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{{short description|Postcode area within the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox UK postcode area|area_code=OX}}
The '''OX postcode area''', also known as the '''Oxford postcode area''',<ref>Royal Mail, ''Address Management Guide'', (2004)</ref> is a group of 26 postcode districts in south-central England, within 17 [[post town]]s. These cover most of [[Oxfordshire]] (including [[Oxford]], [[Banbury]], [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]], [[Bicester]], [[Witney]], [[Didcot]], [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]], [[Kidlington]], [[Thame]], [[Wantage]], [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], [[Chipping Norton]], [[Chinnor]], [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]], [[Watlington, Oxfordshire|Watlington]], [[Bampton, Oxfordshire|Bampton]] and [[Burford]]), plus very small parts of [[Northamptonshire]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[Berkshire]], [[Gloucestershire]] and [[Warwickshire]].

The original OX6 district for Bicester was recoded to OX25, OX26 and OX27 in 2000, while the OX39 district for Chinnor and the OX49 district for Watlington were formed out of the OX9 district at the same time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://support.qas.com/which_districts_have_been_recoded_by_the_royal_mail__1472.htm |title=Which districts have been recoded by the Royal Mail? |publisher=Experian QAS |access-date=24 November 2013}}</ref> In 2001, the original OX8 district for Witney was recoded to OX28 and OX29.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beacon-dodsworth.co.uk/site/support/postcode_update_32/ |title=Royal Mail Update 32 |publisher=Beacon Dodsworth |access-date=24 November 2013}}</ref>

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==Coverage==
The approximate coverage of the postcode districts:

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|-
! OX1
| OXFORD
| Central and South Oxford, [[Kennington, Oxfordshire|Kennington]], [[Boars Hill]], [[New Hinksey]], [[South Hinksey]], [[Osney]]
| [[Oxford]], [[Vale of White Horse]]
|-
! OX2
| OXFORD
| North and West Oxford, [[Botley, Oxfordshire|Botley]], [[North Hinksey]], [[Summertown, Oxford|Summertown]], [[Wytham]], [[Jericho, Oxford|Jericho]], [[Wolvercote]]
| Oxford, Vale of White Horse, [[Cherwell District|Cherwell]]
|-
! OX3
| OXFORD
| North East Oxford, [[Beckley, Oxfordshire|Beckley]], [[Headington]], [[Marston, Oxford|Marston]], [[Elsfield]], [[Noke, Oxfordshire|Noke]], [[Woodeaton]], Woodperry
| Oxford, [[South Oxfordshire]], Cherwell
|-
! OX4
| OXFORD
| East Oxford, [[Cowley, Oxfordshire|Cowley]], [[Blackbird Leys]], [[Littlemore]] [[Sandford-on-Thames]], [[Iffley]], [[Rose Hill, Oxfordshire|Rose Hill]]
| Oxford, South Oxfordshire
|-
! OX5
| KIDLINGTON
| [[Kidlington]], [[Yarnton]], [[Begbroke]], [[Tackley]], [[Murcott, Oxfordshire|Murcott]], [[Charlton-on-Otmoor]], [[Fencott]], [[Islip, Oxfordshire|Islip]]
| Cherwell, [[West Oxfordshire]], [[Buckinghamshire Council|Buckinghamshire]]
|-
! OX7
| CHIPPING NORTON
| [[Chipping Norton]], [[Charlbury]], [[Chadlington]], [[Bledington]]
| West Oxfordshire, [[Cotswold District|Cotswold]]
|-
! OX9
| THAME
| [[Thame]], [[Postcombe]], [[Towersey]], North Weston
| South Oxfordshire
|-
! OX10
| WALLINGFORD
| [[Wallingford, Oxfordshire|Wallingford]], [[Berinsfield]], [[Cholsey]], [[Dorchester, Oxfordshire|Dorchester]]
| South Oxfordshire
|-
! OX11
| DIDCOT
| [[Didcot]], [[Blewbury]], [[Harwell, Oxfordshire|Harwell]], [[Chilton, Oxfordshire|Chilton]], [[Aston Tirrold]], [[Aston Upthorpe]], [[South Moreton]], [[Upton, Vale of White Horse|Upton]]
| South Oxfordshire, Vale of White Horse
|-
! OX12
| WANTAGE
| [[Wantage]], [[Grove, Oxfordshire|Grove]], [[Ardington]], [[Charney Bassett]], [[Childrey]], Challow ([[East Challow|East]] & [[West Challow|West]]), [[Denchworth]], [[Farnborough, Berkshire|Farnborough (Berks)]], [[Fawley, Berkshire|Fawley]], Ginge (East & West), [[Hanney]] ([[East Hanney|East]] & [[West Hanney|West]]), Hendred ([[East Hendred|East]] & [[West Hendred|West]]), [[Kingston Lisle]], [[Letcombe Bassett]], [[Letcombe Regis]], [[Lockinge]] ([[East Lockinge|East]] & [[West Lockinge|West]]), [[Lyford, Oxfordshire|Lyford]], [[Sparsholt, Oxfordshire|Sparsholt]]
| Vale of White Horse, South Oxfordshire, [[West Berkshire]]
|-
! OX13
| ABINGDON
| [[Southmoor]], [[Sunningwell]], [[Frilford]], [[Cothill House|Cothill]], [[Appleton, Oxfordshire|Appleton]], [[Longworth]], [[Steventon, Oxfordshire|Steventon]], [[Marcham]], [[Shippon]], [[Bayworth]], [[Garford]], [[Besselsleigh]], [[Dry Sandford]]
| Vale of White Horse
|-
! OX14
| ABINGDON
| [[Abingdon-on-Thames|Abingdon]], [[Appleford-on-Thames]], [[Burcot, Oxfordshire|Burcot]], [[Clifton Hampden]], [[Culham]], [[Drayton, Vale of White Horse|Drayton]], [[Little Wittenham]], [[Long Wittenham]], [[Radley]], [[Milton, Vale of White Horse|Milton]], [[Sutton Courtenay]]
| Vale of White Horse, South Oxfordshire
|-
! OX15
| BANBURY
| [[Bloxham]], [[Drayton, Cherwell|Drayton]], [[Wroxton]], [[North Newington]], [[South Newington]], [[Swalcliffe]], [[Sibford Gower]], [[Sibford Ferris]], [[Barford St Michael]], [[Barford St John]], [[Deddington]], [[Hempton, Oxfordshire|Hempton]], [[Broughton, Oxfordshire|Broughton]], [[Hornton]], [[Horley, Oxfordshire|Horley]], [[Balscote]], [[Shenington]], [[Alkerton, Oxfordshire|Alkerton]], [[Wigginton, Oxfordshire|Wigginton]], [[Milton, Cherwell|Milton]], [[Hook Norton]], [[Milcombe]], [[Shutford]], [[Epwell]], [[Tadmarton]], [[Swerford]], [[Bodicote]], [[Brailes]], [[Edge Hill, Warwickshire|Edge Hill]], [[Ratley]], Upton, [[Winderton]]
| Cherwell, [[Stratford-on-Avon District|Stratford-on-Avon]], West Oxfordshire
|-
! OX16
| BANBURY
| [[Banbury]]
| Cherwell
|-
! OX17
| BANBURY
| [[Adderbury]], Appletree, [[Aynho]], [[Arlescote]], [[Chacombe]], [[Charlton, Northamptonshire|Charlton]], [[Chipping Warden]], [[Claydon, Oxfordshire|Claydon]], [[Cropredy]], [[Culworth]], [[Edgcote]], [[Farnborough, Warwickshire|Farnborough (Warks)]], [[Greatworth]], [[Great Bourton]], [[Hanwell, Oxfordshire|Hanwell]], [[King's Sutton]], [[Bourton, Cherwell|Little Bourton]], [[Lower Thorpe]], [[Marston St. Lawrence|Marston St Lawrence]], [[Middleton Cheney]], [[Mollington, Oxfordshire|Mollington]], Nethercote, [[Newbottle, Northamptonshire|Newbottle]], [[Overthorpe, Northamptonshire|Overthorpe]], [[Prescote]], [[Shotteswell]], Stuchbury, [[Sulgrave]], [[Thenford]], [[Thorpe Mandeville]], Twyford, [[Upper Astrop]], [[Wardington]], [[Warkworth, Northamptonshire|Warkworth]], [[Warmington, Warwickshire|Warmington]], Williamscott
| Cherwell, [[West Northamptonshire]], Stratford-on-Avon
|-
! OX18
| BAMPTON, BURFORD, CARTERTON
| [[Alvescot]], [[Asthall]], [[Aston, Oxfordshire|Aston]], [[Bampton, Oxfordshire|Bampton]], [[Barrington, Gloucestershire|Barrington]], [[Black Bourton]], Bradwell, [[Brize Norton]], [[Burford]], [[Carterton, Oxfordshire|Carterton]], [[Chimney, Oxfordshire|Chimney]], [[Clanfield, Oxfordshire|Clanfield]], [[Cote, Oxfordshire|Cote]], [[Fulbrook, Oxfordshire|Fulbrook]], [[Grafton, Oxfordshire|Grafton]], [[Holwell, Oxfordshire|Holwell]], [[Lew, Oxfordshire|Lew]], Little Clanfield, Radcot, [[Shilton, Oxfordshire|Shilton]], [[Signet, Oxfordshire|Signet]], [[Swinbrook]], [[Taynton, Oxfordshire|Taynton]], Upper Windrush, [[Upton, West Oxfordshire|Upton]], [[Weald, Oxfordshire|Weald]], [[Westwell, Oxfordshire|Westwell]], [[Widford, Oxfordshire|Widford]], Windrush
| West Oxfordshire, Cotswold
|-
! OX20
| WOODSTOCK
| [[Woodstock, Oxfordshire|Woodstock]], [[Bladon]], [[Glympton]], [[Kiddington]], Woodleys, [[Wootton, West Oxfordshire|Wootton]]
| West Oxfordshire
|-
! OX25
| BICESTER
| [[Ambrosden]], [[Arncott]], [[Blackthorn, Oxfordshire|Blackthorn]], Caulcott, [[Duns Tew]], Little Chesterton, [[Lower Heyford]], [[Merton, Oxfordshire|Merton]], [[Middle Aston]], [[Middleton Stoney]], [[North Aston]], [[Piddington, Oxfordshire|Piddington]], [[Rousham]], [[Somerton, Oxfordshire|Somerton]], [[Steeple Aston]], [[Steeple Barton]], [[Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire|Upper Heyford]], [[Wendlebury]], [[Weston-on-the-Green]]
| Cherwell, West Oxfordshire
|-
! OX26
| BICESTER
| [[Bicester]], [[Chesterton, Oxfordshire|Chesterton]], [[Launton]]
| Cherwell
|-
! OX27
| BICESTER
| [[Ardley, Oxfordshire|Ardley]], [[Bainton, Oxfordshire|Bainton]], Baynards Green, [[Bucknell, Oxfordshire|Bucknell]], [[Caversfield]], [[Charndon]], [[Fewcott]], [[Fringford]], [[Fritwell]], [[Godington]], [[Hardwick, Cherwell|Hardwick]], [[Hethe]], [[Marsh Gibbon]], Newton Morrell, [[Poundon]], [[Souldern]], [[Stoke Lyne]], [[Stratton Audley]], [[Tusmore, Oxfordshire|Tusmore]]
| Cherwell, Buckinghamshire
|-
! OX28
| WITNEY
| [[Witney]]
| West Oxfordshire
|-
! OX29
| WITNEY
| [[Barnard Gate]], [[Brighthampton]], [[Church Hanborough]], [[Combe, Oxfordshire|Combe]], [[Crawley, Oxfordshire|Crawley]], [[Curbridge, Oxfordshire|Curbridge]], [[Ducklington]], [[Eynsham]], [[Freeland, Oxfordshire|Freeland]], [[Hailey, Oxfordshire|Hailey]], [[Hardwick, West Oxfordshire|Hardwick]], High Cogges, [[Long Hanborough]], New Yatt, [[Newbridge, Oxfordshire|Newbridge]], [[North Leigh]], East End ([[North Leigh]]), Old Shifford, [[Shifford]], [[Standlake]], [[Stanton Harcourt]], [[Stonesfield]], Sutton, [[Yelford]]
| West Oxfordshire
|-
! OX33
| OXFORD
| [[Wheatley, Oxfordshire|Wheatley]], [[Forest Hill, Oxfordshire|Forest Hill]], [[Holton, Oxfordshire|Holton]], [[Horspath]], [[Horton-cum-Studley]], [[Littleworth, South Oxfordshire|Littleworth]], Milton Common, [[Stanton St. John]], [[Waterperry]], [[Waterstock]], Woodperry
| South Oxfordshire, Cherwell
|-
! OX39
| CHINNOR
| [[Chinnor]], [[Sydenham, Oxfordshire|Sydenham]], [[Kingston Blount]], [[Crowell, Oxfordshire|Crowell]], [[Henton, Oxfordshire|Henton]], [[Emmington]]
| South Oxfordshire
|-
! OX44
| OXFORD
| Ascott, [[Chalgrove]], [[Chippinghurst]], [[Chiselhampton]], [[Cuddesdon]], [[Denton, Oxfordshire|Denton]], [[Garsington]], [[Great Haseley]], [[Great Milton]], [[Little Baldon]], Little Haseley, Little Milton, [[Marsh Baldon]], [[Nuneham Courtenay]], [[Stadhampton]], [[Toot Baldon]]
| South Oxfordshire
|-
! OX49
| WATLINGTON
| [[Watlington, Oxfordshire|Watlington]], [[Lewknor]], [[Aston Rowant]], [[Pyrton]], [[Brightwell Baldwin]], [[Britwell Salome]], [[Cuxham]], [[Shirburn]], [[Christmas Common]], [[Easington, South Oxfordshire|Easington]]
| South Oxfordshire
|}

==Map==
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{{Postcode area imagemap|map=OX postcode area|size=550x550px}}

==See also==
*[[Postcode Address File]]
*[[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.poweredbypaf.com/ Royal Mail's Postcode Address File]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180926234202/https://www.poweredbypaf.com/how-the-royal-mail-postcode-address-file-paf-helps-organisations-verify-their-customers-identities/ A quick introduction to Royal Mail's Postcode Address File (PAF)]

{{Postcode areas in the United Kingdom}}

[[Category:Geography of Oxford|Postcode area]]
[[Category:Geography of Oxfordshire]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering South East England]]
[[Category:Postcode areas covering the East Midlands]]

OX postcode area - Revision history

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