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On Merewood Avenue, in Risinghurst & Sandhills
What it's like at OX3 8EQ: every home that has sold on Merewood Avenue 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.
8 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Merewood Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 84 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 73, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £374,000 | 126 m² | £2,968/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £620,000 | 194 m² | £3,196/m² | 1 |
| 77, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2019 | £440,000 | 128 m² | £3,438/m² | 1 |
| 79, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2022 | £525,000 | 154 m² | £3,409/m² | 2 |
| 81, Merewood AvenueTerraced | Feb 2024 | £375,500 | 111 m² | £3,383/m² | 1 |
| 81a, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2015 | £420,000 | 76 m² | £5,526/m² | 4 |
| 83, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £395,000 | 85 m² | £4,647/m² | 2 |
| 87, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2019 | £373,000 | 104 m² | £3,587/m² | 2 |
| 89, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £345,000 | 86 m² | £4,012/m² | 1 |
| 91, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £331,000 | 108 m² | £3,065/m² | 2 |
| 93, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2020 | £385,000 | 79 m² | £4,873/m² | 3 |
| 95, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2006 | £250,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 103, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £420,000 | 80 m² | £5,250/m² | 4 |
| 107, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £317,000 | 151 m² | £2,099/m² | 3 |
| 109, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £410,000 | 118 m² | £3,475/m² | 2 |
| 111, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £475,000 | 110 m² | £4,318/m² | 1 |
| 115, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2015 | £372,377 | 112 m² | £3,325/m² | 2 |
| 117, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1998 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 121, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £187,500 | 67 m² | £2,799/m² | 1 |
| 123, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2005 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 125, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2024 | £440,000 | 110 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| 127, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2003 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 129, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £450,000 | 98 m² | £4,592/m² | 4 |
| 135, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2003 | £224,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 139, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Jan 2002 | £168,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 141, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £145,000 | 132 m² | £1,098/m² | 1 |
| 143, Merewood AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2023 | £510,000 | 274 m² | £1,861/m² | 4 |
| 145, Merewood AvenueDetached | Feb 2013 | £247,500 | 83 m² | £2,982/m² | 1 |
The nearest station is Oxford, a drive away (5.9 km), with 8.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Humfrey Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 8 minutes on weekdays (route 8); 34 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 79 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Sandhills Community Primary School, a few minutes' walk (450 m); 57% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cheney School, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 46 · 19.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Cherwell School (4.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 1.7 km away, with Barton Leisure Centre closer still (350 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Hedena Health Ltd. Barton (750 m), with Barton Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (700 m).
For a haircut, Lumiere Medispa Cosmetic Skincare is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is John Radcliffe Hospital, 1.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 10 restaurants and cafés, 4 pubs and bars.
Thornhill Coffee is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Ampleforth Arms the nearest pub (650 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 24% flats and 13% detached houses.
It's largely interwar: 43% of homes were built between 1919 and 1939.
The nearest park is Bernwood Road Park, 1.0 km away; for exercise, Barton Pool (350 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Luton is 58 km away.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 54% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is Oxford Brookes University, 2.8 km away (TEF Silver).
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.
18 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.
Oxford East constituency: Anneliese Dodds MP (Labour (Co-op)), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 14,465 (36.8%), turnout 55%. Vote shares: Labour 50%, Green Party 13%, Conservative 12%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
19 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 OX3 8EQ →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Oxford 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 84 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 60 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 64 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.3% | 87.8% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.9% | 10.3% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 0.6% | 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.
National infrastructure projects and headline schemes only, not local planning applications. See them all on a map.