Before you offer on a home at OX11 6GD: the checks to raise with your surveyor and conveyancer, whether an asking price stands up against what sold nearby, how prices here have moved since 1995, what it costs to run a home, and a buyer's report for every home on the postcode.
Ground: shrink-swell clay (subsidence) significantBGS rates the wider 5 km area for these; it describes the area, not the plot. Mention it to your surveyor, especially for an older home or big trees near the house.
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Noise above WHO guidelines: road 56 dB24-hour averages from Defra's 2022 noise maps (England). Visit at rush hour and at night.
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Busy road: A34, 820 m awayAbout 53,246 vehicles a day in 2025 (DfT traffic counts).
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No coal mining riskOutside the Coal Authority's coalfield.
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No river or sea flood risk recordedNot in the Environment Agency's high or medium risk areas. Surface water isn't included: check the exact address on GOV.UK.
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Gigabit broadband94% of premises in the postcode can get it (Ofcom).
£4,133typical price per m² in South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
£1,010–£3,770per m² for homes at OX11 6GD sold since 2015
Multiply a home's floor area (on its energy certificate) by £4,133 for a neighbourhood benchmark: 90 m² comes to about £372k. Homes at OX11 6GD have sold below it. Check an asking price.
HM Land Registry sold prices; floor areas from energy certificates.
Trend
Prices in South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury
+33% over ten years (2015 to 2025).
Typical (median) sale price each year, all home types, HM Land Registry.
Comparables
What sold nearby in the last two years
Type
Sales
Typical
Range
Detached
137
£538k
£299k – £2.60m
Semi-detached
111
£400k
£165k – £830k
Terraced
81
£350k
£142k – £1.23m
Flat
35
£228k
£70k – £365k
Standard sales in South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury. Every recent sale.
Running costs
What it costs to live here
A home's own band, energy rating and typical bills are in its buyer's report.
MHCLG council tax; Xoserve gas connections.
Supply
How often homes come up
18sales on Greenwood Way in the last two years
364sales in South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury in the last two years
Each report: sale history, today's estimate, energy rating, running costs and the questions for your solicitor.
What homes cost and rent in South Wantage, Harwell & Blewbury, by size
Size
Typical value today
Cheaper quarter
Estimated rent
Gross yield
1 bed
£196k
£158k
£1,000 a month
6.1%
2 beds
£299k
£258k
£1,250 a month
5.0%
3 beds
£417k
£366k
£1,550 a month
4.5%
4+ beds
£671k
£531k
£2,360 a month
4.2%
All homes
£466k
£346k
£1,440 a month
3.7%
Values: sales since 2021 of homes with an energy certificate (bedrooms estimated from its rooms), carried to today on the local price index; the cheaper quarter is what a quarter of them go for under. Rents are estimates: the council's typical private rent (ONS) adjusted for how values here compare. Gross yield = a year's rent ÷ value, before costs. Compare it with other places