Cherwell
OX26 house prices in Cherwell
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for Cherwell, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£330,000
Range £224,750–£520,500 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 24 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in OX26: the typical (median) sold price is £330,000, above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). OX26 is an active market, with about 35 recorded sales a month. By property type, 35% were terraced homes (typically £300,000) and 28% were detached homes (typically £485,000).
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 OX26: steady sales, so price from the evidence
250 sales since January 2026 make OX26 a steady market, and with no dependable year-on-year figure to hand, recent sold homes are a safer guide than any headline.
If you are selling, OX26 buyers have mostly paid between £224,750 and £520,500, so find the sold homes closest to yours and price against those; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseIf you are buying, typical prices in OX26 sit above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
On any OX26 home we would check what has been applied for nearby (1,230 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,583 a year), and ask a conveyancer to read the title.
Our free OX26 OfferCheck puts the rest of the picture alongside these prices, and the Report explains which parts deserve a second look.
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At a glance
OX26 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£330,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
34.6
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,583
A year
On the map
Where OX26 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 OX26
14, FALLOWFIELDS, BICESTER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 24 Aug 2026
£370,000
59, MERLIN WAY, BICESTER
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£525,000
24, CAMPION PLACE, BICESTER
Terraced · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£302,000
6, REDMOOR COURT, BICESTER
Semi-detached · Freehold · 20 Aug 2026
£385,000
57, WEST END, BICESTER
Detached · Freehold · 17 Aug 2026
£982,500
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). OX26 includes the Bicester East ward.
The data, honestly
House prices in OX26
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in OX26 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £485,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £235,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 68 | £485,000 | £370,000–£651,500 |
| Semi-detached | 66 | £340,000 | £222,500–£430,000 |
| Terraced | 86 | £300,000 | £243,750–£395,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 27 | £235,000 | £84,200–£290,400 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 24 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in OX26
The quarterly typical price fell 0.6%, from £339,975 in Q1 2026 (100 sales) to £338,000 in Q3 2026 (53 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | £339,975 | 100 |
| Q2 2026 | £320,000 | 97 |
| Q3 2026 | £338,000 | 53 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 24 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of OX26 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most OX26 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £224,750 and £520,500, around a typical £330,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 24 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in OX26
Terraced homes were 35% of recorded sales (86 of 247). 90% of sales were freehold and 10% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached28%
- Semi-detached27%
- Terraced35%
- Flat / maisonette11%
Tenure
- Freehold90%
- Leasehold10%
See the figures
224 freehold (90%) and 26 leasehold (10%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in OX26. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 16 Jan 2026 and 24 Aug 2026.
Sold twice: what the same home resold for
The strongest price signal there is: the same door, sold twice. Change shown in £, %, and per year. A big % over two decades is smaller than it looks.
SAXON COURT, WESSEX WAY, BICESTER
£63,000 (2026)£83,000 (2026)+31.7% over 0.6 yrs (+61.5%/yr)
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
In plain English
What the Cherwell (OX26) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £485,000 against £235,000 for flats: about 2.1 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- This is an active district: about 35 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 16 January 2026 and 24 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 OX26
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 OX26
£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 OX26 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 OX26
8
open schools within 3 km, nearest St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester.
All schools
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bicester
Primary · Academies · OX26 2NX
212 m
Not graded
Brookside Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OX26 2DB
246 m
Good · 2010
The Bicester School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · OX26 2NS
370 m
Good · 2024
Longfields Primary and Nursery School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OX26 6QL
594 m
Good · 2012
Bure Park Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OX26 3BP
979 m
Good · 2022
The Cooper School
Middle deemed secondary · Academies · OX26 4RS
1.1 km
Requires improvement · 2022
King's Meadow Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OX26 2LU
1.2 km
Good · 2015
St Edburg's Church of England (VA) School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · OX26 1BF
1.2 km
Good · 2016
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 OX26 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 8 open schools within 3 km, 7 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near OX26
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 OX26
1,230
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 24 July 2026.
Recent applications
Cherwell/26/01737/NMAUndecided
408 m
Change of material above dpc from brickwork to render matching that of original house (proposed as Non Material Amendment to 25/02402/F)
Received 2026-07-06
Cherwell/26/01204/FWithdrawn
237 m
Build 1no 3 bedroom bungalow on land to rear of property, demolish existing garage to make way for new driveway
Received 2026-05-12 · decided 2026-07-14
Cherwell/26/01143/TCAUndecided
332 m
T1 x Norway Maple-Remove.
Received 2026-05-08
Cherwell/26/01147/TCAUndecided
485 m
Magnolia soulangeana, Previously reduced with around 5 years vigorous regrowth, reduce or remove vigorous regrowth (upto 2.5m in length) and reshape the retained crown, approximating an overall reduction of 1.5-2m.
Received 2026-05-07
Cherwell/26/01096/CLUPRejected
400 m
Installation of PVC cladding on the top half of house, front and side only
Received 2026-04-29 · decided 2026-07-14
Cherwell/26/00931/CLUPPermitted
291 m
Hip to gable roof extension, rear dormer and loft conversion and insertion of front facing rooflights
Received 2026-04-14 · decided 2026-06-09
Applications are matched within 500 m of the OX26 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for OX26 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 1230 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 24 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for OX26
Decile 9 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 OX26 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 4 to decile 10, with a median of decile 9 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
OX26 6YQ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 9 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 OX26 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in OX26: 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 OX26, band by band
Cherwell's council tax for 2026-27 set against the OX26 median sold price of £330,000 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÷ £330,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,722 | £144 | 0.52% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £2,009 | £167 | 0.61% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,296 | £191 | 0.70% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,583 | £215 | 0.78% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,157 | £263 | 0.96% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,731 | £311 | 1.13% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,305 | £359 | 1.30% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,166 | £431 | 1.57% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the OX26 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 OX26 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 244 distinct addresses in the records we hold for OX26. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
14, FALLOWFIELDS, BICESTER
OX26 6QS · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£370,000
2026-08-24
59, MERLIN WAY, BICESTER
OX26 6YG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£525,000
2026-08-21
24, CAMPION PLACE, BICESTER
OX26 3EH · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£302,000
2026-08-21
6, REDMOOR COURT, BICESTER
OX26 2LG · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-08-20
57, WEST END, BICESTER
OX26 5DG · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£982,500
2026-08-17
2, WHITLEY CRESCENT, BICESTER
OX26 4XR · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£338,000
2026-08-14
SAXON COURT, WESSEX WAY, BICESTER
OX26 6AX · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 2 recorded sales
£83,000
2026-08-14
60, MARKET END WAY, BICESTER
OX26 2EZ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£358,000
2026-08-14
52, LIME CRESCENT, BICESTER
OX26 3XJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-08-13
68, RAVENCROFT, BICESTER
OX26 6YQ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£487,500
2026-08-12
13, MULLEIN ROAD, BICESTER
OX26 3WE · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£635,000
2026-08-12
49, KINGFISHER WAY, BICESTER
OX26 6YB · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£160,000
2026-08-07
24, BEAUFORT CLOSE, BICESTER
OX26 4XN · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£295,000
2026-08-03
34, KNIGHTON WAY, BICESTER
OX26 1FJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£415,000
2026-08-03
44, MEDINA GARDENS, BICESTER
OX26 2XQ · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£285,000
2026-07-31
2, SPRUCE DRIVE, BICESTER
OX26 3YN · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£410,000
2026-07-31
16, WEST STREET, BICESTER
OX26 2EW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£298,000
2026-07-31
10, KEMPTON CLOSE, BICESTER
OX26 1AE · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£350,000
2026-07-31
2, WINDSOR CLOSE, BICESTER
OX26 1DY · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£490,000
2026-07-31
19B, SHEEP STREET, BICESTER
OX26 6JF · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£150,000
2026-07-31
7, THAMES AVENUE, BICESTER
OX26 2LX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£320,000
2026-07-30
12, WEDGWOOD, BICESTER
OX26 4UL · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£310,000
2026-07-29
175, AVOCET WAY, BICESTER
OX26 6YW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£280,000
2026-07-28
12, CONIFER DRIVE, BICESTER
OX26 3GB · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£265,000
2026-07-28
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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Postcode districts near OX26
The closest districts to OX26 by straight-line distance between district centres.
- House prices in OX27 (Bicester) 2.4 miles
- House prices in OX25 (Bicester) 2.5 miles
- House prices in OX5 (Kidlington) 7.3 miles
- House prices in OX20 (Woodstock) 9.2 miles
- House prices in NN13 (Brackley) 9.2 miles
- House prices in MK18 (Buckingham) 9.5 miles
- House prices in HP18 (Aylesbury) 9.8 miles
- House prices in OX33 (Oxford) 9.9 miles
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Data sources
Every OX26 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.