Blewbury

19°CSunny

• Today: 22° / 14° · 26% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 12° · Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:31

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

22US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

5 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Burglary1
• Vehicle crime1

Neighbourhood team: Wantage and Grove · 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)

7 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Didcot Parkway (4.7 km)
• 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: 168.9p · Asda (7.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 193.9p · Asda (7.9 km)

1 station within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

25 charging locations within ~8 km

• 7 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Ashbrook Lets (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools10
• Sports pitches13
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds2

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 (Blewbury Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 72 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

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

Didcot and Wantage

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

38 jobs advertised · £32,720 avg

e.g. Online French Tutor - Part Time, Online Spanish Tutoring Job in Blewbury – Flexible Schedule, Become a French Tutor in Blewbury – Flexible & Remote

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

17% low-carbon electricity

Gas 66% · Imports 16% · Biomass 7% · Nuclear 4%

278 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Didcot and Wantage:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership723 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership489 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s381 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office285 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Blewbury · 0.3 km

  Blewbury is a village and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs section of the North Wessex Downs about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Didcot, 14 miles (23 km) south of Oxford and 50 miles (80 km) west of London.…

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  Blewburton Hill · 1.5 km

  Blewburton Hill is the site of an Iron Age hillfort located in Oxfordshire, in the southeast of England. It was a univallate hillfort. The area is mostly farmland with some small areas of wooded copse to the south and…

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  Aston Upthorpe · 2.0 km

  Aston Upthorpe is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot in South Oxfordshire. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The motion picture Na…

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  Upton, Vale of White Horse · 2.2 km

  Upton is a spring line village and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs, about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot in the Vale of the White Horse district. Historically in Berkshire, it has been administered as…

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  West Hagbourne · 2.4 km

  West Hagbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 259.

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  Upton and Blewbury railway station · 2.4 km

  Upton and Blewbury railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It served Upton, with Blewbury and West Hagbourne being only 1 mile (1.6 km) from the station. It was opened…

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