Brant Close Arborfield Cross, Wokingham
5 addresses across 2 postcodes (RG2), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 44700188.
- Sales: 7 recorded sales since 1995; in 2026 the median was £330,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (C: 1, D: 2).
- Flood: 1 address on its postcodes is 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 D; Band D in Wokingham costs £2,498 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 87% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Winnersh, about 4.4 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 190 m away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.7 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: It is about 68 m above sea level.
- Noise: 1 of its 5 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac, about 3 km (1.9 miles) away.
- People: About 410 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 83% of households owned their home and 38% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 23 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | £330,000 | £330,000 | £330,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £370,000 | £370,000 | £370,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | £300,000 | £300,000 | £300,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £205,000 | £205,000 | £205,000 |
| 2008 | 1 | £223,000 | £223,000 | £223,000 |
| 1996 | 2 | £70,000 | £50,000 | £90,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Apr 2026 | 1 RG2 9PF | Semi-detached | £330,000 | |
| 9 Jul 2022 | 3 RG2 9PF | Semi-detached | £370,000 | |
| 5 Oct 2018 | 2 RG2 9PF | Semi-detached | £300,000 | |
| 4 Nov 2013 | 1 RG2 9PF | Semi-detached | £205,000 | |
| 9 Jun 2008 | 1 RG2 9PF | Detached | £223,000 | |
| 20 Dec 1996 | 3 RG2 9PF | Semi-detached | £50,000 | |
| 13 Dec 1996 | 4 RG2 9PF | Semi-detached | £90,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 57 m². Most common: Bungalow, semi-detached (3). Built: 1983-1990 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2); rented (private) (1).
Each home's certificates and sales (1 address)
Council tax
What each band costs in Wokingham in 2026-27: Band D £2,498 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,665 | £1,943 | £2,220 | £2,498 | £3,053 | £3,608 | £4,163 | £4,995 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (34% 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: 1.
- 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
- MAGNOLIA COTTAGE, grade II
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, 1 address is in areas at high risk, 0 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 on this street is in flood zone 2 or 3.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG2 9PF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG2 9PG | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's addresses are about 68 m above sea level.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG2 9PF | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG2 9PG | 100% | 87% | 87% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Winnersh 384,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.7 miles) |
| Winnersh Triangle 218,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Wokingham 1.9 million journeys in 2024–25 | 4.8 km (3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 11 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest The Swan Arborfield Cross | 40 m |
| Bus or coach station | Wokingham Half Marathon Drop Off/Pick Up Point Dowlesgreen | 6 km (3.8 miles) |
| EV charging points | Smart Charge Charging Station | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 32.1 km (20 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Shinfield Pharmacy | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Shinfield Dental Centre | 3 km (1.9 miles) |
| Hospital | Wokingham Hospital | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 3.8 km (2.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Shinfield - School Green, Shinfield | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 2,700 m² | 190 m |
| Play area | 2 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 350 m² | 150 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 4.2 ha | 210 m |
| Allotments | Unnamed 770 m² | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 1 park or garden, 0.3 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Moated site north of the Moat House, a scheduled monument, 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east. 16 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Moated site north of the Moat House | Scheduled monument | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-east |
| Infirmary Stables, Arborfield | Scheduled monument | 1.6 km (1 mile) south-east |
| Moated site at Kenney's Farm | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1 mile) west |
| Bearwood College | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) north-east |
| Farley Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hazeltons Copse | Wood | 740 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Spring Copse | Wood | 830 m (0.5 miles) south-west |
| The Coombes | Valley | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-east |
| Barkham Hill | Hill | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) north-east |
| Temple Island | Island | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) north-east |
| Upper Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2 km (1.3 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.7 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.5 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 65 to 69 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 4 | 5 |
1 of the street's 5 addresses is 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 Wokingham: see them on the Wokingham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Coombes Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 170 m | Requires improvement (Jul 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Bohunt School Wokingham | Secondary | 11–18 | 2 km (1.2 miles) | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Londis RG2 9PQ | Retailers - other | 40 m | 4 Good | 6 May 2026 |
| Cater Link at Coombes Primary School RG2 9NX | School/college/university | 170 m | 4 Good | 11 Feb 2026 |
| SHARE Wokingham RG2 9PR | Other catering premises | 230 m | 5 Very good | 17 Apr 2025 |
| The Bull RG2 9QD | Pub/bar/nightclub | 230 m | 5 Very good | 11 Mar 2025 |
| Lockey Farm RG2 9JH | Retailers - other | 340 m | 1 Major improvement necessary | 4 Sep 2026 |
| Sula Cafe & Pizzeria RG2 9JH | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 340 m | 5 Very good | 19 Oct 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 15 |
| Other theft | 3 |
| Drugs | 2 |
| Possession of weapons | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Anderson Crescent (8); On or near Harts Close (5); On or near Chamberlain Gardens (3); On or near Eversley Road (2); On or near Brant Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 43 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 19% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 17% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 83% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 41% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 3% | 17% |
| Private rented | 14% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 63% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 19% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 46% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 47% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 0% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 5% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 66% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 10% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 38% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 15% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 6% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 98% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 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
Nearby streets
Eversley Road · Whitewell Close · Melrose Gardens · Melrose Gardens · Anderson Crescent · Link Way · Harts Close · Emblen Crescent
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.