West Berkshire
40 addresses across 2 postcodes (RG31), about 260 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 26900810.
21 homes have an energy certificate (B: 1, C: 9, D: 11). No address on its postcodes is in an area at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water. Most homes around it are in council tax band C; Band D in West Berkshire costs £2,505 a year in 2026-27. Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises. The nearest railway station is Reading Green Park, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The nearest park or garden, Linear Park, is about 260 m away. Background air pollution in 2024 was 7.9 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 6.8 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits. Its addresses are 48 to 55 m above sea level. 1 of its 40 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic. The nearest GP surgery is Westwood Road Surgery, about 2.3 km away. About 780 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 85% of households owned their home and 42% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification. 15 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
Sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
Energy performance certificates
21 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 124 m². Most common: House, detached (21). Built: 1976-1982 (10); 1967-1975 (5); 1983-1990 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (18); rented (private) (1).
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 C (32% of about 600 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: 8 protected trees on or by this street.
- Green belt: no.
Roadworks
Finished in the last three months
- 3 September 2026 to 7 September 2026: THAMES WATER, Utility asset works, give and take, on the footway (minor 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 1 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: at least one 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.
| Postcode | Planning zone | Addresses at high / medium / low risk | Groundwater |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG31 7ZW | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG31 7ZR | zone 2 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 40 addresses are between 48 m and 55 m above sea level (52 m on average); the ground rises about 7 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG31 7ZR | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG31 7ZW | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Reading Green Park 221,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.7 km |
| Theale 391,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.9 km | |
| Tilehurst 385,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.5 km | |
| Bus stops | 15 stops within 400 m, 34 within 800 m; nearest Sutherland Grove Fords Farm | 130 m |
| Bus or coach station | Purley Social Club Purley on Thames | 4.8 km |
| Car parks | Asda Tilehurst Car Park | 1.5 km |
| EV charging points | 6 within 1.6 km; nearest Shell Recharge Charging Station | 340 m |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 40.1 km |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | Westwood Road Surgery | 2.3 km |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacies within 1.6 km; nearest Asda Pharmacy | 1.5 km |
| NHS dentists | Reading Dental Access Centre | 1.6 km |
| Hospital | Prospect Park Hospital | 1.7 km |
| Police station | Sulhamstead Police Training Centre | 3.9 km |
| Cash machines | Sgn Ltd - Bp Calcot, Calcot | 1.1 km |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 2 within 800 m; nearest Linear Park 39 ha | 260 m |
| Play area | 6 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 330 m² | 300 m |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m; nearest Unnamed 1.6 ha | 730 m |
| Allotments | Lower Southcote Allotments 1.9 ha | 1.4 km |
Within 800 m: 2 parks and gardens, 39 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Holybrook Cottage, a listed building (Grade II*), 280 m south-west. 9 listed buildings are within 1.0 km, 2 of them Grade II*.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Holybrook Cottage | Listed building, Grade II* | 280 m south-west |
| Calcot Court | Listed building, Grade II* | 630 m north |
| Prospect Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 2.0 km north-east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Mill Dam | Lake or reservoir | 810 m south |
| Curtis's Wood | Wood | 1.1 km north-west |
| Churchend Copse | Wood | 1.1 km north |
| Nabbs Hill | Hill | 1.2 km north-west |
| Fobney Island | Island | 3.0 km east |
| Omer's Gully | Valley | 4.9 km south-west |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 7.9 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 6.8 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.7 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 55 to 59 | 1 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 39 | 40 |
1 of the street's 40 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic, above the WHO guidelines.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennet Valley Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 680 m | No overall grade (Apr 2025, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Calcot Infant School and Nursery | Primary | 3–7 | 1.2 km | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Calcot Junior School | Primary | 7–11 | 1.2 km | No published inspection |
| Churchend Primary Academy | Primary | 3–11 | 1.2 km | Good (Dec 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| Manor Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.3 km | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| King's Academy Prospect | Secondary | 11–18 | 1.5 km | Good (Oct 2022, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Michael's Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.6 km | No published inspection |
| Moorlands Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | Good (Mar 2020, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Paul's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.8 km | No published inspection |
| English Martyrs' Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 3–11 | 1.9 km | No published inspection |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m.
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 6 |
| Other theft | 5 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 2 |
| Other crime | 1 |
| Vehicle crime | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Orkney Close (6); On or near Mackay Close (4); On or near Skye Close (2); On or near Hawkesbury Drive (1); On or near Goodwin Close (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 44 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 17% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 25% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 85% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 46% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 7% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 59% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 2% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | under 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 47% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 44% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 6% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 2% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km of home (of those who travel to work) | 63% | 65% |
| Work 30 km or more away | 11% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 42% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 12% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 5% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 93% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 8 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.
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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 aircraft, industry or neighbours: noise figures are models of road and rail traffic outside, in England only.
How each figure on this page is matched to the street and worked out: methodology.