Brookside East Hanney, Vale of White Horse
47 addresses across 1 postcode (OX12), about 180 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 41606189.
- Sales: 17 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £257,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 25 homes have an energy certificate (B: 3, C: 2, D: 13, E: 6, F: 1).
- Flood: 2 addresses on its postcodes are 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 G; Band D in Vale of White Horse costs £2,577 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Appleford, about 11.3 km (7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 640 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 5.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 63 to 64 m above sea level.
- Noise: 3 of its 47 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Newbury Street Practice, about 4.1 km (2.5 miles) away.
- People: About 230 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 55% of households owned their home and 31% 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 violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £257,000 | £257,000 | £257,000 |
| 2023 | 1 | £292,000 | £292,000 | £292,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £435,000 | £435,000 | £435,000 |
| 2021 | 2 | £278,750 | £140,000 | £417,500 |
| 2012 | 1 | £182,000 | £182,000 | £182,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £347,000 | £347,000 | £347,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £196,000 | £196,000 | £196,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £160,500 | £160,500 | £160,500 |
| 2002 | 1 | £55,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £98,000 | £98,000 | £98,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £80,000 | £80,000 | £80,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Mar 2025 | 5 OX12 0JL | Terraced | £257,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2023 | 2 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £292,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2022 | 11 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £435,000 | |
| 18 Aug 2021 | 12 OX12 0JL | Detached | £417,500 | |
| 18 Feb 2021 | 18 OX12 0JL | Flat or maisonette | £140,000 | Leasehold. |
| 10 Jul 2020 | 21 OX12 0JL | Flat or maisonette | £125,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 13 Jan 2012 | 4 OX12 0JL | Terraced | £182,000 | |
| 3 May 2011 | 12 OX12 0JL | Detached | £347,000 | |
| 26 Jun 2009 | ALICIA OX12 0JL | Detached | £300,000 | |
| 29 Jun 2007 | 23 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £196,000 | |
| 24 Apr 2003 | 23 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £160,500 | |
| 31 May 2002 | 24 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £55,000 | |
| 4 Feb 2000 | 33 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £98,000 | |
| 20 Apr 1999 | 23 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £80,000 | |
| 31 Oct 1997 | 24 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £72,000 | |
| 29 Aug 1995 | 1 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £59,000 | |
| 13 Apr 1995 | 23 OX12 0JL | Semi-detached | £49,500 |
Energy performance certificates
25 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 76 m². Most common: House, semi-detached (7); Flat (7); House, mid-terrace (5). Built: 1950-1966 (15); 1967-1975 (5); 1976-1982 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (13); rented (social) (9); rented (private) (2).
Each home's certificates and sales (7 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Vale of White Horse in 2026-27: Band D £2,577 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,718 | £2,005 | £2,291 | £2,577 | £3,150 | £3,723 | £4,296 | £5,155 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (26% of about 1,370 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.
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, 2 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: 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.
Height above sea level
The street's 47 addresses are between 63 m and 64 m above sea level (64 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX12 0JL | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.3 km (7 miles) |
| Didcot Parkway 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 11.5 km (7.1 miles) | |
| Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 11.9 km (7.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 8 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Weir Farm East Hanney | 70 m |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 68 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Newbury Street Practice | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Bretts Pharmacy | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Cherrytree Dental Care | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Wantage Community Hospital | 4.9 km (3.1 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police - Wantage Police Station | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 740 m² | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 70 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.1 ha | 30 m |
| Allotments | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,580 m² | 100 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St James, a listed building (Grade II*), 670 m (0.4 miles) west. 50 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St James | Listed building, Grade II* | 670 m (0.4 miles) west |
| West Hanney House and Attached Archways | Listed building, Grade II* | 710 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bailey's Mead Copse | Wood | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| High Peartree Copse | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) west |
| Marsh Copse | Wood | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) south-east |
| Hutchins's Copse | Wood | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| Crab Hill | Hill | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) south |
| Ardington Brook | Lake or reservoir | 5 km (3.1 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 5.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 44 | 47 |
3 of the street's 47 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 Vale of White Horse: see them on the Vale of White Horse page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney | Primary | 2–11 | 200 m | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanney Community Shop OX12 0JL | Retailers - other | 70 m | 5 Very good | 14 Dec 2021 |
| Caterlink at St James C Of E Primary School OX12 0JN | School/college/university | 200 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 20 Jan 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Shoplifting | 1 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Causeway (2); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (2); On or near Brookside (1); On or near Mill Orchard (1); On or near The Mulberries (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 55% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 35% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 36% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 58% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 8% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 25% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 35% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 57% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 62% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 2% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 31% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 9 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
- OX12 0JL: 47 addresses of 49 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Brookside · The Causeway · Brookside · The Mulberries · Orchard Close · Berry Lane · Main Street · Davies Meadow
All the streets in OX12 and across Vale of White Horse.
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.