Cross Lane Basingstoke and Deane
11 addresses across 2 postcodes (RG20), about 1.4 km (0.8 miles) long, classed as a minor road. USRN 2100171.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2023 the median was £1,125,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 3 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, F: 2).
- 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 Basingstoke and Deane costs £2,255 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Whitchurch (Hampshire), about 9.6 km (6 miles) away in a straight line.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 4.5 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 5.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 222 to 237 m above sea level.
- Noise: 5 of its 11 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Falkland Surgery, about 8.4 km (5.2 miles) away.
- People: About 220 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 71% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | £1,125,000 | £1,125,000 | £1,125,000 |
| 2017 | 1 | £1,125,000 | £1,125,000 | £1,125,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £1,325,000 | £1,325,000 | £1,325,000 |
| 2009 | 1 | £580,000 | £580,000 | £580,000 |
| 2007 | 1 | £579,000 | £579,000 | £579,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £785,000 | £785,000 | £785,000 |
| 1999 | 1 | £427,500 | £427,500 | £427,500 |
| 1996 | 1 | £130,000 | £130,000 | £130,000 |
| 1995 | 1 | £190,000 | £190,000 | £190,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Jun 2023 | CROSS LANE COTTAGE RG20 9ST | Detached | £1,125,000 | |
| 9 Feb 2017 | FIELDWAY RG20 9ST | Detached | £1,125,000 | |
| 8 Jul 2016 | ASTLEY LODGE RG20 9ST | Detached | £1,325,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2009 | FIELDWAY RG20 9ST | Detached | £580,000 | |
| 28 Sep 2007 | RED ROSES RG20 9ST | Detached | £579,000 | |
| 30 Jun 2005 | CROSS LANE COTTAGE RG20 9ST | Detached | £785,000 | |
| 1 Dec 1999 | CROSS LANE COTTAGE RG20 9ST | Detached | £427,500 | |
| 28 Mar 1996 | HALLAM RG20 9ST | Detached | £130,000 | |
| 15 Sep 1995 | CROSS LANE COTTAGE RG20 9ST | Detached | £190,000 |
Energy performance certificates
3 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 244 m². Most common: House, detached (3). Built: before 1900 (1); 2021 (1); 1991-1995 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in Basingstoke and Deane in 2026-27: Band D £2,255 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,503 | £1,754 | £2,005 | £2,255 | £2,756 | £3,258 | £3,759 | £4,510 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band C (18% of about 770 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: yes, Ashmansworth (council page). Extensions, demolition, some windows and doors, and work on trees need consent.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 2.
- 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
- ASHMANSWORTH MANOR, grade II
- THE OLD COTTAGE, grade II
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 25 August 2026 to 3 September 2026: SCOTTISH AND SOUTHERN POWER DISTRIBUTION (SSEPD), Utility repair and maintenance works, road closure, on the carriageway (immediate - urgent works)
Flood risk
No address in this street's postcodes is in an area at high, medium or low risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. The rest are in areas at very low risk: less than a 0.1% (1 in 1,000) chance a year.
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.
Height above sea level
The street's 11 addresses are between 222 m and 237 m above sea level (233 m on average); the ground rises about 15 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG20 9QH | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| RG20 9ST | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Whitchurch (Hampshire) 201,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 9.6 km (6 miles) |
| Kintbury 75,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 10.2 km (6.3 miles) | |
| Newbury 1.5 million journeys in 2024–25 | 10.3 km (6.4 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 0 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 6 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Cross Lane Crux Easton | 640 m (0.4 miles) |
| EV charging points | InstaVolt Charging Station | 5.2 km (3.2 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | Southampton Airport SOU | 40.8 km (25 miles) |
| Nearest large airport | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 67.3 km (42 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Falkland Surgery | 8.4 km (5.2 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Wash Common Pharmacy | 8.3 km (5.2 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Wash Common Dental Centre | 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Hospital | West Berkshire Community Hospital | 12.3 km (7.7 miles) |
| Police station | Newbury Police Station | 10.7 km (6.7 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,530 m² | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Bowl barrow 610m east of Crux Easton Church, a scheduled monument, 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Bowl barrow 610m east of Crux Easton Church | Scheduled monument | 1.7 km (1.1 miles) south-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Redhill Plantation | Wood | 660 m (0.4 miles) south-east |
| Zell House Copse | Wood | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Coles Wood | Wood | 820 m (0.5 miles) north |
| Pill Hill | Hill | 1.8 km (1.1 miles) north |
| Sidown Vale | Valley | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) east |
| Home's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 2.9 km (1.8 miles) north-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 4.5 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 5.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.3 | 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 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 4 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 6 | 11 |
5 of the street's 11 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 Basingstoke and Deane: see them on the Basingstoke and Deane page.
Nearest schools
No open schools within 2 km (1.2 miles).
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
No crimes recorded at anonymised points within 250 m in this period (hampshire).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 14% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 23% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 71% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | 9% | 17% |
| Private rented | 20% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 57% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 28% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 40% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 49% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | under 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | under 1% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 19% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 21% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 14% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 97% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 0% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 6 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
All the streets in RG20 and across Basingstoke and Deane.
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.