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On Merton Street, in Banbury Grimsbury
What it's like at OX16 4RX: every home that has sold on Merton Street since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Merton Street; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 48 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 23, Merton StreetSemi-detached | Jan 2010 | £80,000 | 42 m² | £1,905/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24, Merton StreetSemi-detached · company-owned | Jun 2025 | £170,000 | 86 m² | £1,977/m² | 3 |
| 25, Merton StreetSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £230,000 | 86 m² | £2,674/m² | 3 |
| 27, Merton StreetTerraced | Jul 2019 | £180,000 | 79 m² | £2,278/m² | 4 |
| 28, Merton StreetTerraced | Nov 2019 | £140,000 | 68 m² | £2,059/m² | 1 |
| 29, Merton StreetTerraced | Sept 2006 | £125,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Merton StreetTerraced | Jan 2019 | £205,000 | 84 m² | £2,440/m² | 2 |
| 31, Merton StreetTerraced | Nov 2003 | £127,000 | 89 m² | £1,427/m² | 2 |
| 32, Merton StreetTerraced | Aug 2021 | £161,032 | 88 m² | £1,830/m² | 3 |
| 38, Merton StreetTerraced · company-owned | Sept 1999 | £63,000 | 83 m² | £759/m² | 1 |
| 39, Merton StreetTerraced | Feb 2022 | £182,000 | 76 m² | £2,395/m² | 5 |
| 40, Merton StreetTerraced | Jul 2024 | £195,000 | 76 m² | £2,566/m² | 1 |
| 41, Merton StreetTerraced | Feb 2021 | £202,500 | 83 m² | £2,440/m² | 3 |
| 42, Merton StreetTerraced | Aug 2025 | £211,000 | 77 m² | £2,740/m² | 3 |
| 44, Merton StreetTerraced | Jan 1997 | £40,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 45, Merton StreetOther · company-owned | Oct 2020 | £65,000 | – | – | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Banbury, a few minutes' walk (350 m), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Marylebone.
The nearest bus stop is McKeevor Place, 150 m away, with a bus about every 17 minutes on weekdays (routes B9, 200, B10, MRT1); 13 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 9 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is Dashwood Banbury Academy, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Blessed George Napier Catholic School and Sixth Form, 1.9 km away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 14.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl, 500 m away, with Banbury Community Fridge closer still (50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Banbury Cross Health Centre (500 m), with Knights Banbury Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, Sadie Louise Hair Stylist is 200 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Horton General Hospital, 1.4 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 73% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 62% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 71 restaurants and cafés and 15 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Costa is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Bell the nearest pub (150 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (47 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 152 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Banbury, Grimsbury).
There are 164 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 43% flats and 13% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 197 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Bridge Street Park, 400 m away; for exercise, énergie Fitness (200 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 52 km away.
42 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Elephant and Castle Hotel | II | 190 m |
| Lamprey and Son Limited Agricultural Merchants St Leonards Primary School | II | 190 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
Banbury constituency: Sean Woodcock MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 3,256 (6.8%), turnout 66%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
16 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near OX16 4RX →
Many neighbours rent: 41% of households rent privately and 16% socially.
It's young: 23% of residents are aged 15–29.
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 48 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 79 min
Nearest: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway · about 53 min
Nearest: Stratford Butterfly Farm · about 35 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 31 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 70.6% | 77.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 10.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 27.7% | 8.8% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.1% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.