RG23 7FD Basingstoke and Deane
Live postcode, introduced July 2016. Ward: Hatch Warren & Beggarwood. Region: South East.
Streets
Council tax
What each band costs in Basingstoke and Deane in 2026-27: Band D £2,255 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,503 | £1,754 | £2,005 | £2,255 | £2,756 | £3,258 | £3,759 | £4,510 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band D (42% of about 640 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): Basingstoke Town and Chineham and the surrounding villages of Old Basing, Oakley and Sherborne St John..
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Kempshott Park Industrial Estate Longwood Copse Lane Basingstoke, permissioned (230 m)
- The Island Site, Beggarwood Lane: up to 45 homes, permissioned (760 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 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 169 addresses are between 147 m and 162 m above sea level (155 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 | Basingstoke 4.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 6.4 km |
| Overton 174,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.7 km | |
| Micheldever 132,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 6 stops within 400 m, 13 within 800 m; nearest Play Park Kempshott Park | 250 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basingstoke | 6.3 km |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.6 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 33.8 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 55.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Camrose Gillies And Hackwood Partnership | 3.2 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 720 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Beggarwood Dental Practice | 720 m |
| Hospital | Hospital @ Home | 6.6 km |
| Police station | Police Investigation Centre | 4.3 km |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 2.6 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 24 ha | 780 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 370 m² | 220 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 1,660 m² | 1.1 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,040 m² | 850 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 24 hectares in all.
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Kempshott Copse | Wood | 380 m south-east |
| Shrub Copse | Wood | 390 m south-west |
| Peak Copse | Wood | 530 m west |
| Tower Hill | Hill | 2.4 km south-west |
| Bedlam Bottom | Valley | 3.1 km east |
| Buttermilk Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.4 km east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 10 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 85 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 73 | 169 |
96 of the postcode's 169 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 | 33 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 26% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 3% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 59% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 8% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 21% | 17% |
| Private rented | 16% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 78% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 6% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 48% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 53% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 16% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 39% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 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.