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On Old Road, in Risinghurst & Sandhills
What it's like at OX3 8SZ: every home that has sold on Old Road 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Old Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 116 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 141a, Old RoadDetached | Feb 2020 | £850,000 | 161 m² | £5,280/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 143, Old RoadDetached | Oct 2004 | £485,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 145, Old RoadDetached | Mar 1999 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 168, Old RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2007 | £306,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 170, Old RoadDetached | May 2023 | £575,500 | 98 m² | £5,872/m² | 3 |
| 172, Old RoadDetached | Jul 2014 | £360,000 | 90 m² | £4,000/m² | 6 |
| 174, Old RoadDetached | May 2005 | £340,000 | 176 m² | £1,932/m² | 4 |
| 178, Old RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £600,000 | 108 m² | £5,556/m² | 1 |
| El Paso, Old RoadDetached | Sept 1999 | £266,500 | – | – | 1 |
| Huggins Cottage, Old RoadDetached | Sept 2015 | £760,000 | 139 m² | £5,468/m² | 1 |
| Hunters Lodge, Old RoadDetached | Jan 1998 | £77,500 | – | – | 2 |
| Kimberley, Old RoadDetached | Jan 1997 | £222,500 | 219 m² | £1,016/m² | 1 |
| Lyndhurst, Old RoadDetached | Jan 2003 | £290,000 | – | – | 2 |
| Lynhale, Old RoadDetached | May 2003 | £220,000 | 72 m² | £3,056/m² | 2 |
| Meadow Land, Old RoadDetached | Jun 1998 | £225,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Priory Cottage, Old RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £701,000 | 184 m² | £3,810/m² | 1 |
| Upper Meadow, Old RoadFlat | Aug 2010 | £66,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Woodlands, Old RoadDetached | Dec 1996 | £212,500 | 166 m² | £1,280/m² | 1 |
| 1, St Ebbas CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2011 | £466,000 | 161 m² | £2,894/m² | 1 |
| 2, St Ebbas CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £710,057 | 157 m² | £4,523/m² | 3 |
| 3, St Ebbas CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £655,000 | 158 m² | £4,146/m² | 3 |
| 4, St Ebbas CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2011 | £485,000 | 163 m² | £2,975/m² | 1 |
| 5, St Ebbas CloseTerraced | Nov 2014 | £475,000 | 83 m² | £5,723/m² | 2 |
| 6, St Ebbas CloseTerraced | Dec 2010 | £310,000 | 81 m² | £3,827/m² | 1 |
| 7, St Ebbas CloseTerraced | Mar 2026 | £430,000 | 77 m² | £5,584/m² | 3 |
| 8, St Ebbas CloseFlat | Aug 2022 | £368,000 | 66 m² | £5,576/m² | 3 |
| 9, St Ebbas CloseFlat | Dec 2010 | £248,000 | 80 m² | £3,100/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Oxford, a drive away (5.0 km), with 8.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Masons Road East, 200 m away, with a bus about every 16 minutes on weekdays (route 15); 34 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 79 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Wood Farm Primary School, a few minutes' walk (350 m); 68% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Cheney School, 1.7 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 The Coop, 600 m away; Turna Beer And Wine (500 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodfarm Health Centre (850 m), with The Leys Pharmacy Wood Farm the closest pharmacy (550 m).
For a haircut, Acute Cut is 500 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.
The Oxford Trust is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Mason's Arms the nearest pub (550 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 Quarry Hollow Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Anytime Fitness (1.1 km).
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, 1.7 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.
21 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%.
17 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 8SZ →
On this street: 3 of 84 homes with certificates have solar panels, 3 a heat pump, and 8 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% | 1.0% |
| 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.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 60 min
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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 116 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.