Watlington

Watlington is covered by postcode district OX49. It is in the South Oxfordshire council area, Oxfordshire.

ONS publishes this built-up area as Watlington (South Oxfordshire).

Typical price £500,000 Homes sold in Watlington, last 12 months. ▲ 44.9% on the year before Gigabit broadband 36 of 81 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Some at high risk 14 of 85 postcodes have a home or business in an area at risk; 40 homes and businesses at high or medium risk Schools 2 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Watlington, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Watlington, by flood risk Of the 85 postcodes in Watlington that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 71 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: Watlington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. OX49 5AB: not on the flood risk listOX49 5AD: not on the flood risk listOX49 5AE: not on the flood risk listOX49 5AF: not on the flood risk listOX49 5AG: not on the flood risk listOX49 5AQ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BG: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BJ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BN: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BP: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BQ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BT: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BU: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BW: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BX: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BY: not on the flood risk listOX49 5BZ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5DD: not on the flood risk listOX49 5DP: not on the flood risk listOX49 5DY: not on the flood risk listOX49 5DZ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5EA: not on the flood risk listOX49 5EB: not on the flood risk listOX49 5EJ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5EL: not on the flood risk listOX49 5EN: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JH: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JJ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JN: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JQ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JR: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JT: not on the flood risk listOX49 5JU: not on the flood risk listOX49 5LN: not on the flood risk listOX49 5LW: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PH: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PQ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PR: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PT: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PU: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PX: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PY: not on the flood risk listOX49 5PZ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QA: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QB: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QD: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QE: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QF: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QH: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QJ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QN: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QP: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QQ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QR: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QS: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QT: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QU: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QW: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QX: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QY: not on the flood risk listOX49 5QZ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RA: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RB: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RD: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RE: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RF: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RH: not on the flood risk listOX49 5RJ: not on the flood risk listOX49 5WH: not on the flood risk listOX49 5LU: low flood risk at worstOX49 5BF: medium flood risk at worstOX49 5JP: medium flood risk at worstOX49 5QL: medium flood risk at worstOX49 5AJ: high flood riskOX49 5EH: high flood riskOX49 5JD: high flood riskOX49 5JL: high flood riskOX49 5JS: high flood riskOX49 5JW: high flood riskOX49 5JX: high flood riskOX49 5LL: high flood riskOX49 5LX: high flood riskOX49 5LY: high flood risk Watlington 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to OX49 5JW, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk8 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in Watlington, by flood risk Of the 85 postcodes in Watlington that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 71 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: Watlington. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. Watlington
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 3
  • At low risk at worst: 1
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 71
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 85 postcodes in Watlington that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 3 are at medium risk at worst, 1 are at low risk at worst and 71 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 51.6450, longitude -1.0080. 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.

OX49 5JW5 at high riskOX49 5JX5 at high riskOX49 5JS4 at high riskOX49 5EH2 at high riskOX49 5LL2 at high riskOX49 5JD1 at high riskOX49 5AJ1 at high riskOX49 5JL1 at high riskOX49 5LX1 at high riskOX49 5LY1 at high risk

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

  • 8 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined on the map. OX49 5JW, is the one with most homes and businesses at high risk.

What is it like to live in Watlington?

Homes sold for a typical £500,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 44.9% on the 12 months before. At 36 of the 81 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 40 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 85 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Mill Stream Surgery, 7.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Saunderton, 13.1 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 Watlington?

Homes in Watlington sold for a typical £500,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, up 44.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£500,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£345,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 44.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £627,500 10 sales
  • Semi-detached £495,000 13 sales
  • Terraced £327,500 5 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 1 sale, too few to price

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

Across the whole OX49 district, Watlington's main postcode district: a typical £505,000.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Watlington: 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 Watlington?

9 of the 85 postcodes now in use in Watlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Watlington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OX49 district, 9%.

The newest postcodes

OX49 5DYsince May 2023OX49 5DZsince February 2023OX49 5DPsince January 2023OX49 5BXsince August 2022OX49 5DDsince August 2022OX49 5BWsince April 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 WatlingtonAcross the OX49 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 29 (0%) 1 of 40 (3%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 35 (0%) 5 of 58 (9%)

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 Watlington?

Ofcom reports on 81 of the 85 postcodes in Watlington. At 36 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit36 of 81
Postcodes where every home can get superfast80 of 81

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 Watlington at risk of flooding?

14 of the 85 postcodes in Watlington 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 40 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.

Homes and businesses in an area at risk, at 14 of 85 postcodes High: 23Medium: 17Low: 23

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 Watlington?

The open schools at the postcodes in Watlington. 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 Watlington?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Watlington is Saunderton Rail Station, 13.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Saunderton Rail Station Railway station 13.1 kmDrive
  • Cholsey Rail Station Railway station 13.3 kmDrive
  • Princes Risborough Rail Station Railway station 13.9 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 Watlington?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Watlington. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. 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 Watlington safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 115 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Watlington 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. 5 September 2025
  2. 11 October 2025
  3. 10 November 2025
  4. 7 December 2025
  5. 7 January 2026
  6. 14 February 2026
  7. 9 March 2026
  8. 11 April 2026
  9. 7 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 12 July 2026
  12. 12 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences55 reports
Criminal damage and arson11 reports
Other theft11 reports
Anti-social behaviour9 reports
Public order9 reports
Vehicle crime6 reports
Burglary5 reports
Drugs5 reports

Also: shoplifting 2, robbery 1, possession of weapons 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 Watlington?

District, borough or city council
South Oxfordshire
County council
Oxfordshire
Parliamentary constituency
Henley and Thame
Police force area
Thames Valley
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat)

All 85 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 Watlington

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

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Watlington postcodes

85 postcodes in use in Watlington, by district:

OX49 postcode district,85 postcodes

That district is in the OX postcode area.

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Places near Watlington

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Watlington's £500,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Chalgrove5.6 km, £426,250Benson6.9 km, £490,000Stokenchurch7.6 km, £392,500Chinnor9.2 km, £445,000Wallingford9.8 km, £430,000Brightwell-cum-Sotwell11.0 km, £780,000Berinsfield11.5 km, £295,000Thame11.5 km, £442,500 All places A to Z

Questions about Watlington

What is it like to live in Watlington?
Homes sold for a typical £500,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 44.9% on the 12 months before. At 36 of the 81 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 40 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 14 of its 85 postcodes. It has 1 primary school and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Mill Stream Surgery, 7.3 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Saunderton, 13.1 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 Watlington?
Watlington is covered by postcode district OX49, across 85 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Watlington in?
Watlington is in the South Oxfordshire council area, and Oxfordshire is its county council. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Watlington?
Watlington is in the Henley and Thame parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Freddie van Mierlo (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Watlington?
Homes in Watlington sold for a typical £500,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 29 sales, up 44.9% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Watlington?
In Watlington, primary schools at its postcodes include Watlington Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Icknield Community College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Watlington have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Watlington is Saunderton, 13.1 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Watlington?
Ofcom reports on 81 of the 85 postcodes in Watlington. At 36 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Watlington at risk of flooding?
14 of the 85 postcodes in Watlington 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 40 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 Watlington?
9 of the 85 postcodes now in use in Watlington came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 35 homes sold in Watlington were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the OX49 district, 9%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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