Southam

Southam is covered by postcode district CV47. It is in the Stratford-on-Avon council area, Warwickshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Southam (Stratford-on-Avon).

Typical price £305,500 Homes sold in Southam, last 12 months. ▲ 3.6% on the year before Gigabit broadband 194 of 204 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 20 of 210 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 33 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 4 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Southam, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Southam, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in Southam that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 190 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Southam. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A423A425A426 CV47 0AL: not on the flood risk listCV47 0DR: not on the flood risk listCV47 0EA: not on the flood risk listCV47 0EL: not on the flood risk listCV47 0EP: not on the flood risk listCV47 0ES: not on the flood risk listCV47 0ET: not on the flood risk listCV47 0EU: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FA: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FB: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FD: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FF: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FG: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FL: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FN: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FP: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FS: not on the flood risk listCV47 0FT: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HA: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HB: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HF: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HN: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HW: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HY: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JA: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JB: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JD: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JE: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JF: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JG: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JH: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JJ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JN: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JP: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JR: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JS: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JT: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JU: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JW: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JX: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JY: not on the flood risk listCV47 0JZ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LA: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LB: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LD: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LE: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LF: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LG: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LH: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LJ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LL: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LN: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LP: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LR: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LS: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LT: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LU: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LW: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LX: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LY: not on the flood risk listCV47 0LZ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NA: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NB: not on the flood risk listCV47 0ND: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NE: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NF: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NG: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NH: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NJ: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NL: not on the flood risk listCV47 0NN: not on the flood risk listCV47 0QB: not on the flood risk listCV47 0RB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AD: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AE: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AF: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AG: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AH: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AL: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AN: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AP: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AR: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AS: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AT: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AU: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AW: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AX: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AY: not on the flood risk listCV47 1AZ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1BA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1BD: not on the flood risk listCV47 1BE: not on the flood risk listCV47 1BF: not on the flood risk listCV47 1BH: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EE: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EF: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EG: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EH: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EJ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EN: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1ER: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EW: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EX: not on the flood risk listCV47 1EY: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FD: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FE: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FH: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FN: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1FW: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GD: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GE: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GF: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GG: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GH: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GJ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GL: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GN: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GP: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GU: not on the flood risk listCV47 1GW: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HP: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HR: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HS: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HT: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HU: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HY: not on the flood risk listCV47 1HZ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1ND: not on the flood risk listCV47 1NP: not on the flood risk listCV47 1NR: not on the flood risk listCV47 1NT: not on the flood risk listCV47 1NW: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PE: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PF: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PG: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PH: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PJ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PL: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PN: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PP: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PQ: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PR: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PS: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PT: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PU: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PW: not on the flood risk listCV47 1PX: not on the flood risk listCV47 1QA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1QB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1RB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1RT: not on the flood risk listCV47 1TA: not on the flood risk listCV47 1TB: not on the flood risk listCV47 1TT: not on the flood risk listCV47 1TU: not on the flood risk listCV47 1UU: not on the flood risk listCV47 1UX: not on the flood risk listCV47 1YR: not on the flood risk listCV47 2EP: not on the flood risk listCV47 2ER: not on the flood risk listCV47 2PT: not on the flood risk listCV47 2TT: not on the flood risk listCV47 2TU: not on the flood risk listCV47 2UB: not on the flood risk listCV47 2US: not on the flood risk listCV47 2UU: not on the flood risk listCV47 2UW: not on the flood risk listCV47 2UX: not on the flood risk listCV47 2UZ: not on the flood risk listCV47 2WF: not on the flood risk listCV47 0HD: low flood risk at worstCV47 0HX: low flood risk at worstCV47 0HZ: low flood risk at worstCV47 0JL: low flood risk at worstCV47 1BG: low flood risk at worstCV47 1FP: low flood risk at worstCV47 1HG: low flood risk at worstCV47 1HL: low flood risk at worstCV47 1NS: low flood risk at worstCV47 1NY: low flood risk at worstCV47 1HJ: medium flood risk at worstCV47 1NZ: medium flood risk at worstCV47 1PA: medium flood risk at worstCV47 1PD: medium flood risk at worstCV47 1BB: high flood riskCV47 1GT: high flood riskCV47 1HH: high flood riskCV47 1NE: high flood riskCV47 1NU: high flood riskCV47 1NX: high flood risk Southam 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CV47 1BB, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Southam, by flood risk Of the 210 postcodes in Southam that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 190 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 8 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Southam. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Southam 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to CV47 1BB, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 6
  • At medium risk at worst: 4
  • At low risk at worst: 10
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 190
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 210 postcodes in Southam that ONS places, 6 have a home or business at high risk, 4 are at medium risk at worst, 10 are at low risk at worst and 190 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. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 52.2521, longitude -1.3885. 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.

CV47 1BB16 at high riskCV47 1GT4 at high riskCV47 1NU2 at high riskCV47 1HH2 at high riskCV47 1NE1 at high riskCV47 1NX1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. CV47 1BB, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Southam?

Homes sold for a typical £305,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 194 of the 204 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 33 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 210 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Leamington Spa, 10.7 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 Southam?

Homes in Southam sold for a typical £305,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 137 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£305,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£295,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 3.6% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £420,000 41 sales
  • Semi-detached £295,000 53 sales
  • Terraced £247,000 30 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £155,000 13 sales

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

Across the whole CV47 district, Southam's main postcode district: a typical £322,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Southam: 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 Southam?

21 of the 210 postcodes now in use in Southam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 153 homes sold in Southam were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CV47 district, 0%.

The newest postcodes

CV47 1BHsince December 2025CV47 1BFsince October 2025CV47 1NRsince August 2025CV47 4EAsince May 2025CV47 1BEsince January 2024CV47 1BDsince August 2023

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 SouthamAcross the CV47 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 137 (0%) 0 of 303 (0%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 153 (0%) 0 of 373 (0%)

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 Southam?

Ofcom reports on 204 of the 210 postcodes in Southam. At 194 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit194 of 204
Postcodes where every home can get superfast202 of 204

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 Southam at risk of flooding?

20 of the 210 postcodes in Southam 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 33 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 20 of 210 postcodes High: 26Medium: 7Low: 59

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 Southam?

The open schools at the postcodes in Southam. 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 Southam?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southam is Leamington Spa Rail Station, 10.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Leamington Spa Rail Station Railway station 10.7 kmDrive
  • Warwick Rail Station Railway station 13.7 kmDrive
  • Warwick Parkway Rail Station Railway station 15.7 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 Southam?

The GP practices at the postcodes in Southam. 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 Southam safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 446 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Southam 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. 36 September 2025
  2. 35 October 2025
  3. 30 November 2025
  4. 32 December 2025
  5. 34 January 2026
  6. 37 February 2026
  7. 41 March 2026
  8. 39 April 2026
  9. 49 May 2026
  10. 32 June 2026
  11. 43 July 2026
  12. 38 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences161 reports
Anti-social behaviour112 reports
Other theft39 reports
Public order27 reports
Criminal damage and arson27 reports
Burglary24 reports
Shoplifting23 reports
Vehicle crime10 reports

Also: drugs 9, possession of weapons 5, theft from the person 3, other crime 3, bicycle theft 2, robbery 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 Southam?

District, borough or city council
Stratford-on-Avon
County council
Warwickshire
Parliamentary constituency
Kenilworth and Southam
Police force area
Warwickshire
Region
West Midlands
Country
England
MP
Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative)

All 210 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 Southam

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

Who to tell when moving house: the full list Moving house checklist

Southam postcodes

210 postcodes in use in Southam, by district:

CV47 postcode district,210 postcodes

That district is in the CV postcode area.

Check a Southam postcode

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 Southam

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Southam's £305,500. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Long Itchington3.4 km, £355,000Bishop's Itchington5.0 km, £335,000Harbury5.0 km, £451,500Radford Semele7.8 km, £326,750Lighthorne Heath8.8 km, £270,000Whitnash9.5 km, £325,550Cubbington10.3 km, £390,000Royal Leamington Spa10.6 km, £325,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Southam

What is it like to live in Southam?
Homes sold for a typical £305,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. At 194 of the 204 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 33 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 20 of its 210 postcodes. It has 3 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. 2 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Leamington Spa, 10.7 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 Southam?
Southam is covered by postcode district CV47, across 210 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Southam in?
Southam is in the Stratford-on-Avon council area, and Warwickshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Southam?
Southam is in the Kenilworth and Southam parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Sir Jeremy Wright (Conservative), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Southam?
Homes in Southam sold for a typical £305,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 137 sales, up 3.6% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Southam?
In Southam, primary schools at its postcodes include St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Southam, Southam Primary School and Southam St James CofE Academy; secondary schools at its postcodes include Southam College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Southam have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Southam is Leamington Spa, 10.7 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Southam?
Ofcom reports on 204 of the 210 postcodes in Southam. At 194 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Southam at risk of flooding?
20 of the 210 postcodes in Southam 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 33 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 Southam?
21 of the 210 postcodes now in use in Southam came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 153 homes sold in Southam were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the CV47 district, 0%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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