Leafield

17°CMist

• Today: 24° / 16° · 37% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:25

12h 48m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

7US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

1 reported · July 2026

• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Witney · 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)

8 food businesses within 2 miles

• 6 rated 4–5 ★ (6 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Ascott-under-Wychwood (3.9 km)
• 7 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 (9.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 187.7p · Asda (9.3 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

7 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 120 kW
• Nearest: Old Swan & Minster Mill Hotel Car Park (4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches4
• 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 (Leafield Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 15 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)

• Schools1
• Parks & greens35
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,600 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

20 jobs advertised · £36,142 avg

e.g. Ipaf operator, Technical Support Specialist, IT Systems 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

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 13% · Imports 9% · Biomass 8%

256 gCO₂/kWh · very high 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

• Leafield Castle · 0.2 km

  Leafield Castle is a motte castle in the village of Leafield in the north west region of Oxfordshire. All that is left of the castle are the earthworks and the earth mound that formed the centre of the castle. It has…

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  Leafield · 0.2 km

  Leafield is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Witney in West Oxfordshire, England. The parish includes the hamlet of Langley, 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Leafield village. The 2011 Census reco…

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  Leafield Technical Centre · 1.4 km

  Leafield Technical Centre is a former radio communications station, now a motorsports centre of excellence, in the hamlet of Langley, in the western part of the village of Leafield in Oxfordshire, England.

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  Wychwood · 2.7 km

  Wychwood or Wychwood Forest is a 501.7-hectare (1,240-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Witney in Oxfordshire. It is also a Nature Conservation Review site, Grade 1, and an area of 263.4 he…

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  Ascott d'Oyley · 3.0 km

  Ascott d'Oyley is a village in Oxfordshire, England. The name 'Ascott' is derived from the Old English ēast (east) and cot (cottage), whilst d’Oyley was appended because Wido de Oileo 'held the place in the late eleve…

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  Ascott Earl Castle · 3.7 km

  Ascott Earl Castle was a castle in the village of Ascott Earl, Oxfordshire, England.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)