Towersey

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• Today: 11° / 7° · 31% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:01Sunset 16:33

9h 31m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

24US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 6.7 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.0% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

7 reported · August 2026▲ 250% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order3
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Thame, Watlington and Chinnor · Thames Valley

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

142 reported road collisions (2025)

29 killed or seriously injured · 175 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

67 food businesses within 2 miles

• 55 rated 4–5 ★ (47 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Haddenham and Thame Parkway (3.4 km)
• 4 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£471,427 average▲ 2.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,402 average monthly rent▲ 3.5% YoY

• 1 bed £1,042
• 2 bed £1,292
• 3 bed £1,615

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

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

1,943 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: 135.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 144.8p · AppleGreen (12 km)

4 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

12 charging locations within ~8 km

• 3 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: BP (2.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports pitches5
• Playgrounds2

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)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK11,385
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK9,362
• Net moves+2,023

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

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 287 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South 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

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

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

304 applications decided

96.1% granted · 292 granted, 12 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal Democrat

Henley and Thame

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

8,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

17 jobs advertised · £34,215 avg

e.g. LGV Class 2 ADR Cylinder Driver, Commercial Cleaners, Technical Systems 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

31% low-carbon electricity

Gas 67% · Wind 16% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 7%

274 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy (Oxfordshire): 66.6 women · 65.4 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

2 GP surgeries · 2 pharmacies in OX9

• The Rycote Group
• Thame Pcn Hub

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Henley and Thame:

• Stop plans to use MoD sites for asylum seekers without full local consultation578 local signatures · 23,862 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks430 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases301 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND228 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Ensure new sewage treatment infrastructure meets higher standards as in the EU228 local signatures · 48,100 nationwide

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

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  Ashendon Hundred · 0.1 km

  Ashendon Hundred was a hundred in the county of Buckinghamshire, England. It was situated in the centre of the county and bordering to the west the county of Oxfordshire near Thame. There was also a small detached por…

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  Towersey · 0.1 km

  Towersey is a village and civil parish about 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) east of Thame in Oxfordshire. Towersey was part of Buckinghamshire until 1933, when the county boundary was moved and Towersey was exchanged for Kingse…

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  Towersey Halt railway station · 0.5 km

  Towersey Halt railway station was an intermediate station on the Wycombe Railway which served the Oxfordshire village of Towersey from 1933 to 1963. The opening of the halt was part of an attempt by the Great Western…

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  National Cycle Route 57 · 1.4 km

  National Cycle Route 57 is part of the United Kingdom's National Cycle Network. When complete, it will run west to east from Farmington, Gloucestershire near Northleach to Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire.

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  Phoenix Trail · 1.4 km

  The Phoenix Trail is a 7-mile (11 km) footpath and cycleway which runs between the market towns of Thame in South Oxfordshire and Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire, passing through the villages of Towersey and Ble…

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  Kingsey · 1.7 km

  Kingsey is a small village and civil parish in Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is near the boundary with Oxfordshire, about two miles east of Thame and a mile south of Haddenham.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)