Oxhey is a suburb of Watford, in the Watford Rural parish located in the Three Rivers district of Hertfordshire. This neighbourhood area has Eastbury to its South West, Moor Park to its North West and Watford to its North. This area offers residents picturesque views of nature from its multiple rivers, its lush open green fields or its dense woodlands. South Oxhey is quite residential with a mixture of late 20th century, interwar, post war and 21st century homes across this neighbourhood. It would take residents around 1 hour to get a train into London Euston, depending on how close one lives to either Bushey Station or Carpenders Park Station, which are on the same Overground line. Travelling by car would take about the same time.

Oxhey was first historically referenced when King Offa II of Mercia, a Saxon King who ruled the now Oxhey between 757AD until his death in 796AD, gifted the district of Oxengehaege to the Benedictine Abbey of St Albans. South Oxhey was once a rural manor; it is a large estate that was formerly part of the Oxhey Hall Estate. The manor was owned by the famous Blackwell family, of Crosse and Blackwell. Christianity has had a large influence on Oxhey and the Oxhey Chapel was built by English Judge Sir James Altham in 1612. Today the Chapel is a Grade II listed building. Oxhey’s 1880 parish church, St Matthew’s, is also listed as a Grade-II building.

The first phase of South Oxhey’s £150 million regeneration scheme was completed in 2020, with the transformation of a dated shopping parade by the entrance of Carpenders Park Overgound Station into a modern retail space. Oxhey Park was also refurbished and modernised, opening its new facilities in 2020 following a £3.75 million investment in the development of new park facilities and a community centre that houses a cafe, community rooms and sporting facilities for local residents to enjoy. The council is also set to invest £375,000 in the nearby South Oxhey Playing Fields to repair and improve its facilities.