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On Avocet Way, in Banbury Calthorpe
What it's like at OX16 9YA: every home that has sold on Avocet Way 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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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
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 Avocet Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 14 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Avocet WayDetached | Apr 1997 | £79,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Avocet WayDetached | Jan 2006 | £215,000 | 96 m² | £2,240/m² | 2 |
| 5, Avocet WayDetached | Oct 2020 | £285,000 | 74 m² | £3,851/m² | 1 |
| 6, Avocet WaySemi-detached | Nov 2007 | £187,500 | 73 m² | £2,568/m² | 4 |
| 7, Avocet WayTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2011 | £245,000 | 106 m² | £2,311/m² | 2 |
| 8, Avocet WaySemi-detached | Jun 2020 | £248,800 | 73 m² | £3,408/m² | 3 |
| 9, Avocet WayDetached | Feb 1998 | £75,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 10, Avocet WayDetached | Oct 2023 | £295,000 | 73 m² | £4,041/m² | 1 |
| 11, Avocet WayDetached | Jul 2020 | £265,000 | 90 m² | £2,944/m² | 1 |
| 12, Avocet WaySemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £210,000 | 71 m² | £2,958/m² | 4 |
| 13, Avocet WayTerraced | Dec 2024 | £320,000 | 80 m² | £4,000/m² | 5 |
| 14, Avocet WaySemi-detached | Apr 2026 | £360,000 | 98 m² | £3,673/m² | 3 |
| 19, Avocet WaySemi-detached | Nov 1999 | £96,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 21, Avocet WaySemi-detached | Jul 2008 | £186,500 | – | – | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Banbury, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 2.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Marylebone.
The nearest bus stop is Whimbrel Way, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route B3); 12 departures an hour from the 8 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 14 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is The Grange Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 89% 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, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 48.5 · 14.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-op, 100 m away; Sushi Gourmet @ Sainsburys Banbury (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hightown Surgery (500 m), with Horton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Feather's Hairdressing is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Horton General Hospital, 550 m 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Costa Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Chatsworth the nearest pub (200 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 84 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 31% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Saint Louis Meadow Park, 250 m away; for exercise, EP Gym (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, Birmingham is 53 km away.
Most households own their home, 21% rent privately.
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.
24 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.
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%.
36 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 9YA →
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Cherwell since 2011.
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 14 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 10 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 1.8% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 89.9% | 77.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 10.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 10.0% | 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 78 min
Nearest: Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway · about 54 min
Nearest: Stratford Butterfly Farm · about 36 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.