Ashbury

15°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 13° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 12° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:32

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

18US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

6 reported · July 2026▲ 500% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Public order2
• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Faringdon · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

135 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

5 food businesses within 2 miles

• 5 rated 4–5 ★ (3 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£414,441 average▲ 6.3% YoY

Across Vale of White Horse · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,343 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,222
• 3 bed £1,493

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

8.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 8.9 times median annual pay (9.7× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 167.9p · Asda (8.5 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (9 km)

7 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

5 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Helen Browning's Royal Oak (2.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

138,913 residents in Vale of White Horse · 240/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 20%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 305 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,577 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (30% of 64,770)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

73 schools · 24,091 pupils

50 primary · 8 secondary · 15 other

Ofsted: 17 of 19 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (89%)

61inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Vale of White Horse

676 CQC-registered services

• Care homes149
• GP practices110
• Dentists167
• Homecare agencies172
• Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 5 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

• In a conservation area (Ashbury Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 34 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

259 applications decided

95.8% granted · 248 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Charlie Maynard

Liberal Democrat

Witney

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

25 jobs advertised · £32,720 avg

e.g. IT Engineer, End of Tenancy Cleaning Technician, Residential Move-Out Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£827 median full-time weekly pay

2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£31,081 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

56% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 70,187 certificates

8.7% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

77% low-carbon electricity

Wind 51% · Gas 20% · Biomass 16% · Nuclear 9%

98 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

62% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.7
• Feeling worthwhile8.0
• Happiness yesterday7.6
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.3

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

4 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in SN6

• Shrivenham Medical Centre
• Westrop Medical Practice
• Cricklade Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witney:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership2,234 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership404 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Nationalise water companies to make water a non profit publicly owned asset384 local signatures · 30,175 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office321 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s310 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Ashbury, Oxfordshire · 0.1 km

  Ashbury is a village and large civil parish at the upper end (west) of the Vale of White Horse. It is part of the historic county of Berkshire but became administratively a part of Oxfordshire in the Local Government…

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  Idstone · 1.2 km

  Idstone is a hamlet in the civil parish of Ashbury in the Vale of White Horse. Idstone was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred the Vale of White Horse to Oxfordshire. Idstone is about 6 miles…

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  Wayland's Smithy · 1.7 km

  Wayland's Smithy is an Early Neolithic chambered long barrow located near the village of Ashbury in the south-central English county of Oxfordshire. The barrow is believed to have been completed around 3430 BCE by pas…

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  Bishopstone, Swindon · 2.4 km

  Bishopstone is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Swindon, England, about 6 miles (10 km) east of Swindon, and on the county border with Oxfordshire. Since 1934 the parish has included the village of Hinton…

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  Compton Beauchamp · 2.7 km

  Compton Beauchamp is a hamlet and civil parish 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Shrivenham in the Vale of White Horse, England. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 20…

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  Hardwell Castle · 2.8 km

  Hardwell Castle or Hardwell Camp is an Iron Age valley fort in the civil parish of Compton Beauchamp in Oxfordshire.

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