Bath Road Lower Padworth, West Berkshire
60 addresses across 5 postcodes (RG7), about 1.8 km (1.1 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 26900161.
- Energy: 15 homes have an energy certificate (A: 1, D: 2, E: 7, F: 4, G: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in West Berkshire costs £2,505 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 33% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Aldermaston, about 1.1 km (0.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 1.3 km (0.8 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 6.2 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.4 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 55 to 103 m above sea level.
- Noise: 15 of its 60 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Chapel Row Surgery, about 3.4 km (2.1 miles) away.
- People: About 450 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 65% of households owned their home and 43% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 5 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often drugs.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
15 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 129 m². Most common: House, detached (11); House, end-terrace (1); Bungalow, end-terrace (1). Built: before 1900 (8); 1900-1929 (3); 1967-1975 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (10); rented (private) (3).
Each home's certificates and sales (10 addresses)
- 1 Hillfoot Court, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- 1 Stocks Cottages, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- 2 Field Barn Farm Cottages, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- 3 Stocks Cottages, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- Appletree Cottage, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- Ararat, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- Hillfoot House, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- Rose Cottage, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- South Lodge, Beenham Hill, Beenham
- The Bothy, Beenham Hill, Beenham
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 street: most are in band D (35% 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: 6.
- Article 4 direction (removing permitted development rights): none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Tree preservation orders: 40 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Listed buildings
- APPLE TREE COTTAGE, grade II
- BARN AT FIELD BARN FARM, grade II
- HILLFOOT HOUSE, grade II
- RAILINGS, GATE AND LOW WALL APPROXIMATELY 4 METRES TO SOUTH WEST OF THE MALTHOUSE, grade II
- STOCK COTTAGES, grade II
- THE MALTHOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Comfort Inn And Land To The South West , Bath Road, Padworth, RG7 5HT: up to 32 homes, permissioned (260 m)
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 28 September 2026 to 29 September 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility repair and maintenance works, two-way signals, on the verge (immediate - urgent works)
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 2 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 5 homes the Environment Agency counts, 0 are in areas at high risk, 0 medium, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG7 5LS | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| RG7 5LT | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG7 5LR | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| RG7 5LX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG7 5LU | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 60 addresses are between 55 m and 103 m above sea level (67 m on average); the ground rises about 48 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG7 5LR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG7 5LS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG7 5LT | 33% | 33% | 33% | 0% |
| RG7 5LU | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG7 5LX | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Aldermaston 71,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) |
| Midgham 44,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) | |
| Theale 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 3 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 7 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Beenham Turn Lower Padworth | 240 m |
| Bus or coach station | Purley Social Club Purley on Thames | 9.3 km (5.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest PoGo Charge | 540 m (0.3 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 47 km (29 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Chapel Row Surgery | 3.4 km (2.1 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Kamsons Pharmacy | 4.9 km (3 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1-3 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Prospect Park Hospital | 9.1 km (5.6 miles) |
| Police station | Sulhamstead Police Training Centre | 3.6 km (2.2 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Universal Car Credit the Home of DrivePay | 520 m (0.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Unnamed 1.6 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1,410 m² | 740 m (0.5 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 1.3 ha | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 4,020 m² | 1.6 km (1 mile) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Aldermaston Lock, a scheduled monument, 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west. 4 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Aldermaston Lock | Scheduled monument | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Remains of St John the Baptist church at Ufton Green Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) east |
| Folly Farm | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| West Meadow | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) east |
| Mountsion Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north-west |
| Ring's Copse | Wood | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) west |
| Hag Pit | Lake or reservoir | 1.2 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Malthouse Gully | Valley | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) west |
| Cold Hill | Hill | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) north |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 6.2 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 11.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 60 to 64 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 11 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 45 | 60 |
15 of the street's 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beenham Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Inn Reading West RG7 5HT | Hotel/bed & breakfast/guest house | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 2 Improvement necessary | 6 Aug 2025 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Drugs | 2 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Robbery | 1 |
| Other crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Bath Road (5).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 15% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 20% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 65% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 33% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 4% | 1% |
| Social rented | 7% | 17% |
| Private rented | 24% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 65% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 24% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 2% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 44% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 50% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 54% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 43% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 7 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
- RG7 5LS: 21 addresses of 22 in the postcode
- RG7 5LT: 17 addresses of 18 in the postcode
- RG7 5LR: 14 addresses of 16 in the postcode
- RG7 5LX: 5 addresses
- RG7 5LU: 3 addresses
Nearby streets
Gilbert Close · Towney Lock Place · Padworth Close · Coudray Mews · Bath Road
All the streets in RG7 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.
- 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.