Latitude: 50.9299 / 50°55'47"N
Longitude: -1.3695 / 1°22'10"W
OS Eastings: 444409
OS Northings: 114688
OS Grid: SU444146
Mapcode National: GBR RWG.ZP
Mapcode Global: FRA 860N.B8V
Plus Code: 9C2WWJHJ+X6
Maidenhead Locator System: IO90hw53
What Three Birds: cuckoo.twite.warbler
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
SO18 1BU is a large user postcode in Bitterne Park, Southampton. It was first introduced in December 1994.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Bitterne Park Secondary School, 1 Copsewood Road, Southampton SO18 1BU.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
Southampton is a city, which had a population of 253,651 in the 2011 census.
SO18 1BU is in the Southampton travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Southampton City Primary Care Trust.
SO18 1BU is approximately 26m (85ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing SO18 1BU
5a2: Urbanites - Urban Professionals and Families - Multi-Ethnic Professionals with Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for SO18 1BU
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
8/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Supermarkets near SO18 1BU include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Farmfoods, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of SO18 1BU are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
Southampton City Council
Ward
Bitterne Park
Councillors
David Fuller (Conservative)
Tony Bunday (Independent)
Phil Webb (Labour)
Amanda Barnes-Andrews (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Southampton, Itchen
MP
Royston Smith (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for SO18 1BU.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near SO18 1BU.
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