Linnet Close Burcot, South Oxfordshire
8 addresses across 2 postcodes (OX14), about 240 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 36205524.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 3, D: 3).
- 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 D; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 96% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Culham, about 3.8 km away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 48 to 50 m above sea level.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Berinsfield Health Centre, about 870 m away.
- People: About 350 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 75% of households owned their home and 50% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 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
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 63 m². Most common: Bungalow, end-terrace (4); Bungalow, detached (1); Bungalow, mid-terrace (1). Built: 1967-1975 (3); 1976-1982 (3). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (social) (3).
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 D (27% of about 560 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: yes, South Oxfordshire.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Land at Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield: up to 39 homes, permissioned (570 m)
- Land at Wimblestraw Road, Berinsfield: up to 24 homes, pending decision (570 m)
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 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 3 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 23 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 2 low and 0 very low.
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 3GX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| OX14 3DP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 8 addresses are between 48 m and 50 m above sea level (50 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX14 3DP | 96% | 96% | 96% | 0% |
| OX14 3GX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km | |
| Radley 132,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.2 km | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m, 12 within 800 m; nearest The Lodge Burcot | 140 m |
| EV charging points | Shell Recharge Charging Station | 6.9 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 54.2 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Berinsfield Health Centre | 870 m |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Berinsfield Pharmacy | 870 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest 204 Fane Drive (Dental Surgery) | 940 m |
| Hospital | Wallingford Community Hospital | 7.9 km |
| Police station | Civil Nuclear Constabulary | 3.2 km |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m; nearest Midcounties Co-Op Berinsfield Cashzone | 780 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Play area | Unnamed 930 m² | 850 m |
| Playing field | Minchin Recreation Ground 2.4 ha | 1.4 km |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,060 m² | 1.3 km |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Settlement site at Northfield Farm, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km south-west. 1 listed building is within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Settlement site at Northfield Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km south-west |
| Roman town | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Clifton Heath | Wood | 1.9 km north-west |
| The Copse | Wood | 2.1 km north-east |
| Blacklands Plantation | Wood | 2.2 km north-west |
| Clifton Cut | Lake or reservoir | 3.0 km south-west |
| Town Hill | Hill | 3.1 km east |
| Lock Wood Island | Island | 3.8 km north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.4 | 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
Noise figures are still being loaded.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbey Woods Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 640 m | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Dorchester St Birinus Church of England School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Linnet Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 54 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 10% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 32% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 75% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 45% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 5% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 49% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 30% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 13% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 36% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 47% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 13% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 50% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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.
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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.