Changelog

A new calculator compares the real yearly cost of the three ways into Oxford — the 400 bus, driving in and parking, and the Thornhill park-and-ride. Set how many days a week you go and, if you like, your own car's fuel economy, and it shows the cost of each and which is cheapest for you. It counts running costs only (fuel, parking and fares) and says so, and the fares it uses are dated with links to check the live prices.

The windmill answer no longer lists an open day that has already passed. Remaining 2026 dates are 12 July, 9 August, 13 September and 11 October.

Wheatley is a village of about 4,300 people in South Oxfordshire, five miles east of Oxford — a quarter of its residents are over 65, and its bus network changed twice in eighteen months, so we started with the things people actually look up. Three tools to begin with: - **Where's the bus?** shows live positions for the 400, N400, 46, 49, 275 and the summer WP1 — how far away each bus is in plain words ("about 2 miles away on the Oxford side, heading this way"), with scheduled frequencies and full timetable links. Live data comes from the Department for Transport's Bus Open Data Service. - **Common questions** answers the recurring ones: which week the green and black bins go out, what's happening on the old Brookes campus, how to register at Morland House, the windmill's open Sundays, and how to get the Wheatley Newsletter. - **Who to call** untangles the three councils — bins and planning to the district, potholes and schools to the county, allotments and open spaces to the parish — plus health, police and the Good Neighbour Scheme, with hours and tappable numbers. Every fact was checked against an official page on 12 June 2026.

Ten research notes on the village: demographics, the A40-dependent geography, civic services (bins, buses, schools), what residents say in forums and reviews, and the 447-home campus redevelopment starting in 2026. This research will guide the first tools.