OX5 postcode district

Postcodes and sectors

706 of the district's 1,308 postcodes are live in the ONS Postcode Directory of August 2026. A postcode directory says whether a code is in use, never who is there. The live postcodes centre on 51.83046, -1.28203, which locates the district, not a building.

Companies registered in OX5

Companies House lists 2,051 companies with a registered office in OX5; 480 of them at addresses shared by 25 or more companies (1 October 2026 snapshot). 25 is the count at which the address lookup reports a company cluster.

Places OS Open Names lists for OX5

• South East
• Oxfordshire
• Cherwell
• Kidlington
• Yarnton
• West Oxfordshire
• Kirtlington
• Islip
• Tackley
• Bletchingdon
• Begbroke
• Charlton-on-Otmoor
• Oxford Spires Park
• Shipton-on-Cherwell
• Hampton Poyle
• Thrupp
• Buckinghamshire
• Oddington
• Enslow
• Gosford
• Murcott
• Bunkers Hill
• Heathfield Village
• Fencott

Roads filed under OX5

Named roads first, then numbered ones. A road is filed under one district even where it runs through several, so a street missing here may be listed under a neighbouring district — which is why the address lookup never calls a British street absent. Great Britain has no open register of buildings, so a listed road never means a building on it exists.

• Akeman Close
• Akeman Spinney
• Akeman Street
• Alexander Close
• Almond Avenue
• Andersons Close
• Annesley Close
• Ash Close
• Ashmead Way
• Ashwell Bank Lane
• Astley Avenue
• Axtell Close
• Aysgarth Road
• Azalea Avenue
• Balliol Close
• Ball Lane
• Banbury Road
• Bankside
• Barn Close
• Bartholomew Avenue
• Basset Way
• Beagles Close
• Beech Crescent
• Begbroke Crescent
• Begbroke Hill
• Begbroke Lane
• Belgrove Close
• Bellenger Way
• Ben Close
• Benmead Road
• Bernard Close
• Bicester Road
• Birchwood Drive
• Blackbull Lane
• Blacksmiths Lane
• Blandford Road
• Blenheim Road
• Bletchingdon Road
• Boarstall Lane
• Bowerman Close
• Bowood Court
• Bramley Close
• Brandon Close
• Brasenose Drive
• Briar Close
• Briar End
• Bridge Street
• Broad Close
• Broad Field Road
• Buccaneer Way
• Bull's Lane
• Bunkers Hill
• Calves Close
• Canal Close
• Canal Road
• Canal Way
• Cassington Road
• Catsham Mill Close
• Causeway
• Chamberlain Place

Check an address in OX5

Check an address in OX5

The same road list through the API, from the outward code alone:

curl "https://spaw.co/api/v1/address/streets?country=GB&postal_code=OX5" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SPAW_KEY"

Common questions about OX5

What does an OX5 postcode tell you?

That the address lies in the OX5 district of the OX (Oxford) postcode area, and the place OS Open Names most often lists first for its postcodes is Kidlington. The district alone does not place a street: the inward half of the full postcode narrows the address to one of the district's 706 live postcodes.

Where the counts come from

• ons-postcode-directory · version 2026-08 · Contains ONS, OS and Royal Mail data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Northern Ireland postcodes are excluded: their reuse needs a Land & Property Services licence.
• os-open-names · version 2026-11-01 · Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
• uk-companies-house · version 2026-10-01 · Companies House free company data product, Open Government Licence v3.0

What each figure means, and what a district page never says, is set out in Reading a British postcode district page; the glossary defines a postcode district, a postcode area, a postcode directory and a street register.

Data synced on 2026-11-01: the newest version among the datasets listed above.

Districts nearest OX5

• OX205.8 km
• OX27.1 km
• OX39.0 km
• OX259.1 km
• OX19.6 km
• OX2911.4 km
• OX2611.7 km
• OX411.9 km
• OX3312.6 km
• OX2714.8 km
• OX2814.8 km
• OX1418.0 km
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