Brewery Lane Hook Norton, Cherwell
33 addresses across 5 postcodes (OX15), about 200 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 6800197.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £250,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Cherwell cost £355,981 in August 2026 (+2.6% on a year); private rents averaged £1,316 a month.
- Energy: 7 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2, E: 3, F: 1).
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 30% or more 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.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the Minor road, carries 23 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band F; Band D in Cherwell costs £2,583 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Banbury, about 13.3 km (8.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 3.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.2 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 153 to 176 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 33 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Sibford Surgery, about 4.6 km (2.9 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 79% of households owned their home and 45% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 4 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 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2010 | 2 | £511,063 | £495,000 | £527,125 |
| 2005 | 1 | £295,000 | £295,000 | £295,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £420,000 | £420,000 | £420,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 2010 | BREWERY COTTAGE OX15 5NX | Detached | £495,000 | |
| 5 Feb 2003 | BREWERY COTTAGE OX15 5NX | Detached | £420,000 | |
| 28 May 2010 | GRAFTON OX15 5NX | Detached | £527,125 | |
| 4 Oct 2005 | GRAFTON OX15 5NX | Detached | £295,000 | |
| 3 Sep 2013 | HIGH WIEND OX15 5NX | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 22 Oct 2021 | LANE END COTTAGE OX15 5NX | Detached | £325,000 | |
| 7 Nov 2025 | SPRINGSIDE OX15 5NX | Detached | £250,000 |
House prices and rents in Cherwell
A typical home in Cherwell cost £355,981 in August 2026, 2.6% more than a year before. That is 14% more than five years earlier and 22% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £571,986 |
| Semi-detached | £355,133 |
| Terraced | £294,660 |
| Flat or maisonette | £172,531 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £305,382 |
Private renters in Cherwell paid £1,316 a month on average in September 2026, 3.2% more than a year before. That is 36% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £984 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,229 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,485 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,224 |
Energy performance certificates
7 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 102 m². Most common: House, detached (4); Bungalow, detached (2); Flat (1). Built: before 1900 (4); 2007-2011 (1); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (4); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
No gas meters are recorded on the street's postcodes, against 10 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 each 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 OX15.
Council tax
What each band costs in Cherwell in 2026-27: Band D £2,583 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,722 | £2,009 | £2,296 | £2,583 | £3,157 | £3,731 | £4,305 | £5,166 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (24% of about 630 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Hook Norton (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 4.
- 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
- BREWERY COTTAGE, grade II
- MALTHOUSE AT HOOK NORTON BREWERY, grade II
- MARRIE MOUNT, grade II
- SCOTLAND MOUNT COTTAGE SCOTLAND MOUNT HOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land adjacent Braeside Rope Way, Hook Norton, permissioned (910 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| OX15 5NX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 3 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX15 5NY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX15 5QJ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX15 5NT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX15 5NU | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any 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 on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 30% or more: 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 that area 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 34 addresses are between 153 m and 176 m above sea level (161 m on average); the ground rises about 23 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX15 5NT | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX15 5NU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX15 5NX | 100% | 40% | 40% | 0% |
| OX15 5NY | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| OX15 5QJ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Banbury 2.3 million journeys in 2024–25 | 13.3 km (8.3 miles) |
| Charlbury 343,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 13.8 km (8.6 miles) | |
| Kingham 252,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 14.1 km (8.7 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Pear Tree Inn Hook Norton | 160 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Birmingham Airport BHX | 53.8 km (33 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Sibford Surgery Good Jan 2017 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Boots | 7.1 km (4.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dental Surgery | 6.3 km (3.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Chipping Norton Community Hospital | 6.5 km (4 miles) |
| Care homes | OSJCT Henry Cornish Care Centre Good Aug 2019 | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 6.8 km (4.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,220 m² | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.0 ha | 380 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.0 ha | 590 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Peter, a listed building (Grade I), 590 m (0.4 miles) east. 60 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade I | 590 m (0.4 miles) east |
| Swerford | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Ale Wood | Wood | 330 m south-west |
| Hogan's Copse | Wood | 700 m (0.4 miles) west |
| South Hill | Hill | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Whichford Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Lambs Pool | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north |
| Hill Bottom | Valley | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 3.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 32 | 33 |
1 of the street's 33 addresses is 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 Cherwell: see them on the Cherwell page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hook Norton Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 71% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 3% at the higher standard (2025; 86% in 2024 and 68% 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 540 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambooh Hook Norton OX15 5QH | Full day care | 36 | Dec 2025: Expected standard in 6 areas | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Onside Coaching Hook Norton OX15 5JS | Out-of-school day care (over fives) | Not inspected yet | 850 m (0.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hook Norton Brewery visitor centre and Malthouse restaurant OX15 5NY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 70 m | 5 Very good | 20 Mar 2023 |
| The Thomas Franks Foundation OX15 5NY | Other catering premises | 70 m | 5 Very good | 21 May 2025 |
| Pear Tree Inn OX15 5NU | Pub/bar/nightclub | 130 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jun 2024 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Shoplifting | 3 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Brewery Lane (3); On or near Clay Bank (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
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the Minor road, with 23 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 90 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minor road | Not recorded | 23 estimated; counted 2018 | 0% | 90 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 27% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 50% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 26% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 23% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 45% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 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
- OX15 5NX: 17 addresses
- OX15 5NY: 9 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- OX15 5QJ: 5 addresses of 14 in the postcode
- OX15 5NT: 1 address of 20 in the postcode
- OX15 5NU: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Round Close Road · Clay Bank · Brookside · Scotland End · The Bourne · Old School End · Netting Close
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.