Bishop Drive Burford, West Oxfordshire
28 addresses across 1 postcode (OX18), about 160 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 43654532.
- Sales: 23 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £435,000 across 6 sales.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in West Oxfordshire cost £416,123 in August 2026 (-2.3% on a year); private rents averaged £1,315 a month.
- Energy: 27 homes have an energy certificate (B: 15, C: 12).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 5 to 10% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Gas: No gas meters are recorded on its postcodes: it looks to be off the mains gas grid.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Shilton Road - Solar Park, is 190 m away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in West Oxfordshire costs £2,567 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shipton, about 8 km (5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.0 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 134 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 28 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Burford Surgery, about 1.2 km (0.8 miles) away.
- People: About 270 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 44% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 8 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often shoplifting.
- Road safety: No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | £435,000 | £373,000 | £595,000 |
| 2024 | 5 | £385,000 | £347,000 | £492,500 |
| 2023 | 2 | £460,000 | £435,000 | £485,000 |
| 2022 | 10 | £780,500 | £599,950 | £899,999 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 2022 | 1 OX18 4EB | Detached | £785,999 | |
| 25 Feb 2022 | 2 OX18 4EB | Detached | £604,000 | New build. |
| 18 Jul 2022 | 3 OX18 4EB | Detached | £775,000 | |
| 25 Feb 2022 | 4 OX18 4EB | Detached | £599,950 | New build. |
| 12 Aug 2022 | 5 OX18 4EB | Detached | £899,999 | |
| 20 Oct 2022 | 6 OX18 4EB | Detached | £725,000 | New build. |
| 2 Sep 2022 | 7 OX18 4EB | Detached | £899,999 | |
| 31 Mar 2022 | 8 OX18 4EB | Detached | £604,000 | New build. |
| 25 Aug 2022 | 9 OX18 4EB | Detached | £899,999 | |
| 23 Sep 2022 | 11 OX18 4EB | Detached | £849,000 | |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 12 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £595,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 31 May 2024 | 13 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £365,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 30 Jun 2025 | 14 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £475,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 21 Oct 2024 | 15 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £385,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 29 Aug 2025 | 17 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £395,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 15 Jul 2025 | 19 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £373,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 11 Jan 2024 | 23 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £485,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 29 Aug 2024 | 25 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £492,500 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 5 Feb 2025 | 29 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £375,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 12 Apr 2023 | 31 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £435,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 30 Nov 2023 | 33 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £485,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 20 Dec 2024 | 35 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £347,000 | New build. Leasehold. |
| 24 Jan 2025 | 39 OX18 4EB | Flat or maisonette | £499,950 | New build. Leasehold. |
House prices and rents in West Oxfordshire
A typical home in West Oxfordshire cost £416,123 in August 2026, 2.3% less than a year before. That is 17% more than five years earlier and 19% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £654,257 |
| Semi-detached | £410,359 |
| Terraced | £335,599 |
| Flat or maisonette | £210,354 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £335,614 |
Private renters in West Oxfordshire paid £1,315 a month on average in September 2026, 3.6% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £961 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,218 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,531 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,099 |
Energy performance certificates
27 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 116 m². Most common: Flat (15); House, detached (10); Maisonette, mid-terrace (2). Built: 2019 (17); 2018 (10).
Each home's certificates and sales (27 addresses)
- 1 Bishop Drive
- 2 Bishop Drive
- 3 Bishop Drive
- 4 Bishop Drive
- 5 Bishop Drive
- 6 Bishop Drive
- 7 Bishop Drive
- 8 Bishop Drive
- 9 Bishop Drive
- 10 Bishop Drive
- 11, Bishop Drive,
- 12 Bishop Drive
- 13 Bishop Drive
- 14 Bishop Drive
- 15 Bishop Drive
- 17 Bishop Drive
- 19 Bishop Drive
- 21 Bishop Drive
- 23 Bishop Drive
- 25 Bishop Drive
- 27 Bishop Drive
- 29 Bishop Drive
- 31 Bishop Drive
- 33 Bishop Drive
- 35 Bishop Drive
- 37 Bishop Drive
- 39 Bishop Drive
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the postcode, against 24 electricity meters: it looks to be off the mains gas grid, or almost, with heating from electricity, oil, LPG or solid fuel.
These are all the homes on the postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is OX18.
Council tax
What each band costs in West Oxfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,567 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,711 | £1,997 | £2,282 | £2,567 | £3,137 | £3,708 | £4,278 | £5,134 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (27% of about 1,180 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- 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.
Energy projects nearby
1 energy project near the street's postcodes, 1 of it not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shilton Road - Solar Park West Oxfordshire 22/02472/FUL | Solar farm | 8 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Jun 2023 | 190 m |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre here is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The postcode is in a 1 km square with radon potential up to 5 to 10%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of the square is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. Homes built here in recent decades should have radon protection under the building regulations (basic protection from 3%, full protection from 10%). UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 134 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX18 4EB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shipton 3,900 journeys in 2024–25 | 8 km (5 miles) |
| Ascott-Under-Wychwood 1,280 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) | |
| Kingham 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.7 km (7.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Garden Centre Burford | 60 m |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 73.5 km (46 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Burford Surgery Good Aug 2016 | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Robert Reavley Dispensing Chemist | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Burford Road Dental | 4.6 km (2.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Witney Community Hospital | 9.8 km (6.1 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Burford Nursing Home Good Aug 2019 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Carterton Police Station | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Centrum Square, Shilton Park Cashzone | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 460 m² | 60 m |
| Playing field | Unnamed 5.0 ha | 840 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2,460 m² | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Sturt Copse | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south |
| Priory Wood | Wood | 1.5 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Widford Water | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Dean Bottom | Valley | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| East Hill | Hill | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.0 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 28 |
5 of the street's 28 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 Oxfordshire: see them on the West Oxfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burford School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | GCSE 2026 (provisional): Attainment 8 50.7 (52.4 in 2025 and 49.3 in 2024); 48.6% grade 5+ in English and maths A level 2025: average grade C+; 7.3% AAB or better; progress average |
| Burford Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) | Good (Feb 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 50% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 42% in 2024 and 48% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 1 km (0.6 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Camps Burford OX18 4PL | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 1 km (0.6 miles) | |
| Burford Preschool OX18 4NA | Sessional day care | 30 | Good (Jun 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 330 childminders and 104 home childcarers (nannies) in Oxfordshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cotswold Gate Care Home OX18 4FF | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 150 m | 5 Very good | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Burford Garden Centre Company OX18 4PA | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 220 m | 5 Very good | 9 Sep 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Shilton Road (7); On or near B4020 (1).
Road safety
No collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025.
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
No traffic count point is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes. The Department for Transport counts every motorway and A road and only a sample of minor roads, so a quiet residential street usually has none.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 62 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 9% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 44% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 58% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 31% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 12% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 60% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 35% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 44% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- OX18 4EB: 28 addresses of 30 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Burton Mews · Aldridge Gardens · Barnard Mews · Forest Grove · Whiteman Place · Somerville Place · Murdoch Close · Shilton Road
All the streets in OX18 and across West Oxfordshire.
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.