The Cobden Centre Didcot, South Oxfordshire
1 address across 1 postcode (OX11), about 50 m long. USRN 36205588.
- 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 C; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Didcot Parkway, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 350 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 53 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 Oak Tree Health Centre, about 810 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 580 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 11 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often criminal damage and arson.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Oct 2020 | UNIT 5 OX11 7HL | Other | £525,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 21 Feb 2020 | UNIT 2 OX11 7HL | Other | £360,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 18 Aug 2017 | UNIT 4 OX11 7HL | Other | £600,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
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 C (56% of about 780 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)
- Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot: up to 248 homes, not permissioned (900 m (0.6 miles))
- Vauxhall Barracks, Didcot: up to 248 homes, not permissioned (900 m (0.6 miles))
- Didcot A: up to 280 homes, permissioned (1 km (0.6 miles))
- Didcot A: up to 400 homes, pending decision (1 km (0.6 miles))
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
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 is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 53 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX11 7HL | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Didcot Parkway 2.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.8 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Southmead Industrial Park Didcot | 30 m |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Didcot Station Foxhall Multi-Storey Car Park | 770 m (0.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 57.2 km (36 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Oak Tree Health Centre | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Apollo Pharmacy | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Ladygrove Dental Practice | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Hospital | Didcot Community Hospital | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Police station | Civil Nuclear Constabulary | 4 km (2.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | Midcounties Co-Op Mersey Way, Mersey Way Cashzone | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 21 ha | 350 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 40 m² | 560 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,390 m² | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1.2 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 21 hectares in all.
Landmarks
3 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Easton's Plantation | Wood | 470 m (0.3 miles) south |
| Down Hill | Hill | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Fulscot Copse | Wood | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) south-east |
| Long Wittenham Wood | Wood | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) east |
| Fullamoor Plantation | Wood | 3 km (1.9 miles) north |
| Clifton Cut | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the street's 1 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 South Oxfordshire: see them on the South Oxfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladygrove Park Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 750 m (0.5 miles) | Good (Dec 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Sires Hill Primary Academy | Primary | 2–11 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Report card (May 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Early years: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Lydalls Nursery School | Nursery | 3–5 | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Stephen Freeman Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Manor Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Oct 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Didcot Girls' School | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumbo's Catering OX11 7PH | Mobile caterer | 50 m | 3 Generally satisfactory | 10 Feb 2026 |
| Bengal Spice Didcot OX11 7PH | Takeaway/sandwich shop | 50 m | 4 Good | 20 May 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Criminal damage and arson | 4 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Drugs | 1 |
| Burglary | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Moorbrook (6); On or near Hawksworth (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 20% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 32% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 85% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | under 1% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 7% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 3% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 5% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 8% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 6% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 88% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is 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
- OX11 7HL: 1 address of 8 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Hawksworth · Moorbrook · Gooch · Collett · Churchward · Harrier Park · A4130 · Dart Drive
All the streets in OX11 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.