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Shenington

Shenington is a village in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of around 425. There is one bus stop in the area. This page gathers weather, crime, food hygiene, transport, flood risk, house prices, population, deprivation and your local MP for the Shenington area — all from official UK open data.

On deprivation, the Cherwell area is among the least deprived areas in England (IoD2025). The wider council area has around 161,012 residents at roughly 274 people per km².

Council
Cherwell
County
Oxfordshire
Constituency
Banbury
Police force
Thames Valley
58/ 100

My Area Score

Good

Ranked 93rd of 294 English council areas — better than 68% of them.

Low crime60
Home affordability35
Affordable rents33
Good schools62
Life expectancy81
Low deprivation82
Employment82
Low council tax16

A percentile blend of eight open measures (100 = best in England); bars show this area’s England-wide percentile on each. See the rankings · methodology

Weather

10°CPartly Cloudy

  • Today: 10° / 5° · 19% rain
  • Tomorrow: 11° / 6° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Daylight

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:35

9h 33m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

Air quality

29US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

Air pollution (PM2.5)

  • 6.8 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
  • 5.1% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

Crime

2 reported · August 2026▲ 100% YoY

  • Burglary1
  • Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Banbury Rural · Thames Valley

Local policing priorities

  • Speeding Speeding has been identified as an issue in our rural villages. Community Speedwatch is running in some villages with others loo…
  • Parking issues continue to be a concern across the area, with Bloxham identified as a repeat problem location. Local residents have raise…

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

Road safety

197 reported road collisions (2025)

57 killed or seriously injured · 259 casualties · 12.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

Food hygiene

10 food businesses within 2 miles

  • 9 rated 4–5 ★ (8 top)
  • 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

Flood risk

No active flood warnings nearby.

Buses & trains

  • 1 bus stops within ~½ mile

Live trains from Banbury (9.3 km):

Loading live departures…

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

House prices

£355,981 average▲ 2.6% YoY

Across Cherwell · to 2026-08

Detached£571,986
Semi-detached£355,133
Terraced£294,660
Flat£172,531

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

Private rents

£1,304 average monthly rent▲ 2.2% YoY

  • 1 bed £975
  • 2 bed £1,217
  • 3 bed £1,470

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

Affordability

9.3× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 9.3 times median annual pay (10.0× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

Property sales

2,110 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

Fuel prices

  • Cheapest petrol: 172.9p · Asda (9.9 km)
  • Cheapest diesel: 197.9p · Asda (9.9 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

EV charging

4 charging locations within ~8 km

  • 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
  • Fastest nearby: 160 kW
  • Nearest: Wroxton House Hotel (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

Sport & leisure

  • Sports centres1
  • Sports pitches5

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local news

Population

161,012 residents in Cherwell · 274/km²

  • Under 16: 19%
  • 16–64: 64%
  • 65+: 17%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Internal migration

  • Moves in from elsewhere in the UK10,469
  • Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,717
  • Net moves+752

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

Deprivation

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 244 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

Council tax

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (27% of 72,260)

A £1,722
B £2,009
C £2,296
D £2,583
E £3,157
F £3,731
G £4,305
H £5,166

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

Schools

74 schools · 24,283 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 12 other

Ofsted: 20 of 22 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (91%)

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

Secondary schools:

  • Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth FormGood
  • Gosford Hill SchoolGood
  • The Bicester SchoolGood
  • The Warriner SchoolGood
  • Whitelands AcademyGood
  • Futures Institute Banbury
  • North Oxfordshire Academy
  • The Cooper School
  • Wykham Park

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cherwell

Care & health services

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

Heritage & planning

  • In a conservation area (Shenington with Alkerton)
  • Not in the Green Belt
  • 58 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

Planning decisions

251 applications decided

89.2% granted · 224 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Your MP

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Recent votes:

  • AyeDraft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026
  • NoOpposition day motion: Support for British farmers
  • AyeWithdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
  • AyeDraft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process

Source: UK Parliament

Council control

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

  • Lab 8
  • Con 8
  • LD 18
  • Grn 4
  • Ref 6
  • Oth 4

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

Amenities nearby

  • Schools1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

Local businesses

8,725 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

Jobs

15 jobs advertised · £34,309 avg

e.g. IT Support & Infrastructure Engineer, Commercial Cleaners, MSP Field Engineer

Source: Adzuna

Local economy

£784 median full-time weekly pay

2.3% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£27,182 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

Energy efficiency

53% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 75,407 certificates

9% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

Grid electricity

52% low-carbon electricity

Gas 44% · Wind 22% · Nuclear 22% · Imports 5%

177 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for West Midlands · National Grid ESO

Health

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

Wellbeing

  • Life satisfaction7.6
  • Feeling worthwhile7.8
  • Happiness yesterday7.5
  • Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)2.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Health services

4 GP surgeries · 3 pharmacies in OX15

  • Deddington Health Centre
  • Bloxham Surgery
  • Sibford Surgery

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Local petitions

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Banbury:

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

Notable places nearby

  • Shenington · 0.1 km

    Shenington is a village in the civil parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. It is about 5 miles (8 km) west of Banbury. Shenington was an exclave of Gloucestershire until…

  • Shenington with Alkerton · 0.6 km

    Shenington with Alkerton is a civil parish in the Cherwell district, in the county of Oxfordshire, England. It comprises the village of Shenington, which was an exclave of Gloucestershire until the Counties Act 1844 t…

  • Alkerton, Oxfordshire · 0.7 km

    Alkerton is a village in the civil parish of Shenington with Alkerton, in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England. It is on the county boundary with Warwickshire, about 5 miles (8 km) west of Banbury.

  • Shenington Airfield · 1.0 km

    Shenington Airfield, previously known as RAF Edgehill, is an Aerodrome located west of Shenington, Oxfordshire. It is owned by Shenington Airfield Ltd, and leases use of the site to various organisations, predominantl…

  • Balscote · 2.3 km

    Balscote or Balscott is a village in the civil parish of Wroxton, Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) west of Banbury. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the place-name as Berescote. Curia regis rolls from 1204 and 120…

  • Red Horse of Tysoe · 2.7 km

    The Red Horse of Tysoe was a hill figure in the parish of Tysoe, South Warwickshire, England, cut into the red clay below the escarpment of Edgehill. It gave its name to the surrounding area, which is still known as…

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)

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Frequently asked questions

Where is Shenington?
Shenington is a town in Oxfordshire, England, in the Cherwell local authority.
What is the population of Shenington?
Shenington has an approximate settlement population of 425.
How deprived is Shenington?
The Cherwell local authority, which includes Shenington, is among the least deprived areas in England on the IoD2025.