RG7 3YU West Berkshire
Live postcode, introduced October 1985. Ward: Burghfield & Mortimer. Region: South East.
Streets
- Tarragon Way, Burghfield Common: 61 addresses
- Man's Hill, West Berkshire: 1 address
- Sorrel Close, Burghfield Common: 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 E (25% of about 600 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: 4 protected trees within 100 m of this postcode.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1.0 km
- Springwood Engineering, Bunces Lane, Burghfield Common, Reading, RG7 3DG, permissioned (470 m)
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this postcode, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 0 at low risk. Each address counts once, at the higher of its rivers-and-sea and surface-water risk.
Rivers and the sea alone: no home is in an area at risk.
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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The postcode's 63 addresses are between 74 m and 93 m above sea level (86 m on average).
Broadband
Superfast 100%, ultrafast 100%, gigabit 100% of premises; 0% cannot get 10 Mbit/s. Ofcom Connected Nations, data as at January 2026.
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Mortimer 158,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.2 km |
| Theale 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.2 km | |
| Reading Green Park 221,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m, 14 within 800 m; nearest Holmdene Burghfield Hill | 200 m |
| Bus or coach station | Reading Rail Station - buses | 8.8 km |
| EV charging points | 5 within 1.6 km; nearest ubitricity | 1.0 km |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 42.0 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Mortimer Surgery | 2.5 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Burghfield Pharmacy | 230 m |
| NHS dentists | 1 practices within 1.6 km; nearest Dental Surgery | 0 m |
| Hospital | Prospect Park Hospital | 6.3 km |
| Police station | Sulhamstead Police Training Centre | 3.0 km |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Burghfield Common | 890 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 2,410 m² | 640 m |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 130 m² | 200 m |
| Playing field | 3 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 6,760 m² | 140 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 2.0 ha | 890 m |
Within 800 m: 1 park or garden, 0.2 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site and two fishponds, Moathouse Cottage, a scheduled monument, 2.0 km north-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1.0 km.
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site and two fishponds, Moathouse Cottage | Scheduled monument | 2.0 km north-west |
| Name | What it is | From the postcode's centre |
|---|---|---|
| Auclum Copse | Wood | 110 m south-west |
| Grove Copse | Wood | 340 m east |
| Little Auclum Copse | Wood | 460 m south |
| Pullen's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 650 m south |
| Omer's Gully | Valley | 1.2 km west |
| Totterdown Hill | Hill | 2.1 km south |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.5 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.2 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 62 | 63 |
1 of the postcode's 63 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 56 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 12% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 33% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 79% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 54% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 8% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 10% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 38% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 4% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 61% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 57% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this postcode | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 41% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this postcode is in decile 8 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 Tarragon Way.