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Guide Price£1,200,000

Checkendon RG8

Land size
1.8 acres
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
2

Key Features

  • A detached family home with gardens and paddocks
  • 3 bedrooms 2 bathrooms
  • 2 reception rooms
  • Attractive farmhouse style kitchen with Raeburn
  • Garage and parking for many cars
  • Scope to enlarge and or remodel

Description

A detached three-bedroom bungalow occupying a plot of approximately 1.8 acres in the sought-after village of Checkendon. The property offers spacious, versatile accommodation extending to approximately 1,967 sq ft, together with landscaped gardens, fenced paddocks, a stable and garaging. There is also considerable potential to remodel or extend the existing accommodation, subject to the necessary planning consents. EPC band E.


The Willows is a substantial detached bungalow offering approximately 1,967 sq ft of versatile accommodation, with landscaped gardens, paddocks and outbuildings set within approximately 1.8 acres. The property also offers considerable potential to remodel or extend, subject to the necessary planning consents.
The accommodation includes a spacious sitting room with double doors opening onto the rear terrace and gardens, a separate dining room which could alternatively serve as a fourth bedroom, and a farmhouse-style kitchen with a traditional Rayburn and granite worktops. There are three bedrooms, including a principal bedroom with an en-suite bathroom and adjoining dressing room, together with a family bathroom. Solid wood flooring features in the principal reception rooms, with limestone tiling to the entrance hall.


The gardens and grounds are a particular feature of the property. A landscaped terrace adjoins the house, with lawns, mature trees, established planting and a natural wildlife pond beyond. The adjoining paddocks are divided into three fenced sections, with a stable and five-bar gates providing access. A detached garage and additional storage buildings complete the property.


Checkendon is a well-regarded South Oxfordshire village situated within the Chiltern Hills, offering a rural setting with convenient access to Henley-on-Thames, Reading and Wallingford. Village amenities include a primary school, church, village hall, recreation ground, public house and riding centre. Further schooling is available in the surrounding villages, including Woodcote, Stoke Row and Whitchurch Hill.
Henley-on-Thames is approximately 8 miles away, offering a range of independent shops, restaurants and leisure facilities. Reading provides more extensive shopping and transport connections, including mainline rail services to London Paddington and the Elizabeth line.


Material Information
Mains connected electric, water and drainage Oil fired central heating.
Local authority: South Oxon District Council
Council tax band F
Energy Performance Certificate: EPC band E (52)


To book an appointment to view this property please phone the Henley-on-Thames Sales branch and quote ID: 103510.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
F
Date Posted
2026-07-20

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 1,739 Homes with Land listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£666,667 / acre
Homes with Land Average (1+ acres) £299,215 / acre
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Energy Performance Certificate

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Running costs are one side. Planning activity, flood history and ground risks for this location are in the full report.

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
Oil Heating
Broadband
Fibre (FTTC)
Sewerage
Mains

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Garage
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Limited NoneO2 Limited NoneThree Good NoneVodafone Good None

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Checkendon Church of England (A) Primary School523 metresOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    86
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Stoke Row CofE Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    50
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Woodcote Primary School1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    168
    Type
    Community school
  • Peppard Church of England Primary School2.7 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    61
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Nettlebed Community School3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    165
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Langtree School1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    626
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    374
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,537
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Denefield School5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,171
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Gillotts School5.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    934
    Type
    Academy converter

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Woodcote, Woodcote, Oxfordshire1.9 miles
Budgens Nettlebed, Nettlebed2.9 miles
Co-op Sonning Common, Sonning Common3 miles

GP surgery

Goring & Woodcote Medical Practice1.8 miles

Pharmacy

Day Lewis Pharmacy3 miles

Hospital

Wallingford Community Hospital5.3 miles

Green space

Playing Field143 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Goring & Streatley Rail Station4.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Post Office132 metres

Typical drive times

Reading19 min · 8.9 miles
Watlington22 min · 10 miles
Wallingford14 min · 7.6 miles
Oxford (city)38 min · 20 miles
Henley-on-Thames18 min · 8.2 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Very low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

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