Marsh Baldon

17°CClear

• Today: 22° / 13° · 17% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 11° · Partly Cloudy

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:31Sunset 19:31

12h 59m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

20US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

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)

22 food businesses within 2 miles

• 21 rated 4–5 ★ (21 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Radley (3.7 km)
• 0 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: 166.9p · Asda (7.4 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (8.4 km)

5 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

44 charging locations within ~8 km

• 10 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 300 kW
• Nearest: Blackbird Leys Leisure Centre (3.1 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches4

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 (Marsh Baldon Conservation Area)
• Within the Green Belt
• 82 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

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools1
• Parks & greens2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

17 jobs advertised · £33,733 avg

e.g. IT Engineer, Technical Systems Engineer, IT Support & Infrastructure Engineer

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

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 Didcot and Wantage:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership723 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership489 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s381 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office285 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Marsh Baldon · 0.3 km

  Marsh Baldon is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire, England. The parish also includes the hamlet of Little Baldon. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 275.…

• Baldon Row · 0.6 km

  Baldon Row is a hamlet in Toot Baldon civil parish, about 5 miles (8.0 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire.

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  Nuneham Courtenay · 1.0 km

  Nuneham Courtenay is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) SSE of Oxford. It occupies several miles close to the east bank of the River Thames.

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  Harcourt Arboretum · 1.3 km

  Harcourt Arboretum is an arboretum owned and run by the University of Oxford. It is a satellite of the university's botanic garden in the city of Oxford, England. The arboretum itself is located six miles south of Oxf…

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  Toot Baldon · 1.3 km

  Toot Baldon is a village and civil parish about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 140. Toot Baldon shares a grouped parish council with the neighbouri…

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  Little Baldon · 1.6 km

  Little Baldon is a hamlet in the Marsh Baldon civil parish, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Oxford in Oxfordshire, south of Marsh Baldon and west of Chiselhampton.

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