OX26 6YR

a postcode in Oxfordshire

Introduced in October 2000

OX26 6YR	Normal (geographic) postcodes	Large user postcodes

The nearby postcodes map only shows currently active postcodes. Postcode markers will cluster if they are close together, which may happen in densly populated built-up areas or where single premises have multiple postcodes.

Streets Associated with OX26 6YR

Shearwater Drive - 46 properties, USRN 6801289

Avocet Way - 1 property, USRN 6800056

Gavray Drive - 1 property, USRN 6800581

Street names are those nearest to properties in this postcode, they are not necessarily the postal address

Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8919 / 51°53'30"N

Longitude: -1.1321 / 1°7'55"W

UTM Reference: 30U 628537 5750660

OS Easting: 459823

OS Northing: 221834

OS Grid: SP598218

Location Encoding

Mapcode Local: GBR 8XK.8MJ

Mapcode Global: VHCX4.BQC2

Open Location Code: 9C3WVVR9+P5

Maidenhead Locator System: IO91kv44

Demographics

Urban/Rural Indicator: C1

urban city or town
a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside

ONS Population Classification: 2a1

Suburbanites and Peri-Urbanites
Inner Suburbs and Small Town Living
Younger Suburban Family Renters

Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD): 32250 / 32844

10th decile
least deprived

Demographics are based on the LSOA containing this postcode and not necessarily this postcode alone

Sun and Moon Times for OX26 6YR on Sunday 21 June 2026

Nautical twilight begins (First light)	02:38
Civil twilight begins (Dawn)	03:56
Sunrise	04:44
Transit (sun is at its highest)	13:06
Sunset	21:27
Civil twilight ends (Dusk)	22:16
Nautical twilight ends (Nightfall)	23:33

Hours of daylight today	04:14 to 21:57
Hours of darkness tonight (lighting-up time)	21:57 to 04:15
Moon Phase	First Quarter
Moon Rises	11:37
Moon sets	23:54

For a full sun and moon calendar for OX26 6YR, go to The Time and Place

Residential Property Sales in OX26 6YR

Date	Address	Property Type	Tenure	Price
5 June 2023	53 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£430,000
26 May 2023	41 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£500,000
19 August 2022	19 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£523,500
4 May 2022	83 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£495,000
8 April 2021	67 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£575,000
24 March 2021	61 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£615,000
2 October 2020	81 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£475,000
18 September 2020	77 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£425,000
4 May 2018	23 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£440,000
22 July 2016	65 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£570,000
22 October 2015	29 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£480,000
28 August 2015	85 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£360,000
12 June 2015	57 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£440,000
7 July 2014	77 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£339,000
17 July 2013	63 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£365,000
5 March 2013	3 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£345,000
8 November 2012	71 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£381,500
18 July 2012	81 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£325,000
18 May 2012	61 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£336,000
26 March 2012	15 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£332,500
10 September 2010	5 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£360,000
4 December 2009	75 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£268,000
13 August 2008	25 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£329,000
4 July 2008	27 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£295,000
30 June 2008	89 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£339,000
13 March 2008	55 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£335,000
31 May 2007	41 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£285,000
24 May 2007	59 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£287,000
9 February 2007	89 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£330,000
28 November 2006	83 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£295,000
20 October 2006	61 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£297,500
8 June 2005	39 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£222,000
17 May 2005	19 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£270,000
21 April 2004	15 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£279,950
1 October 2003	19 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£250,000
13 September 2002	39 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£190,000
13 July 2002	11 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£250,000
28 February 2002	81 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£182,000
23 November 2001	59 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£214,000
31 August 2001	7 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£233,000
29 June 2001	49 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£170,000
2 February 2001	81 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£160,000
13 December 2000	83 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£156,000
30 June 2000	37 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£183,995
6 August 1999	87 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£136,000
16 July 1999	27 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£135,000
29 June 1999	15 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£150,000
28 May 1999	85 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£128,000
17 November 1998	53 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£117,000
10 September 1998	27 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£140,000
12 May 1998	49 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£130,000
26 March 1998	17 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£120,000
14 November 1997	51 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£156,000
4 November 1997	25 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£148,000
9 June 1997	31 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£135,000
18 October 1996	3 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£105,000
16 September 1996	73 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£123,000
28 May 1996	1 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£115,000
3 April 1996	41 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£108,000
17 November 1995	77 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£90,000
4 September 1995	81 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£92,000
25 August 1995	3 Shearwater Drive, Bicester OX26 6YR	Detached	Freehold	£101,000

Key to property sale icons:

	First sale of newbuild property. This includes new properties created from existing properties, such as residential conversions of commercial or agricultural property, or subdivision of a larger residential property.
	Subsequent sale of existing property.
	Standard sale at market value to private individual.
	Additional (non-standard) sale. This includes repossessions, buy-to-lets and transfers of property sold to non-private individuals.

Elected Representatives for OX26 6YR

United Kingdom Parliament

Constituency

Bicester and Woodstock

MP

Calum Miller Liberal Democrat

Cherwell District Council

District council ward

Bicester South & Ambrosden

Councillors

Nick Cotter Liberal Democrats

Frank Ideh Liberal Democrats

Chris Pruden Liberal Democrats

OX26 6YR also falls within the Civil Parish of Bicester, which has its own parish council and parish councillors. These are not shown here.

Elected representative data is updated approximately monthly, so may not include recent by-elections or vacancies.

Government Statistical Services (GSS) data for OX26 6YR

Code	Name	Data Type	Data Theme	Active Since	Data Owner
E00145034		Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 January 2009	ONS
E01028465	Cherwell 015C	Lower layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 February 2004	ONS
E02005935	Cherwell 015	Middle layer Super Output Areas	Statistical Building Block	1 August 2004	ONS
E04013332	Bicester	Civil Parishes	Administrative	1 April 2023	DLUHC
E05012968	Bicester South and Ambrosden	Electoral Wards/Divisions	Administrative/Electoral	2 May 2019	DLUHC
E07000177	Cherwell	Non-metropolitan Districts	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E10000025	Oxfordshire	Counties	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E12000008	South East	Regions	Administrative	1 January 2009	DLUHC
E14001090	Bicester and Woodstock	Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies	Electoral	4 July 2024	LGBC
E23000029	Thames Valley	Police Force Areas	Other	1 January 2009	Home Office
E30000250	Oxford	Travel to Work Areas	Other	31 July 2015	ONS
E33043680		Workplace Zones	Census	31 December 2011	ONS
E37000053	OxLEP	Local Enterprise Partnerships	Other	31 December 2022	BEIS
E38000136	NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West ICB - 10Q	Sub Integrated Care Board Locations	Health	1 July 2022	ODS
E40000005	South East	NHS England Regions	Health	1 April 2018	ODS
E54000044	Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West	Integrated Care Boards	Health	1 April 2016	NHS
E56000034	Thames Valley	Cancer Alliances	Health	1 July 2023	NHS England
E58002056	Bicester South ED	County Electoral Divisions	Electoral	1 May 2025	DLUHC
E63011249	Bicester	Built Up Areas	Census	17 April 2024	OS
E65000001	England Non-National Park Area	England Non-National Park Area	Census	27 February 2023	ONS
E92000001	England	Country	Administrative	1 January 2009	ONS

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