The office is well positioned on Banbury High Street, in between The Banbury Cross and Banbury's main post office. (Our office is on Banbury's High Street close to many of the other Banbury Estate Agents and Letting Agents)
We offer Free no obligation Property appraisals (marketing valuations) and rental assessments and our terms are no sale no fee and no rent no fee (other than the cost of the Energy Performance Certificate)
If you are considering renting or selling a property, we would be pleased to give you advice.
Wigwam® Banbury Branch Telephone: 01295 276565
Estate Agents & Letting Agents Email: Banbury@WigwamOnline.com
48 High Street
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX16 5LA
We are estate agents and letting agents who cover Banbury town and the surrounding (Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Buckinghamshire) villages that lie within a 15 mile radius of Banbury. Wigwam
® is an Estate Agent and Letting Agent specialising in the sale and rental of properties in and around the Banbury area.
WIGWAM® IS A REGISTERED TRADE MARK
This means we are the only company allowed to trade under the name Wigwam for Estate Agency and Lettings
Banbury
Banbury is a market town on the River Cherwell in the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. It is approximately 64 miles (103 km) northwest of London, 38 miles (61 km) southeast of Birmingham, 27 miles (43 km) south of Coventry and 21 miles (34 km) north northwest of Oxford.
Banbury is the main town serving North Oxfordshire. It has a population of approx. 40,000 people and is twinned with Ermont in France and Hennef in Germany. The M40 which connected to Banbury in 1990, now provides easy access to London, Birmingham and the North and has made Banbury a very desirable town to be situated in.
Shopping facilities are excellent with the High Street shops and the modern indoor shopping centre "Castle Quay". There are a number of small and independent shops in the town centre as well as the big chains. (local supermarkets include Tesco, Sainsbury, Marks and Spencer, Co-op and Aldi) There is a market on Thursdays and Saturdays as well as a Farmers Market on the First Friday of Every Month.
Banbury is a significant commercial and retail centre for the surrounding area, which is predominantly rural. Banbury's main industries are car components, electrical goods, plastics, food processing, and printing. The town is famed for Banbury cakes – similar to Eccles cakes but oval in shape. Since July 2000 Banbury has hosted a unique gathering of traditional mock animals, from around the UK, at the annual Banbury Hobby Horse Festival.
The surrounding area is known informally as Banburyshire and covers the north half of the Cherwell district and neighbouring areas. As Banbury lies near the Oxfordshire border, "Banburyshire" informally includes parts of Northamptonshire and Warwickshire.
The nursery rhyme, 'Ride a Cock Horse', has made Banbury one of the best-known towns in England.
Ride A Cock Horse To Banbury Cross
To See a Fine Lady Upon a White Horse
With Rings on Her Fingers And Bells on Her Toes
She shall have Music Wherever She Goes.
It has been suggested that the 'Fine Lady' of the nursery rhyme may have been Lady Godiva or Elizabeth I. (Although, more likely it may have been a local girl who rode in a May Day procession.)
At one time Banbury had many crosses (The High Cross, The Bread Cross and The White Cross), but these were destroyed by
Puritans on 26 July 1600. Banbury remained without a cross for more than 250 years until the current Banbury Cross was erected in 1859 at the centre of the town to commemorate the marriage of Queen Victoria's eldest daughter to Prince Frederick of Prussia. The current Banbury Cross is a stone, spire-shaped monument decorated in Gothic form. Statues of Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V were added in 1911. The cross is fifty-two feet six inches high, and topped by a gilt cross.
The name Banbury may be derived from 'Banna', a local Saxon dignitary who is said to have built his stockade here in the 500's. By the time of William the Conqueror 'Banesberie' was mentioned in the Domesday book. In the 13th century it had grown to become an important wool trading centre bringing wealth to the local population. In 1628 the town was ravaged by fire which destroyed many buildings, though some have survived to the present day. The opening of the Oxford Canal in 1790 connecting Banbury with the Midlands bought new industries and growth which continued with the arrival of the railways.
Today Banbury is an expanding market and industrial town experiencing growth as a direct benefit of its proximity to the completed M40 motorway linking London to Birmingham via Oxford. It is home to some major industries such as Kraft Jacobs Suchard (coffee and custard).
Banbury offers excellent leaisure facilities including The Spiceball Leisure centre and Bannatyne's Health Club, Spiceball Park and Peoples park.