Cherwell
OX17 house prices in Cherwell
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cherwell, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£400,000
Range £262,500–£820,750 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in OX17: the typical (median) sold price is £400,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). OX17 is an active market, with about 19 recorded sales a month. By property type, 44% were detached homes (typically £540,000) and 37% were semi-detached homes (typically £345,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,583 a year: Cherwell's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cherwell, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on OX17: steady sales, so price from the evidence
Roughly 19 homes a month change hands in OX17, a pace that gives buyers and sellers something to compare, without a year-on-year figure we would stand behind.
If you are selling, a spread from £262,500 to £820,750 makes £400,000 a poor guide to any one home, so benchmark against near-identical homes, not the headline; roughly 19 sales a month is enough for buyers to compare, so evidence beats optimism.
Sell houseIf you are buying, OX17 sits well above the UK average for typical prices, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
On any OX17 home we would check whether the home is at risk of flooding, council tax (Band D is £2,583 a year) and what has been built or proposed nearby, and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free OX17 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
OX17 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£400,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
19.4
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,583
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in OX17
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in OX17 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £540,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £203,750.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 103 | £540,000 | £350,000–£1,227,000 |
| Semi-detached | 87 | £345,000 | £242,000–£487,300 |
| Terraced | 38 | £320,000 | £245,650–£475,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 6 | £203,750 | £147,500–£275,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in OX17
The quarterly typical price fell 18.9%, from £450,000 in Q3 2025 (57 sales) to £365,000 in Q3 2026 (33 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £450,000 | 57 |
| Q4 2025 | £400,000 | 71 |
| Q1 2026 | £380,000 | 53 |
| Q2 2026 | £442,500 | 36 |
| Q3 2026 | £365,000 | 33 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of OX17 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most OX17 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £262,500 and £820,750, around a typical £400,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in OX17
Detached homes were 44% of recorded sales (103 of 234). 96% of sales were freehold and 4% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached44%
- Semi-detached37%
- Terraced16%
- Flat / maisonette3%
Tenure
- Freehold96%
- Leasehold4%
See the figures
240 freehold (96%) and 10 leasehold (4%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in OX17, including 4 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 22 Jul 2025 and 19 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where OX17 sits in Cherwell
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in OX17
48, ARBURY BANKS, BANBURY
Terraced · Freehold · 19 Aug 2026
£290,000
16, BOWMENS LEA, BANBURY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£275,000
64, GLEBE RISE, BANBURY
Detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£495,000
27, ARUNDEL CLOSE, BANBURY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 10 Aug 2026
£295,000
2, CUP & SAUCER, BANBURY
Semi-detached · Freehold · 7 Aug 2026
£310,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). OX17 includes the Adderbury, Bloxham and Bodicote ward.
In plain English
What the Cherwell (OX17) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £540,000 against £320,000 for terraced homes: about 1.7 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £262,500 and £820,750, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (96%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 19 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 22 July 2025 and 19 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on OX17
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in OX17
£2,583
Band D a year in Cherwell, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,722 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,009 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,296 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,583 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,157 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,731 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,305 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,166 |
These are Cherwell's charges for 2026-27, the authority OX17 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for Cherwell · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near OX17
5
open schools within 3 km, nearest Middleton Cheney Primary Academy.
All schools
Middleton Cheney Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · OX17 2PD
1.2 km
Good · 2011
Chenderit School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · OX17 2QR
1.3 km
Good · 2022
Chacombe CEVA Primary Academy
Primary · Academies · OX17 2JA
2.0 km
Good · 2019
St Leonard's Church of England Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OX16 4SB
2.3 km
Good · 2022
Dashwood Banbury Academy
Primary · Academies · OX16 4RX
2.7 km
Good · 2014
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the OX17 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 5 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near OX17
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around OX17
We hold no cached planning record for OX17: either nothing was found near the district centre when it was last checked, or this district has not been checked yet. Either way we do not fetch on this page, so you can run a live planning search for OX17.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for OX17
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled OX17 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 5 to decile 9, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
OX17 3PH, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so OX17 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in OX17: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in OX17, band by band
Cherwell's council tax for 2026-27 set against the OX17 median sold price of £400,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearCherwell | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £400,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,722 | £144 | 0.43% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,009 | £167 | 0.50% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,296 | £191 | 0.57% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,583 | £215 | 0.65% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,157 | £263 | 0.79% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,731 | £311 | 0.93% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,305 | £359 | 1.08% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,166 | £431 | 1.29% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the OX17 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, Cherwell, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in OX17 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 248 distinct addresses in the records we hold for OX17. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
48, ARBURY BANKS, BANBURY
OX17 1LU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£290,000
2026-08-19
16, BOWMENS LEA, BANBURY
OX17 3AG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£275,000
2026-08-11
64, GLEBE RISE, BANBURY
OX17 3PH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£495,000
2026-08-10
27, ARUNDEL CLOSE, BANBURY
OX17 3QZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-08-10
2, CUP & SAUCER, BANBURY
OX17 1NN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-08-07
11, HOLLAND RISE, BANBURY
OX17 3RZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£630,000
2026-08-06
3, CHURCH CLOSE, BANBURY
OX17 3LN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£722,000
2026-08-06
ENDWAYS, MANOR ROAD, BANBURY
OX17 2SA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£600,000
2026-08-05
GREENBANK, CLAYDON ROAD, BANBURY
OX17 1NW · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-08-03
SIDELANDS, OXFORD ROAD, BANBURY
OX17 3HJ · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£900,000
2026-08-03
12, BLACKSMITHS HILL, BANBURY
OX17 3AH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£262,500
2026-07-31
10, STIRLING CLOSE, BANBURY
OX17 3FU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£435,000
2026-07-31
69, HORTON ROAD, BANBURY
OX17 2LJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-07-31
20, GRIFFIN CLOSE, BANBURY
OX17 3HR · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£355,000
2026-07-31
19, ALLENS ORCHARD, BANBURY
OX17 1LX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-27
21, ROUND CLOSE ROAD, BANBURY
OX17 3EP · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£242,500
2026-07-24
BOWNESS, SPRING LANE, BANBURY
OX17 1RB · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£284,000
2026-07-23
7, NEW ROAD, BANBURY
OX17 1HT · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£330,000
2026-07-23
23, MIDWAY, BANBURY
OX17 2QN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-22
70, ROCHESTER WAY, BANBURY
OX17 3JX · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£396,000
2026-07-20
39, BULL BAULK, BANBURY
OX17 2QH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-17
7, VALLEY VIEW, BANBURY
OX17 1QJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£520,000
2026-07-16
MANORBIER HOUSE, 7A, VALLEY VIEW, BANBURY
OX17 1QJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£448,680
2026-07-16
2, BANBURY LANE, BANBURY
OX17 3RU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£1,300,000
2026-07-15
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Data sources
Every OX17 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.