Innovation Drive Milton, Vale of White Horse
7 addresses across 4 postcodes (OX14), about 620 m (0.4 miles) long, classed as a local access road. USRN 41619710.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Vale of White Horse cost £411,712 in August 2026 (+4.6% on a year); private rents averaged £1,369 a month.
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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.
- Landfill: 1 historic landfill site within 500 m (0.3 miles) of its postcodes; the nearest, Manor Farm, is 210 m away.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band E; Band D in Vale of White Horse costs £2,577 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 68% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, about 4.1 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 270 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 10.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 58 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Woodlands Medical Centre, about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) away.
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 64% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, and it was serious; 1 involved a pedestrian.
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House sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2020 | 38C OX14 4RT | Other | £110,085 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
House prices and rents in Vale of White Horse
A typical home in Vale of White Horse cost £411,712 in August 2026, 4.6% more than a year before. That is 19% more than five years earlier and 24% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £662,416 |
| Semi-detached | £402,480 |
| Terraced | £325,936 |
| Flat or maisonette | £209,356 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £330,205 |
Private renters in Vale of White Horse paid £1,369 a month on average in September 2026, 4.8% more than a year before. That is 28% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £998 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,245 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,522 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,257 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
None of the street's postcodes has the 5 or more domestic meters needed for figures to be published.
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 E (25% of about 630 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
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton Courtenay Landfill Scheme | Landfill Gas | 5.6 MW | Operational Mar 1999 | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Sutton Courtney | Landfill Gas | 6 MW | Operational Oct 2006 | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
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
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 1 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OX14 4RY | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX14 4RZ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX14 4RQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX14 4RT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | 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
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
1 historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes, the nearest 210 m away.
| Site | Waste went in | Waste | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manor Farm Milton, Oxfordshire | 1979 to 1990 | Inert, industrial | 210 m |
Closed tips can give off gas (methane and carbon dioxide) and leak into the ground for years. An environmental search, which conveyancers usually order, looks at landfill and contaminated land around the home; the council keeps a register of land it has found to be contaminated.
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 58 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX14 4RQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| OX14 4RT | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| OX14 4RY | 100% | 68% | 68% | 0% |
| OX14 4RZ | 88% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Didcot Parkway 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) | |
| Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.4 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 18 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Lawns Milton Park | 90 m |
| EV charging points | 2 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Source EV Charging Station | 490 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 60.6 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Woodlands Medical Centre Good Jun 2016 | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apollo Pharmacy | 310 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Damira Abingdon | 310 m |
| Hospital | Didcot Community Hospital | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Care homes | Oxford Manor Care Home Good May 2026 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Abingdon Police Station | 5.1 km (3.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Steventon Cashzone | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 1,250 m² | 270 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 1,490 m² | 920 m (0.6 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Squire Barrett Recreation Ground 4,950 m² | 320 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,720 m² | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.1 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is 42A and 42B, High Street, a listed building (Grade II*), 470 m (0.3 miles) north. 19 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I and 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| 42A and 42B, High Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 470 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Church of St Blaise | Listed building, Grade II* | 530 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Milton Manor Cottage and Milton Manor House | Listed building, Grade I | 560 m (0.3 miles) north-west |
| Settlement site | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Settlement site | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) north |
| Sutton Courtenay Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Stert Plantation | Wood | 1.7 km (1 mile) south |
| Steventon Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Steventon Copse | Wood | 2 km (1.2 miles) west |
| Quab Hill | Hill | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) south-west |
| Culham Cut | Lake or reservoir | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) north |
| Andersey Island | Island | 4.7 km (3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 10.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 14.3 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; nitrogen dioxide and PM2.5 are above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 7 | 7 |
None of the street's 7 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Blaise CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 850 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection | 56% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 13% at the higher standard (2025; 53% in 2024 and 60% in 2023) |
| Sutton Courtenay Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Requires improvement (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 52% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 15% at the higher standard (2025; 67% in 2024 and 77% in 2023) |
| St Michael's CofE Primary School, Steventon Village Church of England | Primary | 2–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
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
3 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 400 m (0.2 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bright Horizons Milton Park Day Nursery and Preschool OX14 4RY | Full day care | 130 | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
| Red Dragon Pre-School OX14 4DR | Sessional day care | 26 | Good (Jul 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Duchess Nursery Steventon OX13 6RP | Full day care | 54 | Not inspected yet | 1.5 km (0.9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Franks at SLB Abingdon OX14 4RU | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 90 m | 5 Very good | 1 Dec 2025 |
| Hampers.com OX14 4RT | Distributors/Transporters | 160 m | 5 Very good | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Day Release OX14 4RR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 290 m | Awaiting inspection | |
| Planted Plates OX14 4RR | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 310 m | 5 Very good | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Pierreponts at the Innovation Centre OX14 4RY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 21 Feb 2025 |
| DGB Europe Ltd OX14 4RY | Importers/Exporters | 400 m (0.2 miles) | Exempt | |
| Bartlett Mitchell at Evotec Ltd OX14 4RY | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 400 m (0.2 miles) | 5 Very good | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Plum Pudding OX14 4EJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 450 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 8 Nov 2024 |
| Costa Coffee OX14 4FP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 470 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 10 Sep 2026 |
| Miller & Carter Didcot OX14 4FP | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 500 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 17 Mar 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 3 |
| Drugs | 3 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other theft | 2 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Public order | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Croft Drive (10); On or near Western Avenue (3); On or near Old Moor (2).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 1 serious and 0 slight, in which 1 person was seriously hurt. 1 involved a pedestrian. Most were on roads with a 40 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Aug 2022 07:08 | Serious | 1 person: 1 pedestrian | A4130, 40 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
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 | 40 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 64% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 27% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 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) | 50% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 19% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 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 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
- OX14 4RY: 3 addresses of 244 in the postcode
- OX14 4RZ: 2 addresses of 26 in the postcode
- OX14 4RQ: 1 address of 22 in the postcode
- OX14 4RT: 1 address of 21 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Western Avenue · Pembroke Lane · Jubilee Avenue · Old Moor · Croft Drive · Park Square · Park Drive · High Street · Little Lane · School Lane
All the streets in OX14 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; 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.