Gardiner Close Wheatley, South Oxfordshire
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (OX33), about 80 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 36200614.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £500,000 across 1 sale.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in South Oxfordshire cost £471,427 in August 2026 (+2.2% on a year); private rents averaged £1,418 a month.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 1).
- 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 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A40, carries 35,408 motor vehicles a day on average (2024).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 86% to 92% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Oxford, about 9 km (5.6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Shotover Country Park, is about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 83 to 90 m above sea level.
- Noise: 2 of its 8 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Morland House Surgery, about 90 m away.
- People: About 630 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 48% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 26 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £450,000 | £450,000 | £450,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £375,000 | £375,000 | £375,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £280,000 | £280,000 | £280,000 |
| 2004 | 3 | £258,000 | £250,000 | £259,950 |
| 2003 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £185,000 | £185,000 | £185,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £105,000 | £105,000 | £105,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Oct 2025 | 7 OX33 1HU | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 22 Jan 2021 | 1 OX33 1HU | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 18 Mar 2011 | 2 OX33 1HU | Detached | £375,000 | |
| 7 Sep 2007 | 2 OX33 1HU | Detached | £350,000 | |
| 25 Sep 2006 | 5 OX33 1HU | Detached | £280,000 | |
| 1 Jun 2004 | 1 OX33 1HU | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 16 Apr 2004 | 7 OX33 1HU | Detached | £259,950 | |
| 23 Jan 2004 | 3 OX33 1HU | Semi-detached | £258,000 | |
| 10 Sep 2003 | 4 OX33 1HU | Detached | £250,000 | |
| 14 Jul 2000 | 1 OX33 1HU | Detached | £185,000 | |
| 23 Sep 1996 | 7 OX33 1HU | Detached | £105,000 |
House prices and rents in South Oxfordshire
A typical home in South Oxfordshire cost £471,427 in August 2026, 2.2% more than a year before. That is 11% more than five years earlier and 25% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £770,493 |
| Semi-detached | £451,346 |
| Terraced | £372,708 |
| Flat or maisonette | £235,476 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £380,165 |
Private renters in South Oxfordshire paid £1,418 a month on average in September 2026, 5.2% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,053 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,307 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,634 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,354 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 105 m². Most common: Bungalow, detached (2); House, detached (1). Built: 1991-1995 (2); 1983-1990 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (3 addresses)
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 6,746 kWh of it on average in 2024, 52% less than the district's 14,088 kWh, and 2,215 kWh of electricity, 48% less than the district's 4,223 kWh. There are gas meters for about 100% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX33 1HU | 6 | 1,863 kWh | 7 | 9,150 kWh |
| OX33 1DP | 23 | 2,105 kWh | 22 | 5,245 kWh |
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 OX33.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band E (26% of about 1,270 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)
- 1, 3 and 5, Park Hill, Wheatley, OX33 1ND: up to 60 homes, permissioned (90 m)
- The Railway Hotel24 Station RoadWheatley OX33 1ST: up to 15 homes, permissioned (280 m)
- Oxford Brookes University Campus, Wheatley: up to 300 homes, not permissioned (700 m (0.4 miles))
- Oxford Brookes University Campus, Wheatley: up to 300 homes, permissioned (790 m (0.5 miles))
- Oxford Brookes University Campus, Wheatley: up to 300 homes, permissioned (790 m (0.5 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
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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
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 1 to 3%: 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. 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 8 addresses are between 83 m and 90 m above sea level (87 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX33 1DP | 96% | 92% | 92% | 0% |
| OX33 1HU | 100% | 86% | 86% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Oxford 8.1 million journeys in 2024–25 | 9 km (5.6 miles) |
| Radley 132,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.9 km (6.1 miles) | |
| Islip 39,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.9 km (6.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 14 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 17 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Lock-up Wheatley | 90 m |
| Bus or coach station | Gloucester Green Bus Station Oxford City Centre | 8.5 km (5.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | Gridserve Charging Station | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Luton Airport LTN | 55 km (34 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Morland House Surgery Good Mar 2020 | 90 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Wheatley Pharmacy | 90 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 250 m |
| Hospital | Oxford City Community Hospital | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Triangle Care Home Requires improvement Jan 2023 | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Police station | Cowley Police Station | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Oxford Forecourt, Thame Road Cashzone | 3.2 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Shotover Country Park 123 ha | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 800 m² | 50 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,860 m² | 80 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.6 ha | 620 m (0.4 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Manor House, a listed building (Grade II*), 190 m south-west. 63 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 4 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Manor House | Listed building, Grade II* | 190 m south-west |
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade II* | 230 m south-east |
| Moated site 580m south west of Church Farm | Scheduled monument | 550 m (0.3 miles) east |
| Moated site of Holton House and its associated ice house | Scheduled monument | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Rectory House | Listed building, Grade II* | 590 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Gothic Temple Approximately 600 Metres to East of Shotover Park | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Shotover | Registered park or garden, Grade I | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Garden Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Warren Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) north |
| The Common | Wood | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Greenlane Clump | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Coombe Wood | Wood | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Castle Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 8 |
2 of the street's 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheatley Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Wheatley Church of England Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 400 m (0.2 miles) | No overall grade (Dec 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Requires improvement; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Requires improvement |
| Wheatley Park School | Secondary | 11–18 | 640 m (0.4 miles) | No published inspection |
Nurseries and childcare
2 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 440 m (0.3 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Aunties' Old School Nursery OX33 1NW | Full day care | 35 | Outstanding (Apr 2025, overall grade under the previous framework) | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Oxford's British Orchard Nursery OX33 1YW | Full day care | 53 | Mar 2026: Expected standard in 2 areas, Needs attention in 4 | 950 m (0.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellford Gardens OX33 1ND | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 90 m | 5 Very good | 30 Apr 2026 |
| The Sun OX33 1NB | Pub/bar/nightclub | 140 m | 5 Very good | 20 Jan 2023 |
| The King & Queen OX33 1XT | Pub/bar/nightclub | 180 m | 5 Very good | 4 Oct 2024 |
| Wheatley Fish and Chips OX33 1ST | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 200 m | 4 Good | 1 Jun 2026 |
| The New Club OX33 1NJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 220 m | 4 Good | 21 Mar 2025 |
| Tidal Cafe Bar OX33 1XP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 260 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 25 Feb 2026 |
| Wheatley's Local OX33 1XP | Retailers - other | 280 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 22 Jul 2024 |
| Central Co-operative OX33 1ST | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 8 Sep 2026 |
| Hickman's Butchers OX33 1XP | Retailers - other | 280 m | 5 Very good | 17 Jun 2026 |
| Jones Garden OX33 1XP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 5 Very good | 27 Apr 2026 |
| Bruin Cafe OX33 1XP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | 5 Very good | 15 Oct 2025 |
| Cornfield Bakery OX33 1XP | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 290 m | 4 Good | 13 May 2026 |
| The Aunties Old School Nursery OX33 1NW | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 420 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 19 Oct 2022 |
| Cool Kids Club OX33 1NN | Hospitals/Childcare/Caring Premises | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 16 Mar 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 6 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 3 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Robbery | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Morland Close (10); On or near Parking Area (5); On or near Kiln Lane (2); On or near Westfield Road (2); On or near High Street (2).
Road safety
4 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 4 slight. 2 involved a cyclist. 25% happened in the dark, and 25% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Apr 2024 14:08 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 10 Feb 2023 08:30 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 29 Dec 2021 17:20 | Slight | 1 person | Minor road, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on |
| 27 Feb 2021 10:15 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | Minor road, 30 mph | Daylight |
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 A40 between A4142 Oxford Green Road Rnbt and A418, with 35,408 motor vehicles a day on average in 2024, 170 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A40 | A4142 Oxford Green Road Rnbt to A418 | 35,408 estimated; counted 2023 | 5% | +6% since 2014 | 170 m |
| A40 | A4142 Oxford Green Road Rnbt to A418 | 33,664 counted 2025 | 5% | 170 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 | 50 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 28% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 42% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 53% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 32% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 3% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 48% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 38% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 73% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 4% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 48% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhoods around this street are all in decile 10 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
Holloway Road · Templars Close · Morland Close · Park Hill · High Street · Westfield Road · St Mary's Close · Kiln Lane · Park Hill · Bell Lane · Hathaways · Blenheim Lane
All the streets in OX33 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; 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.