HP21 8FH Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 2007. Ward: Aylesbury South West. Region: South East.
Streets
- Coxhill Way, Aylesbury: 92 addresses
- Penn Road, Aylesbury: 1 address
- York Place, Aylesbury: 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 B (60% of about 940 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
- Kingfisher House 61 Walton Street Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 7AY: up to 5 homes, permissioned (440 m)
- 7 - 9 Kingsbury, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2JA: up to 5 homes, permissioned (510 m)
- Land To The Rear Of 23 To 29 Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP20 2LR: up to 9 homes, permissioned (610 m)
- LJ'z Nightclub, Unit 2, Britannia Walk: up to 5 homes, permissioned (630 m)
- Elsinore House, 43 Buckingham Street: up to 33 homes, permissioned (670 m)
- PO Sorting Office, Cambridge Street: up to 23 homes, not permissioned (740 m)
- 67 Walton Road: up to 5 homes, permissioned (750 m)
- Ardenham Lane: up to 54 homes, permissioned (800 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 90 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 91 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 91 very low.
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 77 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Aylesbury 900,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 210 m |
| Stoke Mandeville 192,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.4 km | |
| Aylesbury Vale Parkway 128,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 11 stops within 400 m, 49 within 800 m; nearest Railway Station Aylesbury | 210 m |
| Bus or coach station | Aylesbury Bus Stn | 260 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m; nearest Waterside North Car Park | 360 m |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 370 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 31.4 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Whitehill Surgery | 860 m |
| Pharmacies | 7 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Morrisons Pharmacy | 380 m |
| NHS dentists | 10 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Buckinghamshire Priority Dental | 160 m |
| Hospital | Stoke Mandeville Hospital | 1.8 km |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police Station | 570 m |
| Cash machines | 4 machines within 800 m; nearest Cash machine 28-30 Market Square Halifax | 440 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 4,020 m² | 290 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 1.5 ha | 780 m |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 330 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 7,560 m² | 240 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Old Stoke Road Allotments 2.4 ha | 580 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 2.4 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Greenend House, a listed building (Grade II*), 430 m north. 167 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 1 of them Grade I and 10 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Greenend House | Listed building, Grade II* | 430 m north |
| 26, Temple Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m north |
| The Kings Head Hotel | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m north |
| 28, Temple Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 480 m north |
| Hartwell House | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| The Vale | Valley | 740 m north-east |
| Rifle Spinney | Wood | 2.2 km west |
| Park Hill | Hill | 2.3 km west |
| Beech Walk | Wood | 2.5 km south-west |
| The Grove | Wood | 2.6 km west |
| Oakfield Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.4 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 10 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 84 | 94 |
10 of the postcode's 94 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 | 31 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 24% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 21% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 4% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 21% | 17% |
| Private rented | 58% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 76% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 6% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 24% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 51% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 51% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 46% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 70% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 4% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 3 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 Coxhill Way.