Bosley's Orchard Didcot, South Oxfordshire
25 addresses across 2 postcodes (OX11), about 130 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 36200167.
- Energy: 18 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 6, D: 3, E: 4, F: 2).
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 84% to 96% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, about 410 m (0.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Smallbone Recreation Park, is about 340 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 62 to 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Didcot Health Centre Practice, about 310 m away, with 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 340 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 33% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 156 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
18 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 73 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (9); House, detached (6); House, end-terrace (2). Built: 1976-1982 (9); 1983-1990 (4); 1967-1975 (4). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (social) (2); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (8 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in South Oxfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,598 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,732 | £2,020 | £2,309 | £2,598 | £3,175 | £3,752 | £4,329 | £5,195 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (47% of about 720 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.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- HSBC, 186 Broadway, Didcot OX11 8RP: up to 5 homes, permissioned (70 m)
- 136-144 (even) The Broadway, 3 & 5 Station Road & 1 and 2 Market Place, Didcot Oxon OX11 8RJ: up to 6 homes, permissioned (210 m)
- Didcot Gateway: up to 300 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
- Didcot Gateway: up to 300 homes, pending decision (330 m)
- Didcot Gateway: up to 300 homes, not permissioned (330 m)
- 125 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AW: up to 5 homes, permissioned (350 m)
- 3 Mereland Road Didcot OX11 8AP: up to 9 homes, permissioned (370 m)
- 114 Broadway, Didcot, OX11 8AB: up to 5 homes, permissioned (370 m)
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 1 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OX11 7NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| OX11 7NU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 25 addresses are between 62 m and 68 m above sea level (65 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX11 7NU | 100% | 84% | 84% | 0% |
| OX11 7NY | 100% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Didcot Parkway 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) | |
| Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 29 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Haydon Road Didcot | 110 m |
| Car parks | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Edinburgh Drive Car Park | 100 m |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 56.4 km (35 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 3 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Didcot Health Centre Practice | 310 m |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Boots | 350 m |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 80 m |
| Hospital | Didcot Community Hospital | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Police station | Civil Nuclear Constabulary | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Cooperative Food Didcot | 90 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Smallbone Recreation Park 7,790 m² | 340 m |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 21 ha | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 5 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 650 m² | 420 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Edmonds Park 7.4 ha | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.2 ha | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 3 parks and gardens, 22 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of All Saints, a listed building (Grade II*), 670 m (0.4 miles) north-west. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of All Saints | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| East Hagbourne village cross | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Easton's Plantation | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-west |
| Fulscot Copse | Wood | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) east |
| Down Hill | Hill | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-east |
| Long Wittenham Wood | Wood | 3.1 km (2 miles) north-east |
| Stert Plantation | Wood | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) west |
| Clifton Cut | Lake or reservoir | 4.3 km (2.7 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 23 | 25 |
2 of the street's 25 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 South Oxfordshire: see them on the South Oxfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lydalls Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 300 m | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Manor Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 540 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Willowcroft Community School | Primary | 2–11 | 560 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Birinus School | Secondary | 11–18 | 650 m (0.4 miles) | No overall grade (Feb 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Didcot Girls' School | Secondary | 11–18 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Ladygrove Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Northbourne Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Stephen Freeman Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Aureus Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Outstanding (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sires Hill Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Didcot Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Didcot Community Kitchen OX11 7NU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 70 m | 5 Very good | 5 Jun 2026 |
| TG Jones OX11 8RN | Retailers - other | 70 m | Exempt | |
| Rosmarinos Pizza/Burger Master OX11 8RN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 5 Very good | 17 Sep 2026 |
| The Chippy OX11 8RN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 4 Good | 21 Oct 2024 |
| Dominos Pizza OX11 8RN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 5 Very good | 21 Oct 2025 |
| Kay Gee's Off Licence OX11 8RN | Retailers - other | 80 m | 5 Very good | 4 Dec 2022 |
| Papa Johns OX11 8RN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 80 m | 5 Very good | 15 Sep 2026 |
| Broadway Butchers OX11 8RN | Retailers - other | 90 m | 5 Very good | 12 May 2026 |
| Co-operative Group OX11 8RN | Retailers - other | 100 m | 5 Very good | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Istanbul Kebab House OX11 8RN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 110 m | 4 Good | 5 Jun 2025 |
| Balbinka OX11 8RN | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 110 m | 5 Very good | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Fusion OX11 7LT | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 110 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 16 Apr 2026 |
| Farmhouse Pizza Didcot OX11 8RN | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 110 m | 5 Very good | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Little India OX11 8RS | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 4 Good | 10 Dec 2025 |
| Wrap N Shake OX11 8RJ | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 140 m | 4 Good | 10 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 59 |
| Shoplifting | 22 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 20 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 17 |
| Public order | 12 |
| Other theft | 6 |
| Drugs | 5 |
| Bicycle theft | 4 |
| Vehicle crime | 4 |
| Other crime | 3 |
| Theft from the person | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Vicarage Road (32); On or near Supermarket (26); On or near Parking Area (25); On or near Edinburgh Drive (24); On or near St Peter'S Road (19).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 16% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 30% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 68% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 18% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 36% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 43% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 14% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 33% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
Nearby streets
King Alfred Drive · Orchard Close · Market Place · St Peter's Road · Edinburgh Drive · Garth Road · Vicarage Road · Blenheim Close · Melton Drive · Compton Close · Haddon Terrace · St Andrew's Road
All the streets in OX11 and across South 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.
- 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.