Brize Norton

9°CPartly Cloudy

• Today: 11° / 6° · 22% rain
• Tomorrow: 12° / 7° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:37

9h 35m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

15US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

17 reported · August 2026▲ 6% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences10
• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Public order2

Neighbourhood team: Carterton, Bampton and Burford · Thames Valley

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

131 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 178 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

76 food businesses within 2 miles

• 70 rated 4–5 ★ (67 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£416,123 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across West Oxfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,305 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £954
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,518

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

9.9× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.9 times median annual pay (10.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,543 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: 173.7p · Asda (2 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 198.7p · Asda (2 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Greggs Drive Through (1.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Sports pitches14
• Playgrounds3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

114,236 residents in West Oxfordshire · 160/km²

• Under 16: 18%
• 16–64: 60%
• 65+: 22%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,000
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,341
• Net moves+659

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 270 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,567 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (33% of 53,980)

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

65 schools · 18,635 pupils

49 primary · 7 secondary · 9 other

Ofsted: 27 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (96%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West Oxfordshire

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

• Not in the Green Belt
• 29 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

315 applications decided

96.5% granted · 304 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Charlie Maynard

Liberal Democrat

Witney

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 19
• Grn 4
• Ref 1

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens25
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

140 jobs advertised · £44,923 avg

e.g. SEN / SEND Tutor, Oxfordshire, Nursery Manager, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Source: Adzuna

£767 median full-time weekly pay

1.9% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£32,992 disposable income per head (2024)

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

50% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 56,152 certificates

9.8% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

43% low-carbon electricity

Gas 55% · Wind 23% · Biomass 11% · Nuclear 8%

229 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 83 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.9
• Feeling worthwhile8.1
• Happiness yesterday7.9
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

5 GP surgeries · 5 pharmacies in OX18

• Brize Norton Medical Centre
• Bampton Surgery
• Burford Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Witney:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks324 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop taxing Longer Separation Allowance on British armed forces285 local signatures · 22,219 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation278 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND249 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Review discharge of mental health patients197 local signatures · 14,649 nationwide

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

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  Brize Norton · 0.1 km

  Brize Norton is a village and civil parish 1 mile (1.6 km) east of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 938. The original part of RAF Brize Norton is in the parish.

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  Royal Air Force Football Association · 0.9 km

  The Royal Air Force Football Association, also known as the RAF FA, is the governing body of football within the Royal Air Force.

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  Crocodiles of the World · 1.7 km

  Crocodiles of the World is a zoo in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom specialising in crocodilia.

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  Brize Norton and Bampton railway station · 1.7 km

  Brize Norton and Bampton railway station was a railway station 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the village of Brize Norton on the Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway between Oxford and Fairford. The station had two stone-bui…

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  Carterton, Oxfordshire · 1.8 km

  Carterton is a town in West Oxfordshire district in the county of Oxfordshire, England and is 4 miles (6.4 km) south-west of Witney. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 15,769. The current population a…

• Carterton Community College · 2.2 km

  Carterton Community College is a coeducational secondary school located in Carterton in the English county of Oxfordshire.

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