Basmore Lane Lower Shiplake, South Oxfordshire
1 address across 1 postcode (RG9), about 90 m long, classed as a restricted local access road. USRN 36208867.
- Sales: 11 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £3,800,000 across 1 sale.
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Council tax: Most homes around it are in council tax band G; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 90% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Shiplake, about 100 m away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.1 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.9 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 33 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Wargrave Practice, about 1.7 km (1.1 miles) away.
- People: About 280 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 87% of households owned their home and 49% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 1 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often public order.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | £3,800,000 | £3,800,000 | £3,800,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £1,300,000 | £1,300,000 | £1,300,000 |
| 2019 | 1 | £1,500,000 | £1,500,000 | £1,500,000 |
| 2012 | 1 | £320,000 | £320,000 | £320,000 |
| 2011 | 1 | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 | £1,200,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £805,000 | £805,000 | £805,000 |
| 2001 | 3 | £650,000 | £575,000 | £715,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £540,000 | £540,000 | £540,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Oct 2025 | MAGNOLIA WHARF RG9 3NU | Detached | £3,800,000 | |
| 20 Dec 2022 | ASHDOWN HOUSE RG9 3NU | Semi-detached | £1,300,000 | |
| 18 Nov 2021 | BOLNEY END RG9 3NU | Other | £468,000 | Leasehold. Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 28 Jun 2019 | JOUSTINGS RG9 3NU | Detached | £1,500,000 | |
| 27 Jul 2012 | RIVERCOT RG9 3NU | Flat or maisonette | £320,000 | Leasehold. |
| 26 Aug 2011 | RIVERSIDE RG9 3NU | Detached | £1,200,000 | |
| 29 Oct 2004 | RIVERSIDE RG9 3NU | Detached | £805,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2001 | THE ANCHORAGE RG9 3NU | Detached | £650,000 | |
| 27 Sep 2001 | CILBORTH RG9 3NU | Detached | £575,000 | |
| 1 Aug 2001 | RIVERSIDE RG9 3NU | Detached | £715,000 | |
| 3 Aug 1999 | JOUSTINGS RG9 3NU | Detached | £540,000 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in South Oxfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,598 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,732 | £2,020 | £2,309 | £2,598 | £3,175 | £3,752 | £4,329 | £5,195 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band G (45% of about 710 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: none.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Sydney Harrison, House Mill Road, Lower Shiplake: up to 16 homes, permissioned (280 m)
- Wyevale Country Gardens Reading Road Harpsden RG9 4AE: up to 40 homes, permissioned (920 m (0.6 miles))
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, 2 addresses are in areas at high risk, 2 at medium risk and 6 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 10 homes the Environment Agency counts, 2 are in areas at high risk, 2 medium, 6 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 2. Zone 2 is between 0.1% and 1% a year from rivers (0.1% and 0.5% from the sea), ignoring defences.
Height above sea level
The street's address is about 33 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG9 3NU | 100% | 90% | 90% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Shiplake 129,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 100 m |
| Wargrave 111,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.5 km (1 mile) | |
| Henley-On-Thames 835,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Station Road Lower Shiplake | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| Bus or coach station | Reading Rail Station - buses | 8.7 km (5.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 29.6 km (18 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Wargrave Practice | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wargrave Pharmacy | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Royal House Dental Centre | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
| Hospital | Townlands Memorial Hospital | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) |
| Police station | Sonning Common Police Station | 6.7 km (4.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | Tesco Bank ATM | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.1 ha | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 430 m² | 410 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 3.8 ha | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
| Allotments | Waterman's Allotments 1.9 ha | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Park Place, and Temple Combe, a registered park or garden (Grade II*), 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north. 5 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Park Place, and Temple Combe | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Handbuck Eyot | Island | 430 m (0.3 miles) north |
| Wargrave Marsh | Wetland | 580 m (0.4 miles) north-east |
| Camps Pool | Lake or reservoir | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-east |
| Fir Wood | Wood | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Happy Valley | Valley | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Warren Hill | Hill | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.1 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.9 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.6 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 1 | 1 |
None of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 South Oxfordshire: see them on the South Oxfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Piggott CofE Junior School Church of England | Primary | 7–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
| Robert Piggott CofE Infant School Church of England | Primary | 5–7 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Public order | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Tennyson Mews (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 55 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 37% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 87% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 6% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 44% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 41% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 68% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 24% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 6% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 7% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | under 1% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 13% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 29% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 49% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 3% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 99% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
- RG9 3NU: 1 address of 13 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Basmore Avenue · Lashbrook Road · Station Road · Northfield Road · Lowes Close · Brampton Chase · Northfield Avenue · Station Road · The Crescent · Nursery Close · Oaks Road · Badgers Walk
All the streets in RG9 and across South Oxfordshire.
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.
- 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.