Neithrop / Bretch Hill

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Neithrop is a housing estate and ward of Banbury, Oxfordshire. The oldest part of Neithrop is one of the oldest areas in Banbury and has many old style houses.

Neithrop is home to People's Park which has a bird house, a large field and a children's play area.

This part of Banbury was the scene of rioting in 1589 after the local maypole was destroyed by Puritans [1].

Neithrop used to be the site of Banbury's workhouse which was situated in Warwick Road. After World War II it was used as a hospital until its demolition in the 1980s.

Neithrop is served by one school and is also home to a specialist school:

Orchard Fields Community School (primary)
Frank Wise School (primary specialist)

[edit] Bretch Hill

Bretch Hill is a housing estate in the Neithrop ward of Banbury, Oxfordshire. It was formerly a council estate, but today many of its houses are owner-occupied and the remainder are owned by a housing association.

The estate was built in the 1960s because of the growth of the town due to the London overspill. It was expanded further in the 1970s.

Bretch Hill is served by two schools:

William Morris School (Primary)
Drayton School (Secondary - will become a city academy from September 2007 subject to government approval). United Learning Trust's website for the proposal of North Oxfordshire Academy

[edit] Local politics

The Neithrop ward is traditionally a Labour ward but for the first time, during the 2006 local elections for Cherwell District Council, the ward changed to one Labour councillor and one Conservative Party councillor.

Labour still holds control for the Neithrop ward for the Banbury Town Council and Oxfordshire Country Council.