OX17 3JW postcode in Cherwell, Oxfordshire

OX17 3JW is a postcode in Cherwell, in the Banbury Calthorpe and Easington ward. It is in the Banbury parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

Flooding High flood risk 1 of 1 home or business at high risk, from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 0% of homes and businesses at OX17 3JW can get it Across Cherwell: 89% Typical price £420,500 Homes sold in OX17 3, last 12 months. ▼ 8% on the year before Nearest station Kings Sutton 2.5 km in a straight line

Where OX17 3JW is, and what is near it

Map of OX17 3JW and what is near it Map of OX17 3JW: its centre point, with the 233 other postcodes in the OX17 3 sector, 4 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. OX17 3AA: also in OX17 3OX17 3AS: also in OX17 3OX17 3DX: also in OX17 3OX17 3FH: also in OX17 3OX17 3FJ: also in OX17 3OX17 3FL: also in OX17 3OX17 3FT: also in OX17 3OX17 3FU: also in OX17 3OX17 3FW: also in OX17 3OX17 3HR: also in OX17 3OX17 3HS: also in OX17 3OX17 3JA: also in OX17 3OX17 3JB: also in OX17 3OX17 3JD: also in OX17 3OX17 3JE: also in OX17 3OX17 3JF: also in OX17 3OX17 3JG: also in OX17 3OX17 3JJ: also in OX17 3OX17 3JL: also in OX17 3OX17 3JN: also in OX17 3OX17 3JP: also in OX17 3OX17 3JQ: also in OX17 3OX17 3JR: also in OX17 3OX17 3JY: also in OX17 3OX17 3JZ: also in OX17 3OX17 3LE: also in OX17 3OX17 3LH: also in OX17 3OX17 3PL: also in OX17 3OX17 3PP: also in OX17 3OX17 3PT: also in OX17 3OX17 3PU: also in OX17 3OX17 3PX: also in OX17 3OX17 3PY: also in OX17 3OX17 3PZ: also in OX17 3OX17 3QA: also in OX17 3OX17 3QB: also in OX17 3OX17 3QD: also in OX17 3OX17 3QE: also in OX17 3OX17 3QF: also in OX17 3OX17 3QG: also in OX17 3OX17 3QH: also in OX17 3OX17 3QJ: also in OX17 3OX17 3QL: also in OX17 3OX17 3QQ: also in OX17 3OX17 3QR: also in OX17 3OX17 3QS: also in OX17 3OX17 3QT: also in OX17 3OX17 3QU: also in OX17 3OX17 3QX: also in OX17 3OX17 3QY: also in OX17 3OX17 3QZ: also in OX17 3OX17 3RA: also in OX17 3OX17 3RB: also in OX17 3OX17 3RP: also in OX17 3OX17 3RR: also in OX17 3OX17 3RS: also in OX17 3OX17 3RT: also in OX17 3OX17 3RU: also in OX17 3OX17 3RX: also in OX17 3OX17 3RY: also in OX17 3OX17 3SE: also in OX17 3OX17 3SF: also in OX17 3OX17 3SG: also in OX17 3OX17 3XA: also in OX17 3OX17 3XB: also in OX17 3 Kings Sutton station 2.5 km2 schools, 2.7–3.1 kmBanbury station 2.9 kmGP 3.3 kmBodicote OX17 3JW Map of OX17 3JW and what is near it Map of OX17 3JW: its centre point, with the 233 other postcodes in the OX17 3 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 1 km. 3 places, 2.7–3.1 kmGP 3.3 kmMiddleton Cheney OX17 3JW
  • OX17 3JW
  • Other postcodes in OX17 3: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 52.0406, longitude -1.3009)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after OX17 3JW?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at OX17 3JW?

None of the homes and businesses at OX17 3JW can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

OX17 3JW 0% Cherwell 89%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

OX17 3JW 0% Cherwell 98%
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Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

When are the bins collected at OX17 3JW?

BinDayBuddy has not read Cherwell District Council's days for OX17 3JW today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

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Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is OX17 3JW at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

High risk

The Environment Agency counts 1 home or business at OX17 3JW. 1 is in an area at high risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

1 homes and businesses at OX17 3JW High: 1

High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Cherwell

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for OX17 3JW: 2,058 properties in Cherwell are at high risk (2.3% of all its properties). All the figures for Cherwell

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of OX17 3JW is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 06:00 on 23 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 06:00 on 23 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near OX17 3JW?

Homes in OX17 3 sold for a typical £420,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 81 sales, down 8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£420,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£457,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 8% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £620,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £388,750 32 sales
  • Terraced £315,000 15 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole OX17 district: a typical £400,000 from 199 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Homes sold in OX17 3JW

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in OX17 3JW from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near OX17 3JW?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 700 homes in the neighbourhood around OX17 3JW. The largest share of them, 49%, are in council tax band D. More were built from 2010 to 2019 than in any other period (100%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around OX17 3JW

Band D in Cherwell for 2026‑27: £2,583. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £2,009 (band B) to £3,731 (band F); band D, the most common, is £2,583.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Awithheld£1,722
Band Babout 90 (13%)£2,009
Band Cabout 100 (14%)£2,296
Band Dabout 340 (49%)£2,583
Band Eabout 140 (20%)£3,157
Band Fabout 30 (4%)£3,731
Band Gfewer than 5£4,305
Band Hfewer than 5£5,166

When the homes were built

  1. None Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. None 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. None 2000 to 2009
  8. 100% 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

Before 1900, 1900 to 1918, 1919 to 1939, 1945 to 1964, 1965 to 1982, 1983 to 1999, 2000 to 2009, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Cherwell before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of OX17 3JW is in (ONS area E01035727), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near OX17 3JW?

The nearest open schools to OX17 3JW, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near OX17 3JW, and how we find them

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it

Where is the nearest station to OX17 3JW?

The nearest railway station to the centre of OX17 3JW is Kings Sutton Rail Station, 2.5 km away in a straight line.

  • Kings Sutton Rail Station Railway station 2.5 kmCycle
  • Banbury Rail Station Railway station 2.9 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near OX17 3JW, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near OX17 3JW?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of OX17 3JW, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near OX17 3JW?

0 within 1 km 3 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of OX17 3JW, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • EVC Charging point · No details mapped 3.0 kmCycle
  • EVC Charging point · No details mapped 3.0 kmCycle
  • Park & Charge Oxfordshire Charging point · 10 chargers 3.0 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near OX17 3JW?

The nearest to the centre of OX17 3JW, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to OX17 3JW?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near OX17 3JW?

The nearest care homes to the centre of OX17 3JW, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near OX17 3JW?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of OX17 3JW, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near OX17 3JW?

The nearest vets to the centre of OX17 3JW on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is OX17 3JW in a conservation area?

The centre of OX17 3JW is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near OX17 3JW?

Police.uk records 3 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of OX17 3JW in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Anti-social behaviour1 report
Violence and sexual offences1 report
Other crime1 report

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for OX17 3JW

Ward
Banbury Calthorpe and Easington
Parish
Banbury
Region
South East
Country
England
Rural or urban
Urban, further from a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

OX17 3AS900 mOX15 4GQ980 mOX15 4GW1.1 kmOX17 3JN1.1 kmOX15 4GN1.1 kmOX15 4GL1.1 km
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Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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