RG14 1XE West Berkshire
Live postcode, introduced July 1995. Ward: Newbury Central. Region: South East.
Streets
- Cleveland Grove, Newbury: 24 addresses
- Crawford Place, Newbury: 1 address
Council tax
What each band costs in West Berkshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,505 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,670 | £1,949 | £2,227 | £2,505 | £3,062 | £3,619 | £4,176 | £5,011 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this postcode: most are in band C (31% of about 910 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this postcode is in one.
- Listed buildings within 100 m of this postcode: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 2 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Bayer House, Strawberry Hill , Newbury, RG14 1JA: up to 191 homes, permissioned (170 m)
- Northcroft House And Avonbank House, Newbury, permissioned (210 m)
- West Street House West Street Newbury RG14 1BZ: up to 49 homes, permissioned (230 m)
- Land to rear of 1-15 The Broadway (Bayer site): up to 72 homes, permissioned (270 m)
- Land to rear of 1-15 The Broadway, Newbury: up to 72 homes, permissioned (270 m)
- Northcroft Surgery, Northcroft Lane, Newbury, RG14 1BU, permissioned (280 m)
- 81 - 82 Northbrook Street Newbury RG14 1AE: up to 7 homes, permissioned (320 m)
- London Road Industrial Estate, Newbury, not permissioned (410 m (0.3 miles))
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 8 at medium risk and 15 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: of the 24 homes the Environment Agency counts, 1 are in areas at high risk, 8 medium, 15 low and 0 very low.
High: 3.3% (1 in 30) or more chance of flooding a year. Medium: 1% to 3.3%. Low: 0.1% to 1%. Very low: under 0.1%. The rivers and sea figures allow for flood defences. Counts cover whole postcodes, which can include other streets.
Flood zone for planning: the postcode centre is in flood zone 3. Zone 3 is a 1% (1 in 100) or greater annual chance of flooding from rivers, or 0.5% from the sea, ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The postcode's addresses are about 77 m above sea level.
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 0%, gigabit 0% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newbury 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 810 m (0.5 miles) |
| Newbury Racecourse 115,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | |
| Thatcham 465,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 6.1 km (3.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 5 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 35 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Leys Gardens Newbury | 230 m |
| Bus or coach station | Newbury Wharf | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| Car parks | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest West Street - Newbury Car Park | 170 m |
| EV charging points | 32 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest ubitricity | 350 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 50.5 km (31 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 60.9 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Strawberry Hill Medical Centre | 240 m |
| Pharmacies | 3 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Day Lewis Pharmacy | 210 m |
| NHS dentists | 9 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Westbrook House | 140 m |
| Hospital | West Berkshire Community Hospital | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Police station | Newbury Police Station | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Cash machines | 2 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Tesco Bank ATM | 400 m (0.2 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Goldwell Park 7.0 ha | 40 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 600 m² | 210 m |
| Playing field | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5,990 m² | 250 m |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2.0 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 14 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Methodist Chapel, a listed building (Grade II*), 280 m east. 198 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 2 of them Grade I and 18 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Methodist Chapel | Listed building, Grade II* | 280 m east |
| The Chestnuts | Listed building, Grade II* | 290 m north-east |
| 42, Northbrook Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 340 m east |
| 91 and 92, Northbrook Street | Listed building, Grade II* | 350 m south-east |
| Litten Chapel | Scheduled monument | 830 m (0.5 miles) south |
| Shaw House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) north-east |
| Donnington Grove | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.6 km (1 mile) north-west |
| Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork. | Scheduled monument | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Battle of Newbury 1643 | Registered battlefield | 2 km (1.3 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Greenham | Island | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Speen Moor Plantations | Wood | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) west |
| Nothing Hill | Hill | 2 km (1.3 miles) north |
| Bagnor Marsh | Wetland | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
| The Gully | Valley | 3.2 km (2 miles) north |
| Brown's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 3.2 km (2 miles) south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.3 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.2 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 9.9 | 40 | 15 |
All three are within the UK legal limits; PM2.5 is above the WHO guideline, as in most towns and cities.
Road and rail noise
| Level | Road traffic | Railways |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 22 | 25 |
3 of the postcode's 25 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Climate, daylight and earthquakes
Monthly temperatures and rainfall, sunrise and sunset through the year, and earthquakes recorded nearby since 1970 are much the same across the area, so they are worked out once for West Berkshire: see them on the West Berkshire page.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 57% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 37% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 4% | 17% |
| Private rented | 39% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 67% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 0% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 23% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 49% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 15% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 80% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 6% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 16% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 7% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 86% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 2% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 9 of 10 on the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, where 1 is the most deprived tenth of England's 33,755 neighbourhoods and 10 the least.
The full dossier for this postcode's main street is on Cleveland Grove.