A34 Solihull, West Berkshire
12 addresses across 6 postcodes (RG14,RG18,RG20), about 3.5 km (2.2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 26902767.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in West Berkshire cost £401,830 in August 2026 (-0.4% on a year); private rents averaged £1,355 a month.
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Radon: Up to 1 to 3% of homes in the 1 km squares around it are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the A34, carries 73,292 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in West Berkshire costs £2,505 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Newbury, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Snelsmore Common Country Park, is about 330 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.3 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 79 to 119 m above sea level.
- Noise: 9 of its 12 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Strawberry Hill Medical Centre, about 2.8 km (1.7 miles) away.
- People: About 1,680 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 35% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Road safety: 1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in West Berkshire
A typical home in West Berkshire cost £401,830 in August 2026, 0.4% less than a year before. That is 15% more than five years earlier and 21% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £709,368 |
| Semi-detached | £415,644 |
| Terraced | £336,601 |
| Flat or maisonette | £209,165 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £315,411 |
Private renters in West Berkshire paid £1,355 a month on average in September 2026, 6.2% more than a year before. That is 30% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £948 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,232 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,532 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,224 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 11,083 kWh of it on average in 2024, 10% less than the district's 12,339 kWh, and 7,175 kWh of electricity, 17% more than the district's 6,126 kWh. There are gas meters for about 51% of the homes.
1 of its postcodes has no gas meters recorded among 10 or more homes: often flats heated by electricity, or homes off the gas grid.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG20 8AA | 43 | 2,481 kWh | 35 | 9,001 kWh |
| RG14 3BG | 5 | 6,649 kWh | under 5 | |
| RG14 2LE | 8 | 12,734 kWh | under 5 | |
| RG20 8AQ | 12 | 10,293 kWh | none recorded |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is RG20.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band C (24% of about 2,880 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Bagnor, Bagnor. Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 24.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 92 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- Donnington Castle, grade I
- DONNINGTON GROVE, grade II*
- DONNINGTON HOSPITAL, grade II*
- 1, CASTLE LANE, grade II
- BOUNDARY WALL TO THE PRIORY INCLUDING GATEPIERS AND GATES, grade II
- Bridge over lake approximately 400 metres to south east of Donnington Grove, grade II
- BROOK HOUSE, grade II
- DENE COTTAGES, grade II
- DONNINGTON CASTLE HOUSE, grade II
- DONNINGTON DENE, grade II
- Fishing Lodge on north bank of River Lambourn approximately 420 metres to south east of Donnington Grove, grade II
- GARDEN HOUSE APPROXIMATELY 35 METRES TO NORTH EAST OF DONNINGTON GROVE, grade II
- HONEYBOTTOM, grade II
- IVY COTTAGE, grade II
- LOCKETT'S BRIDGE, grade II
- MEADOW WAY, grade II
- MILESTONE APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES TO SOUTH OF DONNINGTON HOSPITAL, grade II
- Primary School and Schoolmaster's House, grade II
- SNELSMORE HOUSE, grade II
- STABLE BLOCK APPROXIMATELY 150 METRES TO EASTOF DONNINGTON GROVE, grade II
- STABLES APPROXIMATELY 20 METRES TO WEST OF DONNINGTON CASTLE HOUSE, grade II
- THE OLD TANNERY, grade II
- The Priory, grade II
- TONAYNE HOUSE AND COACH HOUSE ADJOINING TO NORTH, grade II
Energy projects nearby
No wind turbine or waste plant within 5 km (3.1 miles), and no solar farm, battery site or other project of 1 MW or more within 2 km (1.2 miles), of the street's postcodes, operating or planned.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 31 October 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 4 at medium risk and 4 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 13 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 4 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: no postcode centre on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG20 8AA | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG14 3BG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG14 2LE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG14 3AP | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 1 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG18 9AB | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG20 8AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 3 / 4 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
The highest radon potential in the 1 km squares around the street's postcodes is 1 to 3%: up to that share of homes there is estimated to be at or above the Action Level of 200 becquerels per cubic metre. At least part of that area is a radon Affected Area, where 1% or more of homes are.
Radon is a natural radioactive gas from the ground that can build up indoors; long exposure raises the risk of lung cancer. A three-month test with two small detectors is the only way to know a home's level, and a high level can usually be brought down with a sump or better ventilation. UKHSA sells a radon report for a single address from its detailed map at ukradon.org.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 12 addresses are between 79 m and 119 m above sea level (92 m on average); the ground rises about 40 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG14 2LE | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RG14 3AP | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG14 3BG | 94% | 94% | 94% | 6% |
| RG18 9AB | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG20 8AA | 77% | 75% | 75% | 0% |
| RG20 8AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Newbury 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Newbury Racecourse 115,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Thatcham 465,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 7.3 km (4.5 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Arlington Bridge - School Drive Donnington | 610 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Newbury Wharf | 3.3 km (2.1 miles) |
| Car parks | Vodafone Car Park 6 | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Be.EV Charging Station | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 53.5 km (33 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 60.6 km (38 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Strawberry Hill Medical Centre Good Jul 2019 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Day Lewis Pharmacy | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Newbury Dental Practice | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| Hospital | West Berkshire Community Hospital Good Jan 2020 | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Care homes | 1 home within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest The Donnington Care Home Good Mar 2021 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Newbury Police Station | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Cash machines | Moto - Chieveley, Oxford Road Cashzone | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Snelsmore Common Country Park 85 ha | 330 m |
| Play area | Unnamed 350 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 2.8 ha | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,040 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 85 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork., a scheduled monument, 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west. 2 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Donnington Castle: a quadrangular castle and 17th century fieldwork. | Scheduled monument | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south-west |
| Donnington Grove | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) south-west |
| Shaw House | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Battle of Newbury 1643 | Registered battlefield | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Swilly Copse | Wood | 110 m west |
| Nothing Hill | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) south |
| The Gully | Valley | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) east |
| Bagnor Marsh | Wetland | 1.7 km (1 mile) south-west |
| Greenham | Island | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) south |
| Faircross Pond | Lake or reservoir | 4.1 km (2.5 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.3 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 75 dB or more | 2 | 0 |
| 70 to 74 | 4 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 3 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 3 | 12 |
9 of the street's 12 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.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaw-cum-Donnington C.E. Primary School Church of England | Primary | 3–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good | 60% at the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 0% at the higher standard (2025; 60% in 2024 and 31% in 2023) |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
No nursery, pre-school or out-of-school club on Ofsted's register is within 1.5 km (0.9 miles) of the middle of the street.
Ofsted also registers 92 childminders and 11 home childcarers (nannies) in West Berkshire. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donnington Valley Golf Club RG14 3BG | Pub/bar/nightclub | 200 m | 5 Very good | 26 Nov 2024 |
| The Post Barn RG14 3BG | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 200 m | 5 Very good | 24 Jul 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
Road safety
1 collision in which someone was hurt was reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 0 serious and 1 slight. Most were on roads with a 70 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 Jan 2023 16:15 | Slight | 1 person | A34, 70 mph | Daylight |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the A34 between Junction where A339 and A34 meet and South of Junction M4/A34, with 73,292 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 410 m (0.3 miles) from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A34 | A34 main route to A4 | 5,249 estimated; counted 2023 | 5% | -15% since 2015 | 350 m |
| A34 | Junction where A339 and A34 meet to South of Junction M4/A34 | 73,292 counted 2025 | 10% | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 16% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 38% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 13% | 17% |
| Private rented | 21% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 45% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 9% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 56% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 17% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 35% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 19% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 3% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 4 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 7 to 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.
What has changed
Nothing new since the change feed started on 30 October 2026. New sales and energy certificates, and hygiene ratings, school inspections and flood figures nearby, will be listed here as the sources update.
Postcodes on this street
- RG20 8AA: 6 addresses of 61 in the postcode
- RG14 3BG: 2 addresses of 42 in the postcode
- RG14 2LE: 1 address of 12 in the postcode
- RG14 3AP: 1 address of 11 in the postcode
- RG18 9AB: 1 address of 34 in the postcode
- RG20 8AQ: 1 address of 30 in the postcode
Nearby streets
A34 · Oxford Road · Greenham Road · Greenham Road
All the streets in RG14, RG18, RG20 and across West Berkshire.
What this page cannot tell you
- Whether a particular house is at risk of flooding, subsiding or anything else: the flood map is a model of areas and there is no property-level data here.
- What a home is worth now: sales are historic prices for the homes that happened to sell.
- How safe the street is: crime points are moved to anonymised locations and many crimes are never reported; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- Whether you would get a place at a school: distances are straight lines, not catchments.
- Who lives on the street now: census figures describe the small areas around it in March 2021, during a lockdown.
- How long a journey takes or how often anything runs: transport distances are straight lines to the nearest stops.
- Whether a GP practice is taking new patients, or a dentist new NHS patients.
- How loud a home is inside, or noise from industry, neighbours or smaller airfields: noise figures are models of road, rail and air traffic outside.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.