West Hendred

18°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 19° / 17° · 90% rain
• Tomorrow: 24° / 16° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:27

12h 51m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

13US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: ozone

Source: WAQI · Oxford St Ebbes, United Kingdom

4 reported · July 2026

• Violence & sexual offences2
• Burglary1
• Criminal damage & arson1

1 stop & searches · mostly offensive weapons

Neighbourhood team: Wantage and Grove · 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)

15 food businesses within 2 miles

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

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Didcot Halt (7.7 km)
• 2 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: 169.9p · Asda (8.9 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 188.9p · Asda (8.9 km)

1 station 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: Rutherford Appleton Lab reception Car Park (3.4 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres3
• Swimming pools2
• Sports pitches13
• 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

• In a conservation area (West Hendred Conservation Area)
• Not in the Green Belt
• 90 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

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat

Didcot and Wantage

Source: UK Parliament

Liberal Democrat majority

• Con 1
• LD 31
• Grn 3
• Oth 3

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

• Schools2

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

6,960 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £32,149 avg

e.g. HGV Class 2 Driver, Rental Property Cleaning Specialists, Domestic End of Tenancy Cleaning Specialist

Source: Adzuna

£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

28% low-carbon electricity

Gas 45% · Imports 27% · Solar 17% · Biomass 6%

198 gCO₂/kWh · high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

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 Didcot and Wantage:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership723 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership489 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s381 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Review the evidence and fund the addition of SMA to the Newborn Screening Test314 local signatures · 151,287 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office285 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  West Hendred · 0.1 km

  West Hendred is a village and civil parish about 3 miles (5 km) east of Wantage. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. West Hendred is downland village, its parish str…

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  East Hendred · 1.0 km

  East Hendred is a village and civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse and a similar distance west of Didcot. The village is on East Hendred Brook, which flows from the Berkshire…

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  Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred · 1.2 km

  The Champs Chapel Museum of East Hendred is a local village museum housed in the former Chapel of Jesus of Bethlehem, built in 1453 by Carthusian monks and now commonly called Champs Chapel, at East Hendred in the Eng…

• Holy Trinity Monastery, East Hendred · 1.2 km

  Holy Trinity Monastery, East Hendred was briefly a convent of contemplative Benedictine nuns situated in the Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, from 2004 to 2012, forming part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portsmou…

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  Ardington · 1.8 km

  Ardington is a village and civil parish about 2 miles (3 km) east of Wantage in the Vale of White Horse. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. Since 2000, Ardington ha…

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  Lockinge Estate · 1.9 km

  The Lockinge Estate is a 3,035-hectare (7,500-acre) agricultural and housing estate near Wantage that today includes most of the land and property encompassing the villages of West Lockinge, East Lockinge and Ardingto…

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