B4100 Banbury, West Northamptonshire
26 addresses across 4 postcodes (OX17), about 1.5 km (0.9 miles) long, classed as a b road. USRN 36107121.
- Energy: 4 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, E: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in West Northamptonshire costs £2,487 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 67% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Kings Sutton, about 4.2 km (2.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 3 km (1.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.5 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 91 to 137 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 26 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Deddington Health Centre, about 5.8 km (3.6 miles) away.
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 82% of households owned their home and 40% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
4 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 84 m². Most common: House, mid-terrace (3); House, semi-detached (1). Built: before 1900 (4). Tenure at assessment: rented (private) (3); owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in West Northamptonshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,487 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,658 | £1,934 | £2,210 | £2,487 | £3,039 | £3,592 | £4,144 | £4,973 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (20% of about 1,040 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 21 October 2026: West Northamptonshire Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 29 September 2026: West Northamptonshire Council, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 5 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 0 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OX17 3AY | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX17 3AT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX17 3AU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX17 3AX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 26 addresses are between 91 m and 137 m above sea level (111 m on average); the ground rises about 46 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX17 3AT | 67% | 67% | 67% | 33% |
| OX17 3AU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX17 3AX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX17 3AY | 77% | 77% | 77% | 23% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Kings Sutton 82,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) |
| Heyford 46,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.2 km (5.7 miles) | |
| Banbury 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Grammar School Aynho | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Kings Sutton - Village Square | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 61.4 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Deddington Health Centre | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Medipill Pharmacy | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| NHS dentists | New Street | 5.9 km (3.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Brackley Cottage Hospital | 7.8 km (4.9 miles) |
| Police station | Brackley Police Station | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Croughton Cashzone | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 8,190 m² | 3 km (1.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 2,150 m² | 820 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.9 ha | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 3,890 m² | 800 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Aynho Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 830 m (0.5 miles) south-west. 48 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Aynho Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 830 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Church of St Michael | Listed building, Grade I | 850 m (0.5 miles) west |
| 6, Round Town | Listed building, Grade II* | 900 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Aynhoe Park | Listed building, Grade I | 930 m (0.6 miles) west |
| Rainsborough camp | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Rainsborough long barrow, Charlton | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ryeland Hill | Hill | 320 m south |
| Northcotehill Covert | Wood | 620 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Three Corner Spinney | Wood | 680 m (0.4 miles) east |
| The Firs | Wood | 690 m (0.4 miles) south |
| Padbury's Bottom | Valley | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Old Down Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.5 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 24 | 26 |
2 of the street's 26 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for West Northamptonshire: see them on the West Northamptonshire page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 35% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 82% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 56% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 54% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 37% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 37% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 53% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 32% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 30% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 40% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
What has changed
- Roadworks Street works permit: West Northamptonshire Council: Highway repair and maintenance works, 21 October 2026 (two-way signals) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- OX17 3AY: 22 addresses of 34 in the postcode
- OX17 3AT: 2 addresses of 7 in the postcode
- OX17 3AU: 1 address of 5 in the postcode
- OX17 3AX: 1 address of 3 in the postcode
All the streets in OX17 and across West Northamptonshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.