HP13 7LB Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Totteridge & Bowerdean. Region: South East.
Streets
- Totteridge Road, High Wycombe: 31 addresses
- Healey Avenue, High Wycombe: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Buckinghamshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,527 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,684 | £1,965 | £2,246 | £2,527 | £3,088 | £3,650 | £4,211 | £5,053 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (58% of about 710 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- 175-179 Gordon Road High Wycombe HP13 6AR: up to 5 homes, permissioned (540 m)
- Netley Works, 89 Queens Road, High Wycombe: up to 11 homes, not permissioned (590 m)
- Duke Street, High Wycombe: up to 90 homes, not permissioned (650 m)
- Harlow House 65 - 69 London Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 1BN: up to 16 homes, permissioned (660 m)
- Rye Court Hotel 141 London Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 1BT: up to 9 homes, permissioned (770 m)
- 25 - 26 Easton Street High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP11 1NT: up to 8 homes, permissioned (800 m)
- Easton Street / Eastern Quarter, High Wycombe: up to 137 homes, not permissioned (840 m)
- 51 Castle StreetHigh WycombeBuckinghams, HP13 5DR: up to 5 homes, permissioned (900 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 6 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 10 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 32 addresses are between 85 m and 101 m above sea level (94 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | High Wycombe 2.2 million journeys in 2024–25 | 830 m |
| Bourne End 255,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.2 km | |
| Beaconsfield 1.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m, 39 within 800 m; nearest Bowerdean Crossroads High Wycombe | 60 m |
| Bus or coach station | Station Interchange High Wycombe | 850 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m; nearest Duke Street Car Park | 650 m |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest bp pulse Charging Station | 670 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 26.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 5 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Kingswood Surgery | 840 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Aqsa Pharmacy | 650 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Amersham Hill Dental Clinic | 900 m |
| Hospital | Wycombe Hospital | 1.5 km |
| Police station | Wycombe Police Station | 1.2 km |
| Cash machines | Cash machine 35A High Street Halifax | 1.2 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.1 ha | 630 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 170 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 22 ha | 680 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,810 m² | 1.1 km |
Within 800 m: 7 parks and gardens, 3.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is St John the Baptist's Hospital, a scheduled monument, 830 m south-west. 28 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| St John the Baptist's Hospital | Scheduled monument | 830 m south-west |
| Bassetsbury Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 890 m south |
| Castle Hill, a motte and bailey castle and Saxon burial 50m west of Castle Hill House | Scheduled monument | 1.0 km west |
| Wycombe Abbey | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.4 km south-west |
| Hughenden Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas Wood | Wood | 400 m north-west |
| Hangingcroft Wood | Wood | 1.1 km east |
| Keep Hill | Hill | 1.3 km south |
| Warren Wood | Wood | 1.3 km south-west |
| Pistle's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km east |
| Penn Bottom | Valley | 4.1 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 23 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 8 | 32 |
24 of the postcode's 32 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 34 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 20% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 67% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 34% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 30% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 8% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 30% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 8% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 65% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 79% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 6% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 5 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Totteridge Road.