Boars Hill

8°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 6° · 24% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 6° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:06Sunset 16:31

9h 25m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 6.6 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

2 reported · August 2026▼ 67% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour1
• Other theft1

Neighbourhood team: Abingdon Outer · Thames Valley

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

147 reported road collisions (2025)

39 killed or seriously injured · 170 casualties · 10.6 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

20 food businesses within 2 miles

• 18 rated 4–5 ★ (16 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Oxford (4.5 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£411,712 average▲ 4.6% YoY

Across Vale of White Horse · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,352 average monthly rent▲ 2.9% YoY

• 1 bed £987
• 2 bed £1,230
• 3 bed £1,503

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

2,018 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 173.9p · Asda (5.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (5.3 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

76 charging locations within ~8 km

• 16 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Oxford Brookes University (2.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools57
• Sports pitches48
• 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,643
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,391
• Net moves+2,252

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 280 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes149
• GP practices107
• Dentists167
• Homecare agencies173
• Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

• Within the Green Belt
• 17 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

201 applications decided

95.5% granted · 192 granted, 9 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

7,165 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

14 jobs advertised · £34,199 avg

e.g. Infrastructure Engineer, Office Cleaners, Technical Systems Engineer

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

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82.7 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in OX1

• Beaumont Elms Practice
• Luther Street Medical Practice
• Northgate Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Oxford West and Abingdon:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks425 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills187 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND175 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review the 2026 visa brake: Publish evidence & create transitional arrangements127 local signatures · 38,019 nationwide
• Make statutory maternity pay 90% of wage for first 12 weeks & minimum wage after94 local signatures · 58,157 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

• 
  Boars Hill · 0.0 km

  Boars Hill is a hamlet 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Oxford, straddling the boundary between the civil parishes of Sunningwell and Wootton. It consists of about 360 dwellings spread over an area of nearly two square mil…

• 
  Jarn Mound · 0.4 km

  Jarn Mound is a mound on Boars Hill which was completed in 1931. It was commissioned by Sir Arthur Evans to provide and preserve the view of the "dreaming spires" of Oxford and the surroundings which the poet Matthew…

• Hundred of Hormer · 0.5 km

  Hormer was an ancient hundred of Berkshire, England. It consisted of the area immediately west of Oxford within the bend of the River Thames, all of which was transferred to Oxfordshire on 1 April 1974 in accordance…

• 
  Midvale Ridge · 1.1 km

  The Midvale Ridge is a natural region in South Central England formed by a band of low-lying limestone hills that run from southwest to northeast, from Swindon to the Vale of Aylesbury. It has been designated as Natio…

• 
  Youlbury Scout Activity Centre · 1.1 km

  Youlbury Scout Activity Centre is one of a number of The Scout Association's National Scout Activity Centres in the United Kingdom and is the oldest permanent Scout campsite in the world.

• 
  Chilswell · 1.2 km

  Chilswell is a small settlement in the parish of Cumnor, Oxfordshire. It lies between the village of South Hinksey and Boars Hill. In 1974, it was transferred from Berkshire.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)