OX11 8HU

Last sold £278,000 in November 2015

8a, Abbott Road, Didcot

Property type: Semi-detached
Tenure: Freehold
Floor area: 560 sq ft / 52 sq m
EPC rating: B
Elevation: About 69m — higher than about 50% of homes in Didcot

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
November 2015	£278,000	+22.5%	0.5%	+5 pts
July 2013	£227,000	+9.1%	0.5%	+4 pts
February 2012	£208,000	+15.6%	0.5%	+18 pts
August 2011	£180,000	+18.4%	0.5%	−1 pts
April 2004	£152,000	+97.4%	4.0%	+1 pts
December 1998	£77,000	+36.3%	6.25%	+8 pts
May 1996	£56,500		5.9375%

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Nov 2015 — £278,000 · +22.5% · 5 pts ahead of the UK market
Jul 2013 — £227,000 · +9.1% · 4 pts ahead of the UK market
Feb 2012 — £208,000 · +15.6% · 18 pts ahead of the UK market
Aug 2011 — £180,000 · +18.4% · 1 pts behind the UK market
Apr 2004 — £152,000 · +97.4% · 1 pts ahead of the UK market
Dec 1998 — £77,000 · +36.3% · 8 pts ahead of the UK market
May 1996 — £56,500

paid in line with the local norm

vs 122 nearby sales within a year · semi-detached within 1 km

The life around it

Manor Primary School 19-min walk
St Birinus School 6-min walk
Didcot Parkway station 22-min walk
Little Wittenham Wood 5.7km
The coast (coastline) 65.4km
Lake 3.3km
Pond 1.1km
Canal 5.9km
Hakka's Brook 1.0km
Public Park 777m
Playing Field 282m
Spar 1.2km
Royal Berkshire Court (Opp) 105m

Broadband

Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 82.5% of premises — not all
Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 82.5% of premises — not all
Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Didcot Parkway, 1.3km away

13 min Oxford
37 min London
39 min Bristol
74 min Cardiff

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

1 St Birinus School · Secondary · Boys 0.1 miles State Attainment 8: 50.0 — top 40% nationally (2023)
2 Willowcroft Community School · Primary 0.2 miles State
3 Northbourne Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.2 miles State
4 Hagbourne Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.6 miles State
5 Manor Primary School · Primary 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good
6 Didcot Girls' School · Secondary · Girls 0.7 miles State Attainment 8: 58.8 — top 20% nationally (2023)
7 Lydalls Nursery School 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good
8 All Saints Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.9 miles State
9 Aureus Primary School · Primary 0.9 miles State Ofsted Outstanding
10 Ladygrove Park Primary School · Primary 1.1 miles State Ofsted Good

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Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

Noise

Road noise here is mapped at 55–59 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — audible traffic.

Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,500 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: no hills shade it. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Around average for England & Wales — 62 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: exact

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Nearby sold homes

6b, Abbott Road, Didcot £242,000 · 2019
6, Abbott Road, Didcot £296,000 · 2020
2a, Abbott Road, Didcot £115,000 · 2011
8b, Abbott Road, Didcot £317,000 · 2020
11, Abbott Road, Didcot £192,000 · 2012
5, Abbott Road, Didcot £285,000 · 2017

Planning activity nearby

Undecided Change of use from a 5 bedroom residential dwelling (use class C3) to a 9 bedroom, 9… Jun 2026 source
Conditions T1 Sycamore - Fell. Jun 2026 source
Undecided Erection of a single-storey rear extension, alterations to the existing side elevation at… Jun 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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