Pebble Hill Marsh Baldon, South Oxfordshire
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (OX44), about 250 m long. USRN 36205526.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2012 the median was £760,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 2 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, 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.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band A; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 50% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Radley, about 4 km (2.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Marsh Baldon Green, is about 150 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.6 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 80 to 86 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 11 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Leys Health Centre, about 2.9 km (1.8 miles) away.
- People: About 440 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 80% of households owned their home and 52% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | £760,000 | £760,000 | £760,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £665,000 | £665,000 | £665,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £395,000 | £395,000 | £395,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £750,000 | £750,000 | £750,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £485,000 | £485,000 | £485,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £670,000 | £670,000 | £670,000 |
| 2003 | 1 | £565,000 | £565,000 | £565,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £500,000 | £500,000 | £500,000 |
| 1997 | 1 | £265,000 | £265,000 | £265,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Feb 2012 | THE COTTAGE OX44 9ND | Detached | £760,000 | |
| 15 Jun 2011 | THURLFIELD COTTAGE OX44 9ND | Detached | £665,000 | |
| 19 May 2009 | THE COTTAGE OX44 9ND | Detached | £395,000 | |
| 8 Aug 2007 | COBWEBS OX44 9ND | Detached | £750,000 | |
| 25 May 2006 | THE COTTAGE OX44 9ND | Detached | £485,000 | |
| 25 Oct 2005 | PORTERS HOUSE OX44 9ND | Detached | £670,000 | |
| 23 Sep 2003 | PORTERS HOUSE OX44 9ND | Detached | £565,000 | |
| 22 Sep 2000 | THURFIELD COTTAGE OX44 9ND | Detached | £500,000 | |
| 21 Mar 1997 | THURFIELD COTTAGE OX44 9ND | Detached | £265,000 |
Energy performance certificates
2 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 186 m². Most common: House, detached (2). Built: 1900-1929 (1); 2007 onwards (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
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 A (23% of about 620 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Marsh Baldon Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- BARNS APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES WEST OF PARSONAGE FARMHOUSE, grade II
- HUNTERS GAP, grade II
- PARSONAGE FARMHOUSE, grade II
Roadworks
Started, not reported finished by 31 October 2026
- 26 October 2026 to 4 November 2026: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major works)
Planned, as of 31 October 2026
- 26 October 2026 to 4 November 2026: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (major (paa) works)
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 80 m and 86 m above sea level (84 m on average); the ground rises about 6 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX44 9LH | 100% | 50% | 50% | 0% |
| OX44 9ND | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Radley 132,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.7 km (3.6 miles) | |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.2 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Seven Stars Marsh Baldon | 530 m (0.3 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Gloucester Green Bus Station Oxford City Centre | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | ubitricity | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 55.9 km (35 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Leys Health Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Pharmacies | The Leys Pharmacy | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | The Leys Health Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Churchill Hospital Oxford | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| Police station | Cowley Police Station | 5 km (3.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Deltys Supermarket | 3.3 km (2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Marsh Baldon Green 6.5 ha | 150 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 520 m² | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4,610 m² | 390 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 6.5 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Lawrence, a listed building (Grade II*), 570 m (0.4 miles) north. 42 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Lawrence | Listed building, Grade II* | 570 m (0.4 miles) north |
| Church of St Peter | Listed building, Grade II* | 740 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Baldon House Baldon House East Wing Baldon House West Wing | Listed building, Grade II* | 810 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Site of Roman kilns | Scheduled monument | 2 km (1.2 miles) south |
| Garsington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hop Garden Copse | Wood | 840 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| Ashen Copse | Wood | 860 m (0.5 miles) south |
| New Close Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| Windmill Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| The Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Lock Wood Island | Island | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.6 | 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 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 7 | 11 |
4 of the street's 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Baldon CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 4–11 | 200 m | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marsh Baldon CE Primary School OX44 9LJ | School/college/university | 230 m | 5 Very good | 4 Jun 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 80% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 26% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 41% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 55% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 18% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 52% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 10% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 96% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 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.
Postcodes on this street
Nearby streets
All the streets in OX44 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.
- 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.