Woodcote

21°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 17° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:36Sunset 19:23

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

8 reported · July 2026▼ 20% YoY

• Anti-social behaviour2
• Criminal damage & arson2
• Violence & sexual offences2
• Public order1

Neighbourhood team: Henley · Thames Valley

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

142 reported road collisions (2024)

53 killed or seriously injured · 184 casualties · 9.5 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

12 food businesses within 2 miles

• 9 rated 4–5 ★ (7 top)
• 0 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Goring & Streatley (4.5 km)
• 13 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£474,283 average▲ 5.2% YoY

Across South Oxfordshire · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,392 average monthly rent▲ 2% YoY

• 1 bed £1,034
• 2 bed £1,282
• 3 bed £1,602

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

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (9.6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (5.5 km)

14 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

3 charging locations within ~8 km

• 1 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 150 kW
• Nearest: Castrol (3.6 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Swimming pools6
• Sports pitches35
• Playgrounds1

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)

Among the least deprived areas in England

Ranked 302 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · South Oxfordshire

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
• 21 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

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

360 applications decided

92.5% granted · 333 granted, 27 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

• Schools4
• GPs & clinics1
• Supermarkets1
• Parks & greens1
• Restaurants & cafés3

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,720 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

31 jobs advertised · £32,479 avg

e.g. Professional House Cleaner, MSP Field Engineer, Residential Move-Out Cleaners

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

29% low-carbon electricity

Gas 62% · Wind 13% · Imports 9% · Biomass 8%

256 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 86.1 yrs women · 82.2 yrs 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Henley and Thame:

• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership682 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership386 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases299 local signatures · 104,741 nationwide
• Do not ban social media for under 16s289 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office263 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide

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

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  Langtree School · 0.2 km

  Langtree School is a coeducational secondary school located in the village of Woodcote in South Oxfordshire, England. The school has approximately 624 students and a team of around 55 teachers and support staff. It be…

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  Woodcote · 0.3 km

  Woodcote is a village and civil parish in the South Oxfordshire district, in Oxfordshire, England, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Wallingford and about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Reading. It is in the Chiltern Hi…

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  The Oratory School · 0.8 km

  The Oratory School is an HMC co-educational private Catholic boarding and day school for pupils aged 11–18 located in Woodcote, 6 miles (9.7 km) north-west of Reading, England. Founded in 1859 by John Henry Newman, Th…

• Exlade Street · 1.2 km

  Exlade Street is a hamlet in Checkendon civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Reading, in the Chiltern Hills. The hamlet is about 445 feet (136 m) above sea level.

• Crays Pond · 1.5 km

  Crays Pond is a hamlet situated in the parish of Goring Heath in South Oxfordshire. Crays Pond is about 2.4 miles (3.9 km) northeast of Goring-on-Thames and about 7.0 miles (11.3 km) northwest of Reading, Berkshire.

• The Oratory Preparatory School · 2.0 km

  The Oratory Prep School is a Catholic day and boarding school for some 330 boys and girls aged from two to thirteen, founded in 1925.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)