Buying guide to Oxfordshire: the best market towns and quaint villages for London commuters
The army of Londoners who decided they wanted out during the pandemic turned Oxfordshire — and particularly the Cotswolds — into one of Britain’s hottest property hotspots in 2021 and 2022.
Its smart market towns and gorgeous country villages were considered by many the ultimate antidote to life in locked down London, and prices spiralled.
Things have certainly calmed down this year, but prices in the county that gave us Inspector Morse, Soho Farmhouse, the dreaming spires of Oxford, and the retail mecca of Bicester Village are 22 per cent higher now than they were in 2019 according to research by estate agent Hamptons.
If you plan to make 2024 the year you escape to Oxfordshire these are Homes & Property’s picks of the towns, cities, and villages you need to get to know.
Value for money: Wantage
In a county stuffed full of pricey city suburbs and ultra-affluent towns and villages Wantage is a rare find.
This small but well formed market
