OX17 — Banbury
Banbury's OX17 postcode sits in South Northamptonshire. The board behind it is assembled from 9,318 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical OX17 sale went from £70,000 in 1995 to £388,750 in 2026 — 5.6× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1997 — prices moved +28.6% that year. The one to avoid was 2009: the median moved -14.3%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in OX17
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £70,000 | 288 |
| 2000 | £137,250 | 308 |
| 2005 | £225,000 | 282 |
| 2010 | £247,750 | 200 |
| 2015 | £315,000 | 330 |
| 2020 | £342,500 | 235 |
| 2025 | £400,000 | 265 |
| 2026 | £388,750 | 44 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Middleton Cheney (32% of local sales) — busiest streets: Main Road, Horton Drive, Bull Baulk
- Adderbury (19% of local sales) — busiest streets: St Marys Road, Round Close Road, Lake Walk
- Kings Sutton (17% of local sales) — busiest streets: Astrop Road, Glebe Rise, Richmond Street
- Twyford (9% of local sales) — busiest streets: Greenhill, Rochester Way, Walton Avenue
- Aynho (7% of local sales) — busiest streets: Croughton Road, Roundtown, Blacksmiths Hill
- Greatworth (6% of local sales) — busiest streets: Peveril Road, Whitton Close, Westhorp
- Mollington (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Chestnut Road, Orchard Piece, Lower Farm Lane
- Chacombe (5% of local sales) — busiest streets: Banbury Road, Thornhill, Thorpe Road
Reading about 1997 is easy; surviving 2009 is the game. Play the OX17 board.
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Prices are medians of real Land Registry sales. Street lists show street names only — never individual addresses. New to the game? Start with how to play.