Investigating
Pothole around manhole cover
Reported via mobile in the Manhole category anonymously at 08:51, Sun 7 December 2025
Sent to Oxfordshire County Council less than a minute later
This pothole surrounding the manhole has been growing for the last few months but the rate of growth has increased with the cold weather. Located outside 21/23 Shilton road. The manhole bangs when people go over it and I am concerned damage will be caused. We (myself and our neighbours) can’t access our drive without going over the cover. We are cornered the debris will cause damage to our cars. I am going through IVF treatment and the noise (banging of the cover) when people go over it is really affecting my sleep.
Council ref: ENQ251067318
Updates
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Thank you for your enquiry. This issue has been passed onto the relevant team for investigation.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 08:51, Sun 7 December 2025
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Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We are already aware of the issue and are actively investigating based on the initial report. For comprehensive information on our approach to highway repairs and risk assessment, please visit the Oxfordshire County Council’s website at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ residents/ roads-and-transport/ street-maintenance-z/ road-repairs .
State changed to: Investigation complete
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 11:52, Thu 11 December 2025
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Thank you for bringing this matter to our attention. We are already aware of the issue and are actively investigating based on the initial report. For comprehensive information on our approach to highway repairs and risk assessment, please visit the Oxfordshire County Council’s website at https://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/ residents/ roads-and-transport/ street-maintenance-z/ road-repairs .
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Oxfordshire County Council at 11:53, Thu 11 December 2025
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This pothole is now at least 1foot deep and around an entire side of the man cover!! So dangerous!! It will slice a tyre and damage wheels
Posted anonymously at 17:10, Tuesday 13 January 2026
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This drain pot hole and the crater that’s literally a couple of feet from it needs fixing immediately how many more people have to fall victim to tyres. It’s a danger as not only are people in the middle of the road avoiding this there now avoiding the crater aswell. Seeing as I believe the pot hole before Carterton from Burford is being fixed within 24 hours maybe while your workers are in Carterton they can fix both these pot holes before an accident happens.
Posted anonymously at 11:12, Wednesday 14 January 2026
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This piece of road is now very dangerous to drive on as the potholes are unavoidable when traffic is coming the other way without stopping - particularly when it is dark or there has been rain and you cannot see them
Posted anonymously at 12:54, Tuesday
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