OX16 9QA postcode in Banbury, Oxfordshire

OX16 9QA is a postcode in Banbury, in the Banbury Cross and Neithrop ward of Cherwell. It is in the Banbury parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since January 1980. It is a large-user postcode, which Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses can get it. Cherwell: 89% Typical price £347,000 Homes sold in OX16 9, last 12 months. ▼ 6.3% on the year before Nearest station Banbury 1.1 km in a straight line

Where OX16 9QA is, and what is near it

Map of OX16 9QA and what is near it Map of OX16 9QA: its centre point, with the 335 other postcodes in the OX16 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 10 bus stops and 4 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. OX16 9AA: also in OX16 9OX16 9AB: also in OX16 9OX16 9AD: also in OX16 9OX16 9AE: also in OX16 9OX16 9AF: also in OX16 9OX16 9AH: also in OX16 9OX16 9AJ: also in OX16 9OX16 9AN: also in OX16 9OX16 9BF: also in OX16 9OX16 9BH: also in OX16 9OX16 9BJ: also in OX16 9OX16 9BL: also in OX16 9OX16 9BN: also in OX16 9OX16 9BQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9BT: also in OX16 9OX16 9BU: also in OX16 9OX16 9BW: also in OX16 9OX16 9BX: also in OX16 9OX16 9BY: also in OX16 9OX16 9BZ: also in OX16 9OX16 9DD: also in OX16 9OX16 9DE: also in OX16 9OX16 9DF: also in OX16 9OX16 9FG: also in OX16 9OX16 9FQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9FW: also in OX16 9OX16 9FY: also in OX16 9OX16 9GF: also in OX16 9OX16 9GN: also in OX16 9OX16 9HD: also in OX16 9OX16 9HQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9JN: also in OX16 9OX16 9JP: also in OX16 9OX16 9JR: also in OX16 9OX16 9JS: also in OX16 9OX16 9JW: also in OX16 9OX16 9LN: also in OX16 9OX16 9LP: also in OX16 9OX16 9LQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9LR: also in OX16 9OX16 9LS: also in OX16 9OX16 9LT: also in OX16 9OX16 9LU: also in OX16 9OX16 9LW: also in OX16 9OX16 9LX: also in OX16 9OX16 9NE: also in OX16 9OX16 9NF: also in OX16 9OX16 9NG: also in OX16 9OX16 9NJ: also in OX16 9OX16 9NL: also in OX16 9OX16 9NQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9NT: also in OX16 9OX16 9NU: also in OX16 9OX16 9NX: also in OX16 9OX16 9NY: also in OX16 9OX16 9NZ: also in OX16 9OX16 9PA: also in OX16 9OX16 9PE: also in OX16 9OX16 9PG: also in OX16 9OX16 9PH: also in OX16 9OX16 9PJ: also in OX16 9OX16 9PL: also in OX16 9OX16 9PN: also in OX16 9OX16 9PP: also in OX16 9OX16 9PQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9PR: also in OX16 9OX16 9PZ: also in OX16 9OX16 9QB: also in OX16 9OX16 9QD: also in OX16 9OX16 9QF: also in OX16 9OX16 9QH: also in OX16 9OX16 9QJ: also in OX16 9OX16 9QL: also in OX16 9OX16 9QN: also in OX16 9OX16 9QP: also in OX16 9OX16 9QQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9QW: also in OX16 9OX16 9RF: also in OX16 9OX16 9RH: also in OX16 9OX16 9RL: also in OX16 9OX16 9RQ: also in OX16 9OX16 9RR: also in OX16 9OX16 9RS: also in OX16 9OX16 9RU: also in OX16 9OX16 9RY: also in OX16 9OX16 9RZ: also in OX16 9OX16 9SA: also in OX16 9OX16 9SB: also in OX16 9OX16 9SD: also in OX16 9OX16 9XZ: also in OX16 9OX16 9YP: also in OX16 9 Hightown Surgery 1.1 kmBanbury OX16 9QA Map of OX16 9QA and what is near it Map of OX16 9QA: its centre point, with the 335 other postcodes in the OX16 9 sector, 4 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices, 10 bus stops and 4 EV charging points. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Banbury Calthorpe and Easington OX16 9QA
  • OX16 9QA
  • Other postcodes in OX16 9: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 10 bus stops
  • 4 EV charging points
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.0595, longitude -1.3448)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; charging points: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after OX16 9QA?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at OX16 9QA?

Every home and business at OX16 9QA can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, but none can get gigabit, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)0% can get it

Cherwell: 89%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Cherwell: 98%

The line marks the figure across Cherwell.

Check one address, and mobile coverage, on Ofcom's checker Compare broadband at another postcode

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

When are the bins collected at OX16 9QA?

BinDayBuddy has not read Cherwell District Council's days for OX16 9QA today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for OX16 9QA on BinDayBuddy

Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is OX16 9QA at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include OX16 9QA.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Cherwell

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for OX16 9QA: 2,058 properties in Cherwell are at high risk (2.3% of all its properties). All the figures for Cherwell

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of OX16 9QA is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near OX16 9QA?

Homes in OX16 9 sold for a typical £347,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 159 sales, down 6.3% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£347,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£370,250 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.3% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £435,000 61 sales
  • Semi-detached £320,000 65 sales
  • Terraced £295,000 21 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £194,000 12 sales

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

Across the whole OX16 district: a typical £292,500 from 531 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in OX16 9QA

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in OX16 9QA from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

Food hygiene ratings at OX16 9QA

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at OX16 9QA. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near OX16 9QA?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 990 homes in the neighbourhood around OX16 9QA. The largest share of them, 37%, are in council tax band B. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (32%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around OX16 9QA

Band D in Cherwell for 2026‑27: £2,583. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,722 (band A) to £4,305 (band G); band B, the most common, is £2,009.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 230 (23%)£1,722
Band Babout 370 (37%)£2,009
Band Cabout 250 (25%)£2,296
Band Dabout 90 (9%)£2,583
Band Eabout 30 (3%)£3,157
Band Fabout 10 (1%)£3,731
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£4,305
Band Hwithheld£5,166

When the homes were built

  1. 32% Before 1900
  2. 5% 1900 to 1918
  3. 13% 1919 to 1939
  4. 7% 1945 to 1964
  5. 3% 1965 to 1982
  6. 7% 1983 to 1999
  7. 8% 2000 to 2009
  8. 17% 2010 to 2019
  9. 7% 2020 or later

Averages for Cherwell before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of OX16 9QA is in (ONS area E01028430), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near OX16 9QA?

The nearest open schools to OX16 9QA, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near OX16 9QA, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to OX16 9QA?

The nearest railway station to the centre of OX16 9QA is Banbury Rail Station, 1.1 km away in a straight line.

  • Banbury Rail Station Railway station 1.1 kmWalk
  • Kings Sutton Rail Station Railway station 6.1 kmDrive

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

10 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest West Bar Street, 91 m away.

More stations near OX16 9QA, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near OX16 9QA?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of OX16 9QA, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near OX16 9QA?

4 within 1 km 15 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of OX16 9QA, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Park & Charge Oxfordshire Charging point · 12 chargers 400 mWalk
  • EVC Charging point · No details mapped 850 mWalk
  • Park & Charge Oxfordshire Charging point · 10 chargers 850 mWalk

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near OX16 9QA?

The nearest to the centre of OX16 9QA, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to OX16 9QA?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near OX16 9QA?

The nearest care homes to the centre of OX16 9QA, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near OX16 9QA?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of OX16 9QA, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near OX16 9QA?

The nearest vets to the centre of OX16 9QA on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is OX16 9QA in a conservation area?

The centre of OX16 9QA is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near OX16 9QA?

Police.uk records 363 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of OX16 9QA in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences132 reports
Anti-social behaviour65 reports
Shoplifting36 reports
Public order31 reports
Other theft26 reports
Criminal damage and arson18 reports

Also: drugs 13, vehicle crime 10, burglary 9, robbery 8, theft from the person 5, bicycle theft 4, other crime 4, possession of weapons 2.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for OX16 9QA

Ward
Banbury Cross and Neithrop
Parish
Banbury
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Banbury
Rural or urban
Urban, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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

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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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