SN6 8GS postcode in Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire

SN6 8GS is a postcode in Vale of White Horse, in the Watchfield & Shrivenham ward. It is in the Witney parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since January 2024.

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 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Vale of White Horse: 84% Typical price £465,000 Homes sold in SN6 8, last 12 months. ▲ 13.4% on the year before Nearest station Swindon 9.7 km in a straight line

Where SN6 8GS is, and what is near it

Map of SN6 8GS and what is near it Map of SN6 8GS: its centre point, with the 254 other postcodes in the SN6 8 sector, 3 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 railway station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. SN6 8AA: also in SN6 8SN6 8AD: also in SN6 8SN6 8AE: also in SN6 8SN6 8AF: also in SN6 8SN6 8AG: also in SN6 8SN6 8AH: also in SN6 8SN6 8AJ: also in SN6 8SN6 8AL: also in SN6 8SN6 8AN: also in SN6 8SN6 8AQ: also in SN6 8SN6 8AU: also in SN6 8SN6 8AX: also in SN6 8SN6 8BA: also in SN6 8SN6 8BB: also in SN6 8SN6 8BD: also in SN6 8SN6 8BE: also in SN6 8SN6 8BG: also in SN6 8SN6 8BH: also in SN6 8SN6 8BJ: also in SN6 8SN6 8BL: also in SN6 8SN6 8BP: also in SN6 8SN6 8BQ: also in SN6 8SN6 8BX: also in SN6 8SN6 8DD: also in SN6 8SN6 8DE: also in SN6 8SN6 8DJ: also in SN6 8SN6 8DS: also in SN6 8SN6 8ER: also in SN6 8SN6 8ES: also in SN6 8SN6 8ET: also in SN6 8SN6 8EX: also in SN6 8SN6 8EY: also in SN6 8SN6 8EZ: also in SN6 8SN6 8FA: also in SN6 8SN6 8FD: also in SN6 8SN6 8FF: also in SN6 8SN6 8FG: also in SN6 8SN6 8FH: also in SN6 8SN6 8FL: also in SN6 8SN6 8FN: also in SN6 8SN6 8FU: also in SN6 8SN6 8FX: also in SN6 8SN6 8FY: also in SN6 8SN6 8FZ: also in SN6 8SN6 8GA: also in SN6 8SN6 8GB: also in SN6 8SN6 8GD: also in SN6 8SN6 8GE: also in SN6 8SN6 8GF: also in SN6 8SN6 8GL: also in SN6 8SN6 8GN: also in SN6 8SN6 8GP: also in SN6 8SN6 8GQ: also in SN6 8SN6 8GR: also in SN6 8SN6 8GT: also in SN6 8SN6 8GU: also in SN6 8SN6 8GW: also in SN6 8SN6 8GX: also in SN6 8SN6 8GY: also in SN6 8SN6 8GZ: also in SN6 8SN6 8HA: also in SN6 8SN6 8HB: also in SN6 8SN6 8HE: also in SN6 8SN6 8HL: also in SN6 8SN6 8HP: also in SN6 8SN6 8TB: also in SN6 8SN6 8TN: also in SN6 8SN6 8TW: also in SN6 8 School 4.3 kmGP 4.9 kmMerchiston Surgery 6.4 kmSwindon station 9.7 kmShrivenham and Watchfield SN6 8GS Map of SN6 8GS and what is near it Map of SN6 8GS: its centre point, with the 254 other postcodes in the SN6 8 sector, 3 schools (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 1 railway station (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. 2 places, 4.3–4.9 kmMerchiston Surgery 6.4 kmWatchfield & Shrivenham SN6 8GS
  • SN6 8GS
  • Other postcodes in SN6 8: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 1 railway station
  • 3 GP practices
  • 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 51.6046, longitude -1.6598)

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; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after SN6 8GS?

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 SN6 8GS?

Every home and business at SN6 8GS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Vale of White Horse: 84%

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

Vale of White Horse: 98%

The line marks the figure across Vale of White Horse.

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 SN6 8GS?

BinDayBuddy has not read Vale of White Horse District Council's days for SN6 8GS today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for SN6 8GS 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 SN6 8GS 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 SN6 8GS.

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 Vale of White Horse

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for SN6 8GS: 1,612 properties in Vale of White Horse are at high risk (2% of all its properties). All the figures for Vale of White Horse

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 SN6 8GS 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 SN6 8GS?

Homes in SN6 8 sold for a typical £465,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 93 sales, up 13.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£465,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£410,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 13.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £555,000 45 sales
  • Semi-detached £367,500 36 sales
  • Terraced £319,250 12 sales

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

Across the whole SN6 district: a typical £375,000 from 276 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 SN6 8GS

HM Land Registry records 3 standard sales of homes in SN6 8GS from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 5 January 2026. The middle sale was £555,000, from £500,000 to £600,000. Across SN6 8, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £465,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of 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

What council tax band are homes near SN6 8GS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,160 homes in the neighbourhood around SN6 8GS. The largest share of them, 22%, are in council tax band D. More were built in 2020 or later than in any other period (39%). 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 SN6 8GS

Band D in Vale of White Horse for 2026‑27: £2,577. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,718 (band A) to £5,155 (band H); band D, the most common, is £2,577.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (1%)£1,718
Band Babout 120 (10%)£2,005
Band Cabout 240 (21%)£2,291
Band Dabout 260 (22%)£2,577
Band Eabout 210 (18%)£3,150
Band Fabout 240 (21%)£3,723
Band Gabout 70 (6%)£4,296
Band Habout 10 (1%)£5,155

When the homes were built

  1. 10% Before 1900
  2. 1% 1900 to 1918
  3. 5% 1919 to 1939
  4. 18% 1945 to 1964
  5. 7% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 5% 2000 to 2009
  8. 12% 2010 to 2019
  9. 39% 2020 or later

Averages for Vale of White Horse 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 SN6 8GS is in (ONS area E01028745), 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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest open schools to SN6 8GS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near SN6 8GS, 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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of SN6 8GS is Swindon Rail Station, 9.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Swindon Rail Station Railway station 9.7 kmDrive

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

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near SN6 8GS, 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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of SN6 8GS, 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 SN6 8GS?

OpenStreetMap maps no public charging point within 3 km of the centre of SN6 8GS on the map as of 20 October 2026. It does not have every charger: Open Charge Map's own map, linked below, may show more.

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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest to the centre of SN6 8GS, 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 SN6 8GS?

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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of SN6 8GS, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Sandsground Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report March 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01793 764948 4.4 kmCycle

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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of SN6 8GS, 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 SN6 8GS?

The nearest vets to the centre of SN6 8GS 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 SN6 8GS in a conservation area?

The centre of SN6 8GS 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 SN6 8GS?

Police.uk records 28 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of SN6 8GS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences13 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Shoplifting3 reports
Criminal damage and arson2 reports
Burglary2 reports
Public order1 report

Also: other theft 1, drugs 1.

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 SN6 8GS

Ward
Watchfield & Shrivenham
Parish
Shrivenham
Region
South East
Country
England
Rural or urban
Larger rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 2024

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

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

SN6 8GP60 mSN6 8GQ100 mSN6 8GR100 mSN6 8GT100 mSN6 8HP120 mSN6 8GU150 m
All of SN6

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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