Middle Barton

8°COvercast

• Today: 11° / 7° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:03Sunset 16:34

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

21US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

• 6.4 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 4.8% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

6 reported · August 2026▲ 200% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences3
• Anti-social behaviour1
• Criminal damage & arson1
• Drugs1

Neighbourhood team: Woodstock · Thames Valley

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

131 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 178 casualties · 11.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

14 food businesses within 2 miles

• 12 rated 4–5 ★ (11 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Heyford (4.8 km)
• 2 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£416,123 average▼ 2.3% YoY

Across West Oxfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,305 average monthly rent▲ 1.8% YoY

• 1 bed £954
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,518

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

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

1,543 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 192.9p · Asda (11.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 207.9p · Asda (11.7 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

9 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Soho Farmhouse (3.9 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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK7,000
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK6,341
• Net moves+659

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 270 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

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

672 CQC-registered services

• Care homes149
• GP practices107
• Dentists167
• Homecare agencies173
• Hospitals & hospices16

CQC ratings: 92% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Oxfordshire

• In a conservation area (The Bartons Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 50 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

315 applications decided

96.5% granted · 304 granted, 11 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Labour / Green coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 17
• LD 19
• Grn 4
• Ref 1

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

• Schools1
• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,635 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

1 jobs advertised · £32,500 avg

e.g. Project Support graduate

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

47% low-carbon electricity

Gas 49% · Wind 24% · Biomass 13% · Nuclear 10%

210 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.4 yrs women · 83 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 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

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in OX7

• Chipping Norton Health Centre
• Wychwood Surgery
• The Charlbury Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Banbury:

• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases507 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks336 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation242 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Support the Ceramics Industry and protect British manufacturing jobs and skills174 local signatures · 111,154 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND155 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Westcott Barton · 0.8 km

  Westcott Barton, also spelt Wescot Barton or Wescote Barton, is a village and civil parish on the River Dorn in West Oxfordshire about 7 miles (11 km) east of Chipping Norton and about 9+1⁄2 miles (15 km) south of Ban…

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  Steeple Barton · 1.3 km

  Steeple Barton is a civil parish and scattered settlement on the River Dorn in West Oxfordshire, about 8+1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) east of Chipping Norton, a similar distance west of Bicester and 9 miles (14 km) south of Ba…

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  St Martin's Church, Sandford St Martin · 1.8 km

  St Martin’s Church is a Church of England parish church in the village of Sandford St Martin, Oxfordshire, England. It serves both the village and the neighbouring hamlet of Ledwell, and has been part of the Barton Be…

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  Sandford St Martin · 1.9 km

  Sandford St Martin is a village and civil parish in West Oxfordshire about 7 miles (11 km) east of Chipping Norton and about 12 miles (19 km) south of Banbury. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 209.

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  Horsehay Quarries · 2.4 km

  Horsehay Quarries is a 8.4-hectare (21-acre) former quarry and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest west of Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.

• Horsehay Sand Formation · 2.6 km

  The Horsehay Sand Formation is a geological formation in England. Part of the Great Oolite Group, it was deposited in the Bajocian to Bathonian stages of the Middle Jurassic, the lithology consists of weakly cemented…

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