Wardington

20°COvercast

• Today: 22° / 11° · 68% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 17° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:33Sunset 19:29

12h 56m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

23US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Leamington Spa, United Kingdom

2 reported · July 2026▼ 50% YoY

• Criminal damage & arson1
• Violence & sexual offences1

Neighbourhood team: Banbury Rural · Thames Valley

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

212 reported road collisions (2024)

58 killed or seriously injured · 276 casualties · 13.2 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

17 food businesses within 2 miles

• 15 rated 4–5 ★ (13 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Banbury (6.6 km)
• 6 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£353,632 average▲ 3.8% YoY

Across Cherwell · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,294 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £967
• 2 bed £1,208
• 3 bed £1,458

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 161.9p · Morrisons (6.7 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 183.9p · Morrisons (6.7 km)

3 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

19 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 250 kW
• Nearest: Banbury Gateway Shopping Park (4.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches8
• Playgrounds1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

• Planning Committee to consider council's proposed response to Site A application· 11 Sept 2026
• A statement from Cherwell District Council's leader on Local Government Reorganisation announcement· 7 Sept 2026
• Residents encouraged to attend flood preparation event· 1 Sept 2026
• Council leader writes to government for action on fridge freezer recycling· 28 Aug 2026
• Leader welcomes completion of Kidlington waste site clearance· 27 Aug 2026

Source: Cherwell Council

161,012 residents in Cherwell · 274/km²

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

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Less deprived than the average in England

Ranked 220 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,583 a year · Band D, 2026-27

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

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

74 schools · 24,283 pupils

53 primary · 9 secondary · 12 other

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

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Cherwell

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 (Wardington)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 59 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

234 applications decided

87.2% granted · 204 granted, 30 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Sean Woodcock

Labour

Banbury

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat / Green / Independent coalition

• Lab 8
• Con 8
• LD 21
• Grn 4
• Ref 6
• Oth 1

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

• Restaurants & cafés1

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,535 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

7 jobs advertised · £38,707 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners, Experienced Commercial Cleaners Needed – Office Sites, Office Cleaners

Source: Adzuna

£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

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

88% low-carbon electricity

Wind 59% · Solar 16% · Gas 12% · Biomass 9%

59 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for East Midlands · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 85.5 yrs women · 81.5 yrs men

57% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Banbury:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership790 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases506 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership371 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office315 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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  Wardington · 0.1 km

  Wardington is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Banbury. The village consists of two parts: Wardington and Upper Wardington. The village is on a stream that rises in Upper…

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  Wardington Manor · 0.5 km

  Wardington Manor lies between Lower and Upper Wardington in Oxfordshire. The house dates from the middle of the 16th century or possibly earlier. The house was remodelled in 1665 and twice early in the 20th century.

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  Fairport's Cropredy Convention · 1.8 km

  Fairport's Cropredy Convention is an annual festival of folk and rock music, headed by British folk-rock band Fairport Convention and held on the edge of the village of Cropredy in Oxfordshire, England. The festival h…

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  Edgcote · 1.9 km

  Edgcote is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Chipping Warden and Edgcote, in the West Northamptonshire district, in the ceremonial county of Northamptonshire, England. It is situated on the River…

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  Battle of Cropredy Bridge · 2.0 km

  The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was fought on Saturday 29 June 1644 near Banbury, Oxfordshire during the First English Civil War. In the engagement, Sir William Waller and the Parliamentarian army failed to capture King…

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  Cropredy Bridge · 2.0 km

  Cropredy Bridge is a bridge in north Oxfordshire, England, that carries the minor road between Cropredy and the hamlet of Williamscot. It spans the River Cherwell, which is also the boundary between the civil parishes…

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