Shrivenham and Watchfield

17°CMist

• Today: 24° / 17° · 54% rain
• Tomorrow: 20° / 12° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:38Sunset 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

32 reported · July 2026▼ 24% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences14
• Anti-social behaviour6
• Bicycle theft3
• Other theft3

1 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Faringdon · 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)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 11 rated 4–5 ★ (10 top)
• 1 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• 8 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: 166.7p · Asda (10.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.7p · Asda (10.9 km)

8 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

10 charging locations within ~8 km

• 2 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 50 kW
• Nearest: Montala (1.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres2
• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches16
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds4

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
• 49 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

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2
• GPs & clinics1
• Pharmacies1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés4

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£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

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 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

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  Beckett Hall · 0.2 km

  Beckett Hall is a country house at Shrivenham in the English county of Oxfordshire. The present house dates from 1831.

• Royal Army Chaplains' Museum · 0.5 km

  The Royal Army Chaplains' Museum at Shrivenham, England, tells the story of British Army chaplaincy from earliest times to the present day, with the help of archive material and historical relics from several centu…

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  Defence Academy of the United Kingdom · 0.6 km

  The Defence Academy of the United Kingdom provides higher education for personnel in the British Armed Forces, Civil Service, other government departments and service personnel from other nations.

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  Royal Military College of Science · 0.6 km

  The Royal Military College of Science (RMCS) was a British postgraduate school, research institution and training provider with origins dating back to 1772. It became part of the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom…

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  Shrivenham F.C. · 0.7 km

  Shrivenham F.C. is a football club based in Shrivenham, an Oxfordshire village, near Swindon, England. They play in the Wiltshire League Premier Division.

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  Shrivenham · 0.8 km

  Shrivenham is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Faringdon. The village is close to the county boundary with Wiltshire and about 5 miles (8…

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