SO22 6BA Winchester
Live postcode, introduced January 1980. Ward: St Barnabas. Region: South East.
Streets
- Andover Road, Winchester: 83 addresses
- Mountbatten Court, Winchester: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in Winchester in 2026-27: Band D £2,360 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,573 | £1,835 | £2,098 | £2,360 | £2,884 | £3,409 | £3,933 | £4,720 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (28% 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): 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
- 8 Stoney Lane, Winchester: up to 7 homes, permissioned (240 m)
- 63 Andover Road, permissioned (610 m)
- St Thomas More Catholic Church, Stoney Lane, Winchester, permissioned (610 m)
- Behind Trussell Crescent, Winchester, not permissioned (690 m)
- Well House Cottage, Wellhouse Lane, Headbourne Worthy: up to 6 homes, permissioned (860 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 84 addresses are between 79 m and 82 m above sea level (80 m on average).
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 | Winchester 4.6 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.4 km |
| Shawford 140,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.3 km | |
| Chandlers Ford 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.3 km | |
| Bus stops | 10 stops within 400 m, 32 within 800 m; nearest Mountbatten Court Harestock | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Bus Station Winchester | 2.2 km |
| Car parks | Worthy Lane Car Park | 1.3 km |
| EV charging points | 4 within 1.6 km; nearest Mer | 650 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 14.4 km |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 74.6 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Friarsgate Practice | 850 m |
| Pharmacies | 2 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Boots | 850 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Winchester Dental Centre | 1.4 km |
| Hospital | Royal Hampshire County Hospital | 1.9 km |
| Police station | Hampshire & Isle of Wight Constabulary | 1.8 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 620 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Hilliers Haven 1.1 ha | 1.4 km |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,120 m² | 490 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,480 m² | 440 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1,470 m² | 650 m |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Old wall and Jacobean monument in Hyde Close, a scheduled monument, 1.4 km south-east. 4 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Old wall and Jacobean monument in Hyde Close | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-east |
| Hyde Abbey gateway | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km south-east |
| Three round barrows 500m WNW of Flowerdown House | Scheduled monument | 1.5 km north-west |
| Lainston House | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.8 km west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Tumbling Bay | Lake or reservoir | 2.0 km south-east |
| Smith's Plantation | Wood | 2.5 km north-west |
| Lanham Plantation | Wood | 2.6 km west |
| Chilcott's Plantation | Wood | 2.7 km north-west |
| Tate's Plantation | Wood | 3.0 km west |
| St Catherine's Hill | Hill | 3.8 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.7 | 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 | 13 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 71 | 84 |
13 of the postcode's 84 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 | 61 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 11% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 41% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 33% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 23% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 56% | 17% |
| Private rented | 11% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 36% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 11% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 45% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 35% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 8% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 18% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 37% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 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 Andover Road.