LU6 2HH Buckinghamshire
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Ivinghoe. Region: South East.
Streets
- Summerleys, Eaton Bray: 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 (26% of about 680 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: 2.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- BROOMSTICK COTTAGE, grade II
- JASMINE COTTAGE, grade II
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: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's address is about 96 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 | Cheddington 83,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.5 km (3.4 miles) |
| Tring 788,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) | |
| Leighton Buzzard 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 8.3 km (5.1 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 13 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Moor End Edlesborough | 20 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 14.9 km (9.3 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Edlesborough Surgery | 270 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Edlesborough Pharmacy | 270 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Edlesborough Dental Practice | 270 m |
| Hospital | Luton And Dunstable University Hospital | 8.1 km (5.1 miles) |
| Police station | Dunstable Police Station | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest ATM | 10 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 940 m² | 240 m |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 3.8 ha | 160 m |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,110 m² | 90 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm, a scheduled monument, 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west. 26 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Barn and fishpond and moated site with dovecote at Church Farm | Scheduled monument | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Barn at Church Farm | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Site of Roman villa E of church | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north-east |
| Park Farm moated site, deer park and fishponds | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Edlesborough Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Coombe Bottom | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Gallows Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) south |
| Triangle Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) south-east |
| Bison Hill | Hill | 3.2 km (2 miles) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.7 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the postcode's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 68% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 26% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 31% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 72% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 15% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 7 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 Summerleys.