Banbury Local Information
Practical local information for Banbury: bin collection days, parking, council tax bands and planning, each one linked back to the official source.
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Banbury Roadworks This Week: M40 J11 Slip and Fair Closures
Banbury's M40 J11 southbound entry slip shuts overnight on Saturday 10 October, then four town centre streets close for the Michaelmas Fair from 13 October.
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Parking
Parking in Banbury: Evenings Stop Being Free on 28 Sept
From 28 September the council charges £1.60 between 6pm and 8am in every Banbury car park. Sundays are charged too. Full tariffs, Castle Quay and the station.
Bins
Banbury bin collection days: Monday holidays change nothing
Cherwell runs no Monday bin rounds, so an August bank holiday moves nothing, and Good Friday runs as usual. Garden waste is £59, bulky waste starts at £14.50.
Council Tax
Banbury council tax bands 2026/27: Band D is £2,603.38
Band D in Banbury is £2,603.38 this year, up 3.2 per cent. The full A to H table, plus what the county, the police and the town council each take from it.
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Banbury house prices: £290,000, £56k below Bicester
The typical Banbury home sold for £290,000 over the last year, £56,000 less than Bicester. Prices by ward and property type, from Land Registry sales.
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Banbury to London Train: 1h 02m, From £40 Return
Banbury to London Marylebone in 1h 02m, two trains an hour from 05:17. Super Off-Peak Return £40 after 10:41, October and November changes listed.
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Things to do in Banbury: free museum, £13 castle
Banbury Museum is free and open six days a week, Broughton Castle is £13 on Wednesdays and Sundays, and the canal towpath costs nothing. Prices checked this week.
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Cherwell planning: 20,042 homes, 3.1 years supply
Cherwell's Local Plan needs 20,042 homes by 2042 but the district holds only 3.1 years of land supply, and the government has designated it over appeal losses.
Bins
Banbury Christmas bin collections: two Friday rounds move
Christmas Day and New Year's Day both fall on a Friday, so those Cherwell rounds move. 2025's changes, tree collection dates and tip hours at Christmas.
Schools
Banbury term dates 2026/27: October half term is 26 to 30 Oct
Oxfordshire half term is 26 to 30 October, Christmas break from 21 December, back 4 January. Plus the INSET days at six Banbury and Bicester schools.
Recycling
Banbury tip opening times: Alkerton, 8am to 5pm, book first
Alkerton and Ardley Fields open 8am to 5pm daily and every visit must be booked. They shut at 3pm on Christmas Eve and close on Christmas Day and Boxing Day.
Trains
Banbury Christmas trains and buses: what runs and when
No trains on Christmas Day and Birmingham New Street is disrupted 24 to 28 December. Last year's final London to Banbury train on Christmas Eve left at 20.36.