Does OX26 flood?

Yes — parts of the OX26 district carry real flood risk: 16 of its 39 at-risk postcodes reach the Environment Agency's High likelihood band. The OX26 postcode district covers Bicester South and Ambrosden, Bicester West, Bicester East, Fringford and Heyfords, close to Launton, Wendlebury, Lower Arncott, and surrounding villages in parts of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire.

39 postcodes in the OX26 district appear in the Environment Agency's rivers-and-sea flood-risk dataset — worst bands: 16 high, 8 medium, 15 low. A postcode not listed here has no properties in any recorded risk band (which is good news, but never proof it cannot flood).

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Which OX26 postcodes are at risk?

OX26 1UF up to High OX26 1UX up to High OX26 2DY up to High OX26 4AD up to High OX26 4SW up to High OX26 5AA up to High OX26 6AN up to High OX26 6AU up to High OX26 6BD up to High OX26 6BS up to High OX26 6ET up to High OX26 6FY up to High OX26 6FZ up to High OX26 6HG up to High OX26 6UU up to High OX26 6XR up to High OX26 1UE up to Medium OX26 2GJ up to Medium OX26 2GT up to Medium OX26 2LZ up to Medium OX26 2NL up to Medium OX26 4UL up to Medium OX26 6EU up to Medium OX26 6UJ up to Medium OX26 1BS up to Low OX26 1XA up to Low OX26 2FE up to Low OX26 2GH up to Low OX26 2TP up to Low OX26 2XD up to Low OX26 2XQ up to Low OX26 4FD up to Low OX26 4FN up to Low OX26 4ST up to Low OX26 4YG up to Low OX26 5DA up to Low OX26 6UH up to Low OX26 6WD up to Low OX26 6XW up to Low

Rivers and flooding history near OX26

The rivers that matter here, each monitored live on FloodRadar:

187 official flood warnings and alerts have been raised within ~10 km of the district's centre since 2006 (34 at warning level or above), most recently 6 March 2026. Warnings cover flood areas, not individual addresses.

Recorded flood extents near the district (Environment Agency record):

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Flood risk in nearby postcode districts

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Band = the worst likelihood band of any property in that postcode (EA Risk of Flooding from Rivers & Sea, defence-adjusted, area-level). Check any postcode in detail — or get the full £19 property report — at the property flood-risk report. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown Copyright and Database Rights 2025 OS AC0000807064. This product is produced in part from PAF® and Multiple Residence Data, the copyright in which is owned by Royal Mail Group Limited and/or Royal Mail Group plc. All rights reserved. Licence number AC0000807064.