Tolgate Road Culham, South Oxfordshire
24 addresses across 5 postcodes (OX14), about 480 m (0.3 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 36201611.
- Energy: 10 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 5, E: 2, F: 1, G: 1).
- Flood: 7 addresses on its postcodes are in areas 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 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Culham, about 2 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, The Green, is about 600 m (0.4 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.8 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 46 to 61 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 24 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Abingdon Surgery, about 2.4 km (1.5 miles) away.
- People: About 1,070 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 73% of households owned their home and 58% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 19 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often anti-social behaviour.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
10 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 120 m². Most common: House, detached (5); House, semi-detached (3); Bungalow, detached (2). Built: 1967-1975 (4); 1930-1949 (2); 2012-2021 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (5 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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (25% of about 1,380 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Sutton Courtenay Conservation Area. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 1.
- 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
- BRIDGE OVER CULHAM CUT, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 17 October 2026: BT, New service connection, no carriageway incursion, on the footway, verge (minor works)
- 28 September 2026: OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL, Highway repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (minor works)
- 24 September 2026 to 28 September 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 5 at medium risk and 7 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 12 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 1 medium, 6 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: at least one postcode centre is in flood zone 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| OX14 4NL | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX14 4NE | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX14 3BW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| OX14 4AD | zone 2 | 0 / 1 / 5 | unlikely |
| OX14 4NB | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 4 / 2 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 24 addresses are between 46 m and 61 m above sea level (54 m on average); the ground rises about 14 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OX14 3BW | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| OX14 4AD | 100% | 100% | 29% | 0% |
| OX14 4NB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX14 4NE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| OX14 4NL | 100% | 14% | 14% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Culham 114,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Appleford 9,070 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) | |
| Radley 132,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4 km (2.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 2 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Glebe Culham | 200 m |
| Car parks | Hales Meadow Car Park | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
| EV charging points | Shell Recharge Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 59.4 km (37 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Abingdon Surgery | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Reynolds Way Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Taha Dental Excellence | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Hospital | Abingdon Community Hospital | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) |
| Police station | Civil Nuclear Police Authority | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | Highway Stops - Vineyard Cashzone | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Green 7,280 m² | 600 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 410 m² | 90 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.1 ha | 140 m |
| Allotments | Drayton Road Allotments 3.1 ha | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Culham Manor, a listed building (Grade II*), 780 m (0.5 miles) west. 22 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 3 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Culham Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 780 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Dovecote at Culham Manor, 110m south west of St Paul's Church | Scheduled monument | 880 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Dovecote Approximately 75 Metres West of Culham Manor | Listed building, Grade II* | 880 m (0.5 miles) west |
| Culham Old Bridge | Listed building, Grade II* | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Culham Bridge | Scheduled monument | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Sutton Courtenay Manor | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Settlement site N of Thames | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Albert Park, Abingdon | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Claypit Covert | Wood | 620 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Sutton Pools | Lake or reservoir | 680 m (0.4 miles) south-west |
| Sloven Copse | Wood | 790 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Hill Pond | Lake or reservoir | 930 m (0.6 miles) north |
| The Knoll | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Andersey Island | Island | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.8 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.9 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 19 | 24 |
5 of the street's 24 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europa School UK | All-through | 4–19 | 520 m (0.3 miles) | Good (Apr 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Anti-social behaviour | 7 |
| Violence and sexual offences | 7 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Vehicle crime | 2 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near The Glebe (16); On or near Sports/Recreation Area (2); On or near Tolgate Road (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 37 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 25% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 14% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 73% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 3% | 1% |
| Social rented | 12% | 17% |
| Private rented | 13% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 71% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 16% | 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 | 40% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 46% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 58% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 94% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 8 to 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
- Roadworks Street works permit: BT: New service connection, 17 October 2026 to 21 October 2026 (no carriageway incursion) found 3 November 2026
Postcodes on this street
- OX14 4NL: 14 addresses
- OX14 4NE: 7 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- OX14 3BW: 1 address of 6 in the postcode
- OX14 4AD: 1 address of 17 in the postcode
- OX14 4NB: 1 address of 28 in the postcode
Nearby streets
The Glebe · The Willows · High Street
All the streets in OX14 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.