RG23 8EB Basingstoke and Deane
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: Winklebury & Manydown. Region: South East.
Streets
- Warwick Road, Basingstoke: 53 addresses
- Winklebury Way, Basingstoke: 3 addresses
- Unnamed street near Warwick Road, West Ham: 1 address
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 C (58% of about 620 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
- Three Barrels Winklebury Centre Basingstoke: up to 5 homes, permissioned (150 m)
- Site Of Harlech Hall Harlech Close Winklebury Basingstoke, not permissioned (150 m)
- Site Of Harlech Hall Harlech Close Winklebury Basingstoke, not permissioned (150 m)
- Land At Former Newman Bassett House Basingstoke, not permissioned (220 m)
- Regeneration Of Fort Hill School, Newman Bassett House And Winklebury Centre: up to 134 homes, pending decision (290 m)
- Former Fort Hill Community School Regeneration: up to 123 homes, not permissioned (380 m)
- Land North Of West Ham Lane Worting Road Basingstoke: up to 35 homes, not permissioned (760 m)
- 241-45 Old Worting Road Basingstoke, permissioned (770 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 at medium risk and 3 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 57 addresses are between 112 m and 118 m above sea level (115 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 98%, gigabit 98% 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 | 2.4 km |
| Bramley (Hampshire) 265,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 8.1 km | |
| Overton 174,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.7 km | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m, 15 within 800 m; nearest Winklebury Centre | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Basingstoke | 2.6 km |
| Car parks | Vyne Meadow Car Park | 2.4 km |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km; nearest MFG Charging Station | 1.4 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 39.0 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 51.3 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Bramblys Grange Medical Practice | 2.5 km |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Pharmacy Link | 130 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest South Ham Dental Surgery | 1.5 km |
| Hospital | Basingstoke And North Hampshire Hospital | 1.6 km |
| Police station | Basingstoke Police Station | 2.8 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest ATM | 660 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 790 m² | 440 m |
| Largest park within 800 m | Unnamed 1.4 ha | 730 m |
| Play area | 7 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 590 m² | 100 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Winklebury Park 8.8 ha | 330 m |
| Allotments | 8 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,110 m² | 130 m |
Within 800 m: 3 parks and gardens, 1.8 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Winklebury camp, a scheduled monument, 370 m north.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Winklebury camp | Scheduled monument | 370 m north |
| Round barrow cemetery beside Seymour Road | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Worting Wood | Wood | 1.4 km west |
| Kite Hill | Hill | 1.7 km south-west |
| Wootton Copse | Wood | 1.9 km west |
| The Spinney | Wood | 1.9 km north |
| Kirval Lane Row Copse | Wood | 2.3 km west |
| Farm Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.3 km north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 5 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 9 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 42 | 57 |
15 of the postcode's 57 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 | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 9% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 27% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 12% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 57% | 17% |
| Private rented | 15% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 55% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 14% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 10% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 26% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 55% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 11% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 21% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 24% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 4 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 Warwick Road.