Kencot

17°COvercast

• Today: 21° / 16° · 76% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 15° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:30

12h 56m 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

1 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Carterton, Bampton and Burford · Thames Valley

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

128 reported road collisions (2024)

34 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 11.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

23 food businesses within 2 miles

• 20 rated 4–5 ★ (20 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£416,425 average▼ 1.5% YoY

Across West Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,293 average monthly rent

• 1 bed £946
• 2 bed £1,197
• 3 bed £1,503

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 164.7p · Asda (3.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 186.9p · Valero (10.8 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

4 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Black Bourton Road Car Park (3.3 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds1

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 301 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · West 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 (Kencot Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 53 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

272 applications decided

95.2% granted · 259 granted, 13 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Charlie Maynard

Liberal Democrat

Witney

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 16
• LD 20
• Grn 4
• Ref 1

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

16 jobs advertised · £33,575 avg

e.g. MSP Field Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, IT Technician

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

38% low-carbon electricity

Gas 34% · Imports 28% · Wind 21% · Biomass 14%

165 gCO₂/kWh · moderate intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 83 yrs 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

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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  Kencot · 0.2 km

  Kencot is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 101.

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  Broadwell, Oxfordshire · 0.8 km

  Broadwell is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) south-west of Carterton in West Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 218.

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  Langford, Oxfordshire · 1.7 km

  Langford is a village and civil parish in the West Oxfordshire district of Oxfordshire, England. It lies about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire. At the 2021 census the parish had a…

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  St Matthew's Church, Langford · 1.7 km

  The Parish Church of Saint Matthew, Langford is the Church of England parish church of Langford, a village in West Oxfordshire about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Lechlade in neighbouring Gloucestershire.

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  Filkins · 1.7 km

  Filkins is a village in the civil parish of Filkins and Broughton Poggs, in the West Oxfordshire district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 2.5 miles (4 km) southwest of Carterton.

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  Swinford Museum · 1.7 km

  Swinford Museum is a small local museum in the village of Filkins, west Oxfordshire, England.

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