The typical Witney-area home sold for £380,000 over the past year, and West Oxfordshire prices are down 2.4%. Prices by type, postcode and neighbouring town.
The middle sale in the Witney postal area over the last year was £380,000. That is the median of 557 completed residential sales registered by HM Land Registry between 1 August 2025 and 24 June 2026, covering OX28 and OX29: Witney itself plus Hailey, Ducklington, Curbridge, Standlake, Eynsham, Combe and the other villages that share the town’s postcode. Sales that HM Land Registry flags as not at full market value, such as repossessions and part-share transfers, are excluded throughout.
Across West Oxfordshire as a whole, the average price in May 2026 was £417,246, and it was down 2.4 per cent on the year. That matters more than the level. While Oxfordshire rose 2.6 per cent and England rose 2.3 per cent, West Oxfordshire went backwards. It is the only one of those measures that fell.
The district is going the other way to the county
| Area | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| West Oxfordshire | £417,246 | −2.4% |
| Oxfordshire | £418,038 | +2.6% |
| South East | £381,311 | +1.2% |
| England | £292,095 | +2.3% |
West Oxfordshire used to sit clearly above the county average. It no longer does: at £417,246 it is £792 below the Oxfordshire figure of £418,038. Twelve months earlier the district average was £427,589, so roughly £10,000 has come off the typical home.
The fall is recent and it is accelerating. The annual change was positive as late as February 2026 and has turned steadily more negative since:
| Month | Average price | Annual change |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | £427,629 | +3.1% |
| February 2026 | £425,025 | +2.1% |
| March 2026 | £422,474 | −1.9% |
| April 2026 | £419,012 | −1.0% |
| May 2026 | £417,246 | −2.4% |
Five consecutive monthly falls is not a blip. If you are selling in Witney this autumn, price against what is completing now, not against what your neighbour got in January.
What each type of home costs
| Property type | District average | Witney-area median sale |
|---|---|---|
| Detached | £657,511 | £560,000 |
| Semi-detached | £411,339 | £380,000 |
| Terraced | £334,712 | £336,500 |
| Flat or maisonette | £211,766 | £215,750 |
| First-time buyer | £336,310 | — |
The two columns measure different things and it is worth knowing which you want. The district average is a modelled figure for every home in West Oxfordshire including Burford and the Cotswold villages, which is why detached houses look £100,000 dearer there. The Witney-area median is what actually changed hands in OX28 and OX29 over the last year, half above and half below.
A first-time buyer in the district paid an average of £336,310 in May 2026. On the Witney sales record, the bottom quarter of the market cleared at £300,000 or less and the top quarter at £500,000 or more.
The town is cheaper than the villages around it
This is the local detail the district figure hides. Split the Witney postal area by outcode and the pattern reverses what most people assume:
OX28, which is Witney town, had a median sale of £345,000 across 310 sales. OX29, the ring of villages that shares the Witney postal address, had a median of £440,000 across 247. That is a £95,000 gap for the same postal town.
Inside OX28 the spread is narrow. The cheapest sector was OX28 4 at £308,000 and the dearest OX28 3 at £381,500, so Witney is an unusually even market by street. The outliers are all in the villages: OX29 6 came in at £615,000 and OX29 5, around Standlake and Northmoor, at £585,000.
The single dearest residential sale in the postal town was £3.5 million for Oak Field House on Pitts Lane, Hailey, in September 2025. The cheapest was £86,500 for a flat at Windrush Court on St Marys Mead in Witney, one of three flats in that block to sell inside the year.
How Witney compares with its neighbours
| Postal town | Median sale | Sales counted |
|---|---|---|
| Carterton | £330,000 | 174 |
| Witney (OX28 and OX29) | £380,000 | 557 |
| Bampton | £445,000 | 64 |
| Woodstock | £495,000 | 53 |
| Chipping Norton | £497,500 | 248 |
| Burford | £655,000 | 36 |
Carterton is £50,000 below Witney and is the district’s genuinely affordable town, a function of the estate housing built around RAF Brize Norton. Chipping Norton’s postal area looks expensive at £497,500, but read that label carefully: OX7 covers a large slice of the north Cotswolds including Great Tew and the Wychwoods, and the detached houses out there are doing most of the work. The town itself is not that price.
Treat Burford and Woodstock as indicative rather than settled. On 36 and 53 sales respectively, one large transaction moves the median several thousand pounds, and Burford’s range ran past £4 million.
What is likely to move the number next
Two things, both covered elsewhere on this site.
The first is supply. West Oxfordshire’s draft Local Plan 2043 proposes just over 18,000 new homes across the district, including a new settlement next to Witney and a further 700 homes towards Minster Lovell. Our page on Witney planning news sets out where they are proposed to go.
The second is the A40. Sales prices along the corridor have always been held back by the drive into Oxford. The Shores Green slip roads opened in July 2026 and a £126 million bus priority scheme between Eynsham and Wolvercote has planning consent, both of which are covered on our Witney roadworks and travel page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the average house price in Witney?
The median completed sale in the Witney postal area (OX28 and OX29) was £380,000 over the year to June 2026. The wider West Oxfordshire district average was £417,246 in May 2026 on the UK House Price Index.
Are Witney house prices going up or down?
Down. West Oxfordshire prices fell 2.4 per cent in the year to May 2026, the fifth consecutive month of annual decline, while Oxfordshire as a whole rose 2.6 per cent.
Is Witney cheaper than the surrounding villages?
Yes, and by a wide margin. OX28, the town, had a median sale of £345,000. OX29, the villages sharing the Witney postcode, had a median of £440,000.
How much is a detached house in Witney?
The median detached sale in the Witney postal area was £560,000. The West Oxfordshire district average for detached homes was £657,511 in May 2026, higher because it includes the Cotswold villages.
What is the cheapest town near Witney?
Carterton, on this data. Its median sale was £330,000 across 174 sales, £50,000 below Witney and £325,000 below Burford.
Where can I check what a specific house sold for?
Every completed sale in England and Wales is public. Search an address or street free on HM Land Registry Price Paid.
Sources
- UK House Price Index, West Oxfordshire (ONS and HM Land Registry) for district averages by month, property type and buyer type.
- HM Land Registry UKHPI data for West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, the South East and England, May 2025 and May 2026, via the Land Registry open data service.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid transaction records for the Witney, Carterton, Chipping Norton, Woodstock, Burford and Bampton postal towns, standard-category residential sales dated 1 August 2025 to 24 June 2026, via the Land Registry open data API.
- HM Land Registry Price Paid search for individual addresses.
UK House Price Index figures are provisional and are revised as more sales complete. Price Paid records lag completion by several weeks, so the most recent months are incomplete. Confirm the latest numbers against the linked sources before making a decision.
Commuting is most of the reason people pay Witney prices. Witney train times to London sets out what the journey actually costs from a town with no station of its own.
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