West Hagbourne

9°COvercast

• Today: 10° / 7° · 30% rain
• Tomorrow: 11° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:04Sunset 16:32

9h 29m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

45US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Chilbolton Observatory, 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

15 reported · August 2026▼ 29% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences5
• Anti-social behaviour3
• Public order3
• Other theft2

Neighbourhood team: Didcot · 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)

121 food businesses within 2 miles

• 98 rated 4–5 ★ (74 top)
• 6 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Didcot Parkway (3.0 km)
• 2 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: 173.9p · Asda (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 199.9p · Asda (9.6 km)

2 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

24 charging locations within ~8 km

• 6 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: 98-200A, The Broadway (2.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches7
• Playgrounds7

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

• In a conservation area (West Hagbourne Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 52 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

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

Didcot and Wantage

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

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

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

• Schools3
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,790 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

19 jobs advertised · £34,105 avg

e.g. Commercial Cleaners for Offices, Deputy Manager - Kids Planet West Hagbourne, Deputy Manager

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

50% low-carbon electricity

Gas 47% · Wind 28% · Biomass 13% · Nuclear 10%

199 gCO₂/kWh · 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

4 GP surgeries · 6 pharmacies in OX11

• Didcot Health Centre Practice
• Woodlands Medical Centre
• Oak Tree Health Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Didcot and Wantage:

• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks420 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND377 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases281 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Change surrogacy law to recognise intended parents from birth218 local signatures · 113,305 nationwide
• Make it illegal to walk dogs during extreme heat to prevent suffering and death.213 local signatures · 11,618 nationwide

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

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  West Hagbourne · 0.3 km

  West Hagbourne is a village and civil parish in the Berkshire Downs about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot. The 2011 Census recorded a parish population of 259.

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  Coscote · 0.5 km

  Coscote is a hamlet in the civil parish of East Hagbourne, in the Berkshire Downs 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Didcot. The hamlet was also previously referred to as Cokelscote. Coscote is now in Oxfordshire, and in 1974 w…

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  Upton and Blewbury railway station · 0.9 km

  Upton and Blewbury railway station was a station on the Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway in England. It served Upton, with Blewbury and West Hagbourne being only 1 mile (1.6 km) from the station. It was opened…

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  Upton, Vale of White Horse · 1.0 km

  Upton is a spring line village and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs, about 2 miles (3 km) south of Didcot in the Vale of the White Horse district. Historically in Berkshire, it has been administered as…

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  Mowbray Fields · 1.4 km

  Mowbray Fields is a 2.2-hectare (5.4-acre) Local Nature Reserve on the southern outskirts of Didcot in Oxfordshire. It is owned by South Oxfordshire District Council and managed by the Earth Trust.

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  East Hagbourne · 1.6 km

  East Hagbourne is a village and civil parish about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Didcot and 11 miles (18 km) south of Oxford. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011…

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