Forest Hill

17°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 21° / 16° · 78% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:34Sunset 19:26

12h 52m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Anti-social behaviour1

Neighbourhood team: Wheatley and Chalgrove · Thames Valley

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

142 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

46 food businesses within 2 miles

• 36 rated 4–5 ★ (28 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 5 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£474,283 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,392 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,034
• 2 bed £1,282
• 3 bed £1,602

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

10.0× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 10.0 times median annual pay (10.6× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 168.9p · Asda (3.8 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (5.4 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

67 charging locations within ~8 km

• 12 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Stanton St John Village Hall (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres1
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches6
• Playgrounds2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

149,082 residents in South Oxfordshire · 220/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 61%
• 65+: 21%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 302 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,598 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (28% of 67,120)

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

85 schools · 25,829 pupils

57 primary · 9 secondary · 19 other

Ofsted: 22 of 28 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (79%)

72inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

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

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 (Forest Hill Conservation Area)
• Within the Green Belt
• 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

360 applications decided

92.5% granted · 333 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat

Henley and Thame

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Lab 3
• Con 1
• LD 20
• Grn 8
• Oth 4

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

• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

44 jobs advertised · £34,125 avg

e.g. Electrical Supervisor, Become a Maths Tutor in Forest Hill – Flexible & Remote, Become a French Tutor in Forest Hill – Flexible & Remote

Source: Adzuna

£935 median full-time weekly pay

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

£35,652 disposable income per head (2024)

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

46% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 67,091 certificates

9.3% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

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

11% low-carbon electricity

Gas 53% · Imports 37% · Biomass 5% · Wind 3%

236 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

64% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.8
• Feeling worthwhile7.9
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Henley and Thame:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership682 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases299 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s289 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office263 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Forest Hill, Oxfordshire · 0.1 km

  Forest Hill is a village in the civil parish of Forest Hill with Shotover, in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 4.5 miles (7 km) east of Oxford. The village which is about 330 feet (100 m)…

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  Stanton Great Wood · 1.2 km

  Stanton Great Wood is a 58.2-hectare (144-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north-east of Oxford in Oxfordshire.

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  Shotover Park · 1.2 km

  Shotover Park is an 18th-century country house and park near Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England. The house, garden and parkland are Grade I-listed with English Heritage, and 18 additional structures on the property are al…

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  Stanton St. John · 1.2 km

  Stanton St John is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England, about 4.5 miles (7 km) northeast of the centre of Oxford. The village is 330 feet (100 m) above sea level on the eastern brow of a group of hills…

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  Lyehill Quarry · 1.3 km

  Lyehill Quarry is a 2.8-hectare (6.9-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Oxford in Oxfordshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

• Forest Hill with Shotover · 1.3 km

  Forest Hill with Shotover is a civil parish covering 7.56 km2 of South Oxfordshire approximately centred 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Oxford. Its population in 2011 was 856, almost exclusively in the villages of Forest Hi…

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