HP4 1NF Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Ivinghoe. Region: South East.
Streets
- Beacon Road, Buckinghamshire: 14 addresses
- Unnamed street near Beacon Road, Ringshall: 5 addresses
- Beacon Road, Buckinghamshire: 2 addresses
- Unnamed street near Beacon Road, Ivinghoe: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Beacon Road, Ringshall: 1 address
- Hog Hall Lane, Buckinghamshire: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Beacon Road, Ringshall: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Beacon Road, Ringshall: 1 address
- Unnamed street near Stocks Road, Ringshall: 1 address
- Unnamed street near B489, Ringshall: 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 E (28% of about 1,110 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: yes, Buckinghamshire.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Ashridge Farm Bungalow Ringshall Road Dagnall Buckinghamshire HP4 1ND: up to 1 home, permissioned (830 m (0.5 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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: 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 29 addresses are between 202 m and 245 m above sea level (220 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 80%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 10% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Tring 788,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.3 miles) |
| Berkhamsted 1.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) | |
| Cheddington 83,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.9 km (4.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beacon Road Ringshall | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 15.8 km (9.8 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Edlesborough Surgery | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Windmill Pharmacy | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Edlesborough Dental Practice | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Luton And Dunstable University Hospital | 11 km (6.8 miles) |
| Police station | Tring Police Station | 6.4 km (4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | The Green 2.2 ha | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 210 m² | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1.7 ha | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.8 ha | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Roman site on Moneybury Hill, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west. 6 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Roman site on Moneybury Hill | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Bell barrow on Moneybury Hill, 500m NNE of the Bridgewater Monument. | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Earthwork at Wards Coombe | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Ashridge Estate | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Prince Charles Plantation | Wood | 350 m north |
| Ivinghoe Common | Wood | 370 m south-west |
| Arthur MacDonald's Plantation | Wood | 410 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Hanging Coombe | Valley | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Moneybury Hill | Hill | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) south-west |
| College Lake | Lake or reservoir | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 29 |
7 of the postcode's 29 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for Buckinghamshire: see them on the Buckinghamshire page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 13% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 74% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 25% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 71% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 58% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 30% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 12% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 Beacon Road.