Malmesbury

Malmesbury is covered by postcode district SN16. It is in the Wiltshire council area, England.

Typical price £332,500 Homes sold in Malmesbury, last 12 months. ▼ 6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 102 of 208 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 26 of 209 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Malmesbury, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Malmesbury, by flood risk Of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Malmesbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A429 SN16 0AA: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AB: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AF: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AG: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AH: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AL: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AN: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AP: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AR: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AS: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AT: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AU: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AW: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AX: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AY: not on the flood risk listSN16 0AZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BB: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BD: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BE: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BH: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BL: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BP: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BS: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BW: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DA: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DB: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DD: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DE: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DF: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DG: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DH: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DL: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DN: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DP: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DR: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DS: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DT: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DU: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DW: not on the flood risk listSN16 0DX: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EA: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EB: not on the flood risk listSN16 0ED: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EE: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EF: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EH: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EL: not on the flood risk listSN16 0EN: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FA: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FB: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FD: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FE: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FF: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FG: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FH: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FN: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FS: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FU: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FW: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FX: not on the flood risk listSN16 0FY: not on the flood risk listSN16 0GA: not on the flood risk listSN16 0GB: not on the flood risk listSN16 0GX: not on the flood risk listSN16 0GY: not on the flood risk listSN16 0GZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0HN: not on the flood risk listSN16 0HS: not on the flood risk listSN16 0JE: not on the flood risk listSN16 0JF: not on the flood risk listSN16 0JG: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QD: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QH: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QL: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QP: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QR: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QS: not on the flood risk listSN16 0QW: not on the flood risk listSN16 0RN: not on the flood risk listSN16 0RP: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AA: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AF: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AG: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AH: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AS: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AW: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9AZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BA: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BB: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BD: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BE: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BG: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BH: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BT: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9BZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9DA: not on the flood risk listSN16 9DB: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FH: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FL: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FN: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FR: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FS: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FW: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9FZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GB: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GD: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GE: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GF: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GG: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GL: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GQ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GT: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GW: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9GY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9HH: not on the flood risk listSN16 9HL: not on the flood risk listSN16 9HY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9HZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9JG: not on the flood risk listSN16 9JN: not on the flood risk listSN16 9JP: not on the flood risk listSN16 9JU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9JW: not on the flood risk listSN16 9JX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9LD: not on the flood risk listSN16 9LJ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9LS: not on the flood risk listSN16 9LT: not on the flood risk listSN16 9LX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9LY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9NU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9NX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9NY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9NZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9TU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9TX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9TY: not on the flood risk listSN16 9TZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UA: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UB: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UD: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UE: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UF: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UG: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UP: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UR: not on the flood risk listSN16 9US: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UW: not on the flood risk listSN16 9UX: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XN: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XP: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XR: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XS: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XT: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XU: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XW: not on the flood risk listSN16 9XZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 9ZZ: not on the flood risk listSN16 0BA: low flood risk at worstSN16 0BT: low flood risk at worstSN16 0BY: low flood risk at worstSN16 0DY: low flood risk at worstSN16 9AT: low flood risk at worstSN16 9FF: low flood risk at worstSN16 9FG: low flood risk at worstSN16 9FQ: low flood risk at worstSN16 9HX: low flood risk at worstSN16 9JR: low flood risk at worstSN16 9JT: low flood risk at worstSN16 9LP: low flood risk at worstSN16 9LZ: low flood risk at worstSN16 0AD: medium flood risk at worstSN16 0DZ: medium flood risk at worstSN16 0JD: medium flood risk at worstSN16 9LU: medium flood risk at worstSN16 0AJ: high flood riskSN16 0BX: high flood riskSN16 9AL: high flood riskSN16 9BL: high flood riskSN16 9BN: high flood riskSN16 9BP: high flood riskSN16 9BS: high flood riskSN16 9BW: high flood riskSN16 9JS: high flood risk Malmesbury 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to SN16 9BW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk5 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Malmesbury, by flood risk Of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 5 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Malmesbury. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Malmesbury
  • A home or business at high risk: 9
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 13
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 183
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury that ONS places, 9 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 13 are at low risk at worst and 183 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. 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.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.5862, longitude -2.1003. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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 postcodes at high risk

Beside each: how many of its homes and businesses the Environment Agency puts at that risk.

SN16 9BW7 at high riskSN16 9AL3 at high riskSN16 9BN3 at high riskSN16 9JS2 at high riskSN16 0BX2 at high riskSN16 9BL2 at high riskSN16 9BP1 at high riskSN16 9BS1 at high riskSN16 0AJ1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 5 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. SN16 9BW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Malmesbury?

Homes sold for a typical £332,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6% on the 12 months before. At 102 of the 208 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 209 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kemble, 11.4 km 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 Malmesbury?

Homes in Malmesbury sold for a typical £332,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£332,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
12 months to August 2025
£353,750
12 months to August 2026
£332,500

▼ down 6% on the 12 months before

Detached£465,000 20 sales
Semi-detached£325,000 33 sales
Terraced£371,000 26 sales
Flat or maisonette£175,000 13 sales

Across the whole SN16 district, Malmesbury's main postcode district: a typical £398,996.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Malmesbury: 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 Malmesbury?

9 of the 209 postcodes now in use in Malmesbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 156 homes sold in Malmesbury were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN16 district, 21%.

The newest postcodes

SN16 0GBsince July 2026SN16 0FYsince March 2024SN16 0FUsince October 2023SN16 0FXsince June 2023SN16 9GQsince May 2023SN16 0FWsince December 2022

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

PeriodIn MalmesburyAcross the SN16 district
The 12 months to August 2026 1 of 92 (1%) 11 of 177 (6%)
The 12 months to August 2025 29 of 156 (19%) 64 of 300 (21%)

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 Malmesbury?

Ofcom reports on 208 of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury. At 102 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit102 of 208
Postcodes where every home can get superfast202 of 208

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 Malmesbury at risk of flooding?

26 of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury 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 35 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 26 of 209 postcodes High: 22Medium: 13Low: 92

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 Malmesbury?

The open schools at the postcodes in Malmesbury. 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

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK

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 Malmesbury?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Malmesbury is Kemble Rail Station, 11.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Kemble Rail Station Railway station 11.4 kmDrive
  • Chippenham Rail Station Railway station 13.8 kmDrive
  • Stroud (Glos) Rail Station Railway station 19.4 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 Malmesbury?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Malmesbury. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Malmesbury safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 368 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Malmesbury 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

  1. 28 September 2025
  2. 30 October 2025
  3. 21 November 2025
  4. 21 December 2025
  5. 21 January 2026
  6. 26 February 2026
  7. 23 March 2026
  8. 44 April 2026
  9. 42 May 2026
  10. 34 June 2026
  11. 39 July 2026
  12. 39 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences132 reports
Anti-social behaviour59 reports
Shoplifting51 reports
Public order36 reports
Criminal damage and arson31 reports
Other theft29 reports
Burglary9 reports
Vehicle crime7 reports

Also: other crime 7, drugs 3, possession of weapons 3, theft from the person 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Malmesbury?

Council
Wiltshire
Parliamentary constituency
South Cotswolds
Police force area
Wiltshire
Region
South West
Country
England
MP
Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat)

All 209 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

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

Moving to Malmesbury

Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week.

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Malmesbury postcodes

209 postcodes in use in Malmesbury, by district:

SN16 postcode district,209 postcodes

That district is in the SN postcode area.

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Places near Malmesbury

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Malmesbury's £332,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Tetbury7.4 km, £395,000Lyneham12.8 km, £237,500Chippenham14.2 km, £293,000Minchinhampton14.8 km, £617,000Nailsworth15.0 km, £321,250Royal Wootton Bassett15.0 km, £297,000South Cerney15.2 km, £495,000Purton15.7 km, £292,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Malmesbury

What is it like to live in Malmesbury?
Homes sold for a typical £332,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, down 6% on the 12 months before. At 102 of the 208 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 35 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 26 of its 209 postcodes. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. One GP practice is at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Kemble, 11.4 km 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 Malmesbury?
Malmesbury is covered by postcode district SN16, across 209 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Malmesbury in?
Malmesbury is in the Wiltshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Malmesbury?
Malmesbury is in the South Cotswolds parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Malmesbury?
Homes in Malmesbury sold for a typical £332,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 92 sales, down 6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Malmesbury?
In Malmesbury, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Malmesbury and Malmesbury Church of England Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Malmesbury School. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Malmesbury have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Malmesbury is Kemble, 11.4 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Malmesbury?
Ofcom reports on 208 of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury. At 102 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Malmesbury at risk of flooding?
26 of the 209 postcodes in Malmesbury 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 35 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 Malmesbury?
9 of the 209 postcodes now in use in Malmesbury came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 29 of the 156 homes sold in Malmesbury were newly built (19%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the SN16 district, 21%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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