Bath Road Charvil, Reading
1 address across 1 postcode (RG1), about 15 km (9.3 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 44705007.
- Flood: No address on its postcodes is in an area 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 C; Band D in Reading costs £2,613 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Twyford, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 450 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 8.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.0 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 43 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Loddon Vale Practice, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 470 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 32% of households owned their home and 26% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Council tax
What each band costs in Reading in 2026-27: Band D £2,613 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,742 | £2,032 | £2,322 | £2,613 | £3,193 | £3,774 | £4,355 | £5,226 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (44% of about 520 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 233.
- 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.
Listed buildings
- CHURCH OF ST JAMES, grade I
- THE DEANERY, grade I
- BEAR PLACE, grade II*
- Bulmershe Manor, grade II*
- Church of St Andrew, grade II*
- Church of St Mary, grade II*
- Church of St Peter and St Paul, grade II*
- Church of St. John the Evangelist, grade II*
- EYOT HOUSE, grade II*
- HAINESHILL, grade II*
- HINTON HOUSE, grade II*
- HURST LODGE, grade II*
- MAUSOLEUM, 22 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II*
- THE BULL HOTEL, grade II*
- THE HARRISON ALMSHOUSES, grade II*
- 19 AND 21, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 23, 23A AND 25, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 24, HIGH STREET, grade II
- 5, WALTHAM ROAD, grade II
- ABEAR TOMB ONE METRE FROM EAST WALL, OF SOUTH AISLE CHURCH OF ST MARY, grade II
- APPLE TREE COTTAGE THE COTTAGE, grade II
- APSLEY HOUSE, grade II
- ARMSTRONG TOMB APPROX. 55 METRES SOUTH WEST OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES, grade II
- ARNOLD TOMB, 10 METRES SOUTH OF TOWER OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES, grade II
- ASH TREE AND WATSWOLD, grade II
- BARKER TOMB, 9 METRES NORTH EAST OF CHANCEL OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES, grade II
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES SOUTH EAST OF FRIZER'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 30 METRES WEST OF CHAPMAN'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 40 METRES EAST OF FRIZER'S FARMHOUSE, grade II
- BARN APPROXIMATELY 50 METRES WEST OF SHIPLAKE RISE FARMHOUSE, grade II
And 203 more.
Roadworks
No street works under way, planned or finished in the last three months on this street, in permits up to 30 September 2026.
Flood risk
Rivers, the sea or surface water: in this street's postcodes, 0 addresses are in areas at high risk, 0 at medium risk and 11 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 street's address is about 43 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG1 3PE | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Twyford 1.8 million journeys in 2024–25 | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Wargrave 111,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.1 km (1.9 miles) | |
| Earley 426,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 9 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 15 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Milestone Avenue Charvil | 160 m |
| Bus or coach station | Reading Rail Station - buses | 5.7 km (3.5 miles) |
| EV charging points | Osprey Charging Station | 2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 30.1 km (19 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Loddon Vale Practice | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Newdays Pharmacy | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Berkshire Dental Care | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Berkshire Hospital | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Police station | Loddon Valley Police Station | 5.4 km (3.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Allestree, Allestree | 860 m (0.5 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 7,230 m² | 450 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 440 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.3 ha | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,690 m² | 880 m (0.5 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm, a scheduled monument, 140 m east. 7 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm | Scheduled monument | 140 m east |
| Cropmark complex S of Charvil Lane | Scheduled monument | 310 m west |
| Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field | Scheduled monument | 600 m (0.4 miles) north-west |
| Deanery Garden | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Charvil Hill | Hill | 370 m east |
| Sandpit Copse | Wood | 670 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Mill Stream | Lake or reservoir | 1.6 km (1 mile) west |
| Buck Ait | Island | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Hampstead Bottom | Valley | 2.4 km (1.5 miles) north-west |
| Wargrave Marsh | Wetland | 4.8 km (3 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 8.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.0 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 65 to 69 | 0 | 1 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 0 |
1 of the street's 1 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, and 1 from railways, 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 Reading: see them on the Reading page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waingels | Secondary | 11–18 | 920 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| Sonning Church of England Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No overall grade (Jul 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Willow Bank Infant School | Primary | 5–7 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| Willow Bank Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) | Outstanding (Feb 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Woodley CofE Primary School Church of England | Primary | 5–11 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Co-operative Food RG10 9RL | Retailers - other | 310 m | 5 Very good | 27 Aug 2024 |
| The Wee Waif Inn RG10 9RJ | Pub/bar/nightclub | 380 m | 5 Very good | 23 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (thames-valley).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 25 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 13% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 5% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 32% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 18% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 2% | 1% |
| Social rented | 2% | 17% |
| Private rented | 65% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 51% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 13% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 4% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 27% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 33% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 19% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 20% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 81% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 5% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 26% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 17% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | under 1% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 74% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 5% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 5 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
- RG1 3PE: 1 address of 19 in the postcode
Nearby streets
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.