which schools are in Chippenham?
The open schools at the postcodes in Chippenham (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- Ivy Lane Primary School150 m 451 pupils, 420 places
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School550 m 165 pupils, 210 places
- Redland Primary School700 m 291 pupils, 315 places
- Frogwell Primary School1.1 km 159 pupils, 235 places
- Monkton Park Primary School1.1 km 252 pupils, 270 places
- St Peter's CofE Academy1.3 km 185 pupils, 210 places
- St Paul's Primary School1.4 km 175 pupils, 210 places
- Queen's Crescent School1.4 km 411 pupils, 420 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Chippenham?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Chippenham is Chippenham Rail Station, 650 m away in a straight line.
- Chippenham Rail Station Railway station 650 mWalk
- Melksham Rail Station Railway station 8.9 kmDrive
- Bradford-on-Avon Rail Station Railway station 15.5 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Chippenham?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Chippenham. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Rowden Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Outstanding CQC report November 2016, over 3 years old · Phone 01249 444343 600 mWalk
- Hathaway Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01249 462775 1.5 kmCycle
- Lodge Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 01249 479809 2.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Chippenham safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 2,241 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Chippenham over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 199 September 2025
- 218 October 2025
- 177 November 2025
- 161 December 2025
- 177 January 2026
- 179 February 2026
- 192 March 2026
- 201 April 2026
- 158 May 2026
- 163 June 2026
- 227 July 2026
- 189 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: vehicle crime 30, other crime 27, theft from the person 15, possession of weapons 12, bicycle theft 9, robbery 7.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Chippenham?
- Council
- Wiltshire
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Chippenham (1,073) and South Cotswolds (2)
- Police force area
- Wiltshire
- Region
- South West
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Chippenham
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.
- Tell Wiltshire about council tax Council tax, on wiltshire.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Chippenham
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Chippenham postcodes
1,075 postcodes in use in Chippenham, by district:
Those districts are all in the SN postcode area.
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Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Chippenham
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Chippenham's £293,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Chippenham
- What is it like to live in Chippenham?
- Homes sold for a typical £293,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 2.8% on the 12 months before. At 762 of the 993 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 138 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 55 of its 1,075 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 3 secondary schools at its postcodes. 3 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Chippenham, 650 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Chippenham?
- Chippenham is covered by postcode districts SN13, SN14 and SN15, across 1,075 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- Which council is Chippenham in?
- Chippenham is in the Wiltshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Chippenham?
- Homes in Chippenham sold for a typical £293,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 491 sales, up 2.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Chippenham?
- In Chippenham, primary schools at its postcodes include Ivy Lane Primary School, St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Redland Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Sheldon School, Hardenhuish School and Abbeyfield School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Chippenham have a railway station?
- Yes: Chippenham is 650 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Chippenham, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Chippenham?
- Ofcom reports on 993 of the 1,075 postcodes in Chippenham. At 762 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Chippenham at risk of flooding?
- 55 of the 1,075 postcodes in Chippenham have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 138 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Chippenham?
- 71 of the 1,075 postcodes now in use in Chippenham came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 32 of the 667 homes sold in Chippenham were newly built (5%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN15 district, 14%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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