OX26 — Bicester
Bicester's OX26 postcode sits in Cherwell. The board behind it is assembled from 27,094 sales over 32 years of actual sales in 8 areas.
Across the recorded period the typical OX26 sale went from £59,500 in 1995 to £340,500 in 2026 — 5.7× growth. If you could time-travel once, aim for just before 1999 — prices moved +29.4% that year. The one to avoid was 2024: the median moved -6.7%, the roughest year in the local record.
Median sold price in OX26
| Year | Median sold price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | £59,500 | 971 |
| 2000 | £108,500 | 1,380 |
| 2005 | £169,000 | 863 |
| 2010 | £193,500 | 468 |
| 2015 | £275,500 | 762 |
| 2020 | £320,000 | 595 |
| 2025 | £345,000 | 591 |
| 2026 | £340,500 | 106 |
The areas on the board
8 areas make up the board, weighted by sales activity:
- Bicester (OX26 6) (33% of local sales) — busiest streets: Avocet Way, Heron Drive, Ravencroft
- Bicester (OX26 3) (24% of local sales) — busiest streets: Spruce Drive, Lucerne Avenue, Willow Drive
- Bicester (OX26 2) (18% of local sales) — busiest streets: Barry Avenue, Shannon Road, Danes Road
- Bicester (OX26 4) (13% of local sales) — busiest streets: Coopers Green, Lyneham Road, Fair Close
- Bicester (OX26 1) (8% of local sales) — busiest streets: Whitelands Way, Kempton Close, Redcar Road
- Launton (3% of local sales) — busiest streets: Station Road, Sherwood Close, West End
- Chesterton (2% of local sales) — busiest streets: Alchester Road, Banks Furlong, Orchard Rise
- Caversfield (0% of local sales) — busiest streets: Banbury Road
Reading about 1999 is easy; surviving 2024 is the game. Play the OX26 board.
Local business? Put your name on the OX26 board — one sponsor per postcode.
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.