Path Hill Path Hill, South Oxfordshire
16 addresses across 5 postcodes (RG8), about 1.4 km (0.9 miles) long. USRN 36205697.
- Sales: 9 recorded sales since 1995; in 2021 the median was £585,000 across 1 sale.
- Energy: 6 homes have an energy certificate (C: 2, D: 1, E: 1, F: 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 F; Band D in South Oxfordshire costs £2,598 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 0% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Pangbourne, about 2.3 km (1.5 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden, Whitchurch Village Green, 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 48 to 112 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 16 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is The Boat House Surgery, about 2.1 km (1.3 miles) away.
- People: About 560 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 72% of households owned their home and 57% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
Sales on this street
| Year | Sales | Median price | Lowest | Highest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | £585,000 | £585,000 | £585,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | £526,000 | £526,000 | £526,000 |
| 2006 | 1 | £325,000 | £325,000 | £325,000 |
| 2005 | 1 | £350,000 | £350,000 | £350,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £630,000 | £630,000 | £630,000 |
| 1999 | 2 | £302,500 | £125,000 | £480,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £305,000 | £305,000 | £305,000 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 2021 | OAK COTTAGE WEST RG8 7RG | Semi-detached | £585,000 | |
| 7 Nov 2016 | OAK COTTAGE WEST RG8 7RG | Semi-detached | £526,000 | |
| 20 Oct 2016 | THE BAULK RG8 7RE | Other | £3,300,000 | Not a standard sale (repossession, buy-to-let or transfer). |
| 9 Jun 2006 | 2, BELLA VISTA RG8 7RF | Semi-detached | £325,000 | |
| 30 Sep 2005 | 1, BELLA VISTA RG8 7RF | Semi-detached | £350,000 | |
| 4 Dec 2000 | ROSE COTTAGE RG8 7RE | Detached | £630,000 | |
| 10 Dec 1999 | ROSE COTTAGE RG8 7RE | Detached | £480,000 | |
| 3 Mar 1999 | 2, OAK COTTAGES RG8 7RG | Semi-detached | £125,000 | |
| 15 Apr 1996 | THATCHED COTTAGE RG8 7RE | Detached | £305,000 |
Energy performance certificates
6 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 142 m². Most common: House, detached (4); House, semi-detached (2). Built: before 1900 (4); 1900-1929 (2). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (3); rented (private) (2).
Council tax
What each band costs in South Oxfordshire in 2026-27: Band D £2,598 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,732 | £2,020 | £2,309 | £2,598 | £3,175 | £3,752 | £4,329 | £5,195 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band F (24% of about 590 homes).
Planning and heritage
- Conservation area: no postcode centre in this street's postcodes is in one.
- Listed buildings on or by this street: 3.
- 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
- PILGRIM COTTAGE, grade II
- THATCHED COTTAGE, grade II
- THE BAULK, grade II
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, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| RG8 7RE | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG8 7RF | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG8 7RG | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG8 7RA | not in 2 or 3 | 1 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG8 7RQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
Height above sea level
The street's 16 addresses are between 48 m and 112 m above sea level (106 m on average); the ground rises about 64 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG8 7RA | 57% | 0% | 0% | 14% |
| RG8 7RE | 63% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RG8 7RF | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RG8 7RG | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| RG8 7RQ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Pangbourne 374,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.3 km (1.5 miles) |
| Tilehurst 385,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.9 km (2.4 miles) | |
| Goring and Streatley 360,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 5.3 km (3.3 miles) | |
| Bus stops | None within 800 m (0.5 miles) | |
| Bus or coach station | Purley Social Club Purley on Thames | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | ubitricity | 2.5 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 42.1 km (26 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | The Boat House Surgery | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
| Pharmacies | Pangbourne Pharmacy | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | Dentalcare - Pangbourne | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Hospital | Prospect Park Hospital | 6.6 km (4.1 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 2.2 km (1.3 miles) |
| Cash machines | Asda Pangbourne - Reading Road PFS, Pangbourne Cashzone | 2.1 km (1.3 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | Whitchurch Village Green 1.6 ha | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Play area | Unnamed 390 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Playing field | Unnamed 8,360 m² | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
| Allotments | Unnamed 1,510 m² | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) |
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Camp on Bozedown, a scheduled monument, 670 m (0.4 miles) west. 8 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Camp on Bozedown | Scheduled monument | 670 m (0.4 miles) west |
| Purley Hall | Registered park or garden, Grade II* | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) south |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Hangings Grove | Wood | 50 m |
| Rosedown Wood | Wood | 170 m south-east |
| Boze Down | Hill | 1 km (0.6 miles) south-west |
| Hyde's Pond | Lake or reservoir | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) north |
| Blackbird's Bottom | Valley | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) north-west |
| Poplar Island | Island | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) south-east |
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) | 10.6 | 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 | 2 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 12 | 16 |
4 of the street's 16 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 South Oxfordshire: see them on the South Oxfordshire page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitchurch Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Nov 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Path Hill Outdoors RG8 7RE | Restaurant/Cafe/Canteen | 440 m (0.3 miles) | 5 Very good | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Hempen Cooperative RG8 7RE | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 16 Mar 2021 |
| James Norman RG8 7RE | Retailers - other | 460 m (0.3 miles) | Exempt |
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 | 49 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 18% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 26% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 72% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 44% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | under 1% | 1% |
| Social rented | 10% | 17% |
| Private rented | 18% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 56% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 3% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 27% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 54% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 35% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 2% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 3% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 7% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 37% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 20% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 8% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 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 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.
Postcodes on this street
- RG8 7RE: 9 addresses of 10 in the postcode
- RG8 7RF: 3 addresses
- RG8 7RG: 2 addresses
- RG8 7RA: 1 address of 14 in the postcode
- RG8 7RQ: 1 address
All the streets in RG8 and across South Oxfordshire.
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.