OX16 3 postcode sector in the OX16 district

OX16 3 is a sector of the OX16 district: every postcode that starts OX16 3. It has 95 postcodes in use, 4 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the OX16 3 sector, and which are new since 2020

Map of every postcode in the OX16 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 95 postcodes in the OX16 3 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 94 were in use before 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. M40A422A4260 OX16 3AB: before 2020OX16 3ED: before 2020OX16 3HA: before 2020OX16 3HB: before 2020OX16 3HD: before 2020OX16 3HE: before 2020OX16 3HF: before 2020OX16 3HG: before 2020OX16 3HH: before 2020OX16 3HJ: before 2020OX16 3HL: before 2020OX16 3HN: before 2020OX16 3HP: before 2020OX16 3HQ: before 2020OX16 3HR: before 2020OX16 3HS: before 2020OX16 3HT: before 2020OX16 3HU: before 2020OX16 3HW: before 2020OX16 3HX: before 2020OX16 3HY: before 2020OX16 3HZ: before 2020OX16 3JA: before 2020OX16 3JB: before 2020OX16 3JD: before 2020OX16 3JE: before 2020OX16 3JF: before 2020OX16 3JJ: before 2020OX16 3JL: before 2020OX16 3JN: before 2020OX16 3JP: before 2020OX16 3JR: before 2020OX16 3JS: before 2020OX16 3JU: before 2020OX16 3JW: before 2020OX16 3JX: before 2020OX16 3JZ: before 2020OX16 3LA: before 2020OX16 3LB: before 2020OX16 3LD: before 2020OX16 3LE: before 2020OX16 3LF: before 2020OX16 3LG: before 2020OX16 3LH: before 2020OX16 3LJ: before 2020OX16 3LL: before 2020OX16 3LN: before 2020OX16 3LQ: before 2020OX16 3LR: before 2020OX16 3LU: before 2020OX16 3LW: before 2020OX16 3ND: before 2020OX16 3NE: before 2020OX16 3NF: before 2020OX16 3NN: before 2020OX16 3QH: before 2020OX16 3QL: before 2020OX16 3QN: before 2020OX16 3QP: before 2020OX16 3QR: before 2020OX16 3QS: before 2020OX16 3QT: before 2020OX16 3RA: before 2020OX16 3RL: before 2020OX16 3SP: before 2020OX16 3TA: before 2020OX16 3TB: before 2020OX16 3TL: before 2020OX16 3TS: before 2020OX16 3TX: before 2020OX16 3TY: before 2020OX16 3UT: before 2020OX16 3UU: before 2020OX16 3WA: before 2020OX16 3WB: before 2020OX16 3WE: before 2020OX16 3WF: before 2020OX16 3WG: before 2020OX16 3WH: before 2020OX16 3WJ: before 2020OX16 3WL: before 2020OX16 3WN: before 2020OX16 3WP: before 2020OX16 3WQ: before 2020OX16 3WR: before 2020OX16 3WS: before 2020OX16 3WT: before 2020OX16 3WX: before 2020OX16 3WY: before 2020OX16 3YT: before 2020OX16 3ZN: before 2020OX16 3ZP: before 2020OX16 3ZW: before 2020OX16 3AD: new since 2020 Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown Map of every postcode in the OX16 3 sector, by new since 2020 Of the 95 postcodes in the OX16 3 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 94 were in use before 2020. One postcode lies beyond the edge and is listed under the map. Places named: Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. A422 Banbury Grimsbury and Hightown
  • New since 2020: 1
  • In use before 2020: 94

Of the 95 postcodes in the OX16 3 sector that ONS places, 1 are new since 2020 and 94 were in use before 2020.

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. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. No boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here.

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; 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 newest postcode

Further out, not drawn

This postcode lies well apart from the rest, so the map is drawn without it to show the rest closer; it is in every count.

What do homes sell for in OX16 3?

Homes in OX16 3 sold for a typical £257,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 58 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£257,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£275,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £420,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached £299,000 18 sales
  • Terraced £237,500 26 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £155,000 7 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start OX16 3. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

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