Marcham

20°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 22° / 11° · 44% rain
• Tomorrow: 23° / 16° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▼ 27% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Abingdon Outer · Thames Valley

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

135 reported road collisions (2024)

36 killed or seriously injured · 161 casualties · 9.7 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

29 food businesses within 2 miles

• 29 rated 4–5 ★ (24 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Radley (7.3 km)
• 10 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£414,441 average▲ 6.3% YoY

Across Vale of White Horse · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,343 average monthly rent▲ 1.7% YoY

• 1 bed £981
• 2 bed £1,222
• 3 bed £1,493

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 169.9p · Asda (2.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (2.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

26 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: InstaVolt Marcham Road (1.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools4
• Sports pitches4
• Golf courses1
• Playgrounds1

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 305 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

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

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

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

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

259 applications decided

95.8% granted · 248 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Layla Moran

Liberal Democrat

Oxford West and Abingdon

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• Parks & greens1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

27 jobs advertised · £33,262 avg

e.g. End of Tenancy Cleaning Technician, Office Cleaning Assistant, Residential End of Lease Cleaners

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

79% low-carbon electricity

Wind 45% · Solar 14% · Gas 11% · Biomass 11%

62 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 84.9 yrs women · 82.7 yrs 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

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

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership776 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership387 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s290 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks199 local signatures · 49,615 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills187 local signatures · 110,383 nationwide

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

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  Marcham · 0.0 km

  Marcham is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) west of Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The 2011 census recorded the parish's population as 1,905. The parish includes the hamlets of Cothill 1+3⁄4 miles (2.8 km) east…

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  Denman College · 0.4 km

  Denman, formally Denman College, was a residential adult education college centred on what was Marcham Park at Marcham in the English county of Oxfordshire. Founded by the National Federation of Women’s Institutes (NF…

• Abingdon Rural District · 1.3 km

  Abingdon was a rural district in the administrative county of Berkshire from 1894 to 1974.

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  Frilford · 1.4 km

  Frilford is a hamlet and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Abingdon at the junction of the A415 and A338 roads. It was part of Berkshire unt…

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  Abingdon Preparatory School · 1.6 km

  Abingdon Preparatory School is an independent preparatory school in the rural setting of Frilford, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. It is part of the Abingdon Foundation – a collective name for it and Abingdon Sch…

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  Frilford Heath Golf Club · 1.8 km

  Frilford Heath Golf Club is a 54-hole golf club in Frilford, Oxfordshire, set amongst 500 acres of heathland to the southwest of Oxford city.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)