Shinfield Road Shinfield, Wokingham
4 addresses across 4 postcodes (RG2), about 3.2 km (2 miles) long, classed as a a road. USRN 44707093.
- Prices and rents: A typical home in Wokingham cost £491,944 in August 2026 (-2.5% on a year); private rents averaged £1,469 a month.
- Flood: 4 addresses on its postcodes are in areas at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers, the sea or surface water.
- Recorded floods: No recorded flood covers the centre of any of its postcodes.
- Energy projects: 1 renewable energy project nearby is planned or being built; the nearest, Reading Quarry, is 4.6 km (2.9 miles) away.
- Traffic: The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles), the M4, carries 121,922 motor vehicles a day on average (2025).
- 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 94% to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Earley, about 3.7 km (2.3 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: The nearest park or garden is about 480 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.6 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 65 to 73 m above sea level.
- Noise: 4 of its 4 addresses are modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac, about 790 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 1,180 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 70% of households owned their home and 57% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 7 crimes were recorded within 250 m between September 2025 and August 2026, most often violence and sexual offences.
- Road safety: 9 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around it in 2021 to 2025, 2 of them fatal or serious.
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House sales on this street
No sales recorded on this street since January 1995 under this street name.
House prices and rents in Wokingham
A typical home in Wokingham cost £491,944 in August 2026, 2.5% less than a year before. That is 12% more than five years earlier and 18% more than ten years earlier.
| Home | Typical price, Aug 2026 |
|---|---|
| Detached | £758,193 |
| Semi-detached | £496,195 |
| Terraced | £371,778 |
| Flat or maisonette | £245,507 |
| Bought by a first-time buyer | £384,975 |
Private renters in Wokingham paid £1,469 a month on average in September 2026, 0.7% more than a year before. That is 34% more than five years earlier.
| Home | Average rent a month, Sep 2026 |
|---|---|
| One bedroom | £1,056 |
| Two bedrooms | £1,348 |
| Three bedrooms | £1,650 |
| Four or more bedrooms | £2,305 |
Energy performance certificates
No certificates found for addresses on this street.
Gas and electricity use
Homes with gas used 12,636 kWh of it on average in 2024, 15% more than the district's 10,972 kWh, and 4,031 kWh of electricity, 18% more than the district's 3,412 kWh. There are gas meters for about 65% of the homes.
| Postcode | Electricity meters | Typical electricity | Gas meters | Typical gas |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG2 9AQ | 23 | 3,139 kWh | 23 | 13,613 kWh |
| RG2 9BX | 21 | 2,909 kWh | 15 | 11,838 kWh |
| RG2 9ET | 25 11 Economy 7 | 3,562 kWh | 13 | 9,919 kWh |
| RG2 9FS | 51 24 Economy 7 | 3,590 kWh | 27 | 10,968 kWh |
These are all the homes on each postcode, whatever their size and however many live in them, so they show the kind of homes and heating here rather than what any one home uses. The typical figure is the median: half the homes used less. The district is RG2.
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 neighbourhoods around this street: most are in band D (29% of about 1,920 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
- BARN ADJOINING CUTBUSH, grade II
- CUTBUSH, grade II
- LANE END FARMHOUSE, grade II
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Land At The Manor, Brookers Hill Shinfield Reading RG2 9BX, permissioned (890 m (0.6 miles))
Energy projects nearby
2 energy projects near the street's postcodes, 1 of them not yet operating.
| Project | Kind | Size | Stage | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Park Wokingham F/2004/1418 | Wind 1 turbine | 2 MW | Operational Oct 2005 | 2.5 km (1.5 miles) |
| Reading Quarry West Berkshire 20/02029/COMIND | Energy from waste (incinerator) | 40 MW | Permission granted, not yet built Sep 2022 | 4.6 km (2.9 miles) |
Planned projects can change or not go ahead; search the planning authority's applications by the reference shown for the plans, conditions and any objections. Construction brings traffic for some months; once built, solar farms and batteries are usually quiet, while turbines and waste plants can be seen or heard further away.
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, 4 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: 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 9AQ | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
| RG2 9BX | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG2 9ET | not in 2 or 3 | 0 / 0 / 0 | unlikely |
| RG2 9FS | not in 2 or 3 | 4 / 0 / 1 | unlikely |
Recorded floods
No recorded flood covers the centre of any of this street's postcodes.
Recorded floods are where floodwater was seen or surveyed after a flood. Many floods were never mapped, an outline over a postcode's centre does not mean every home in it flooded, and homes outside one may have. Ask the seller whether the home itself has flooded.
Coastal erosion
No projected coastal erosion zone is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Storm overflows
No storm overflow outlet is within 1 km (0.6 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Coal mining
No postcode centre on the street is in a coalfield: the Mining Remediation Authority records no coal mining risk here.
Radon
Every 1 km square the street's postcodes are in is in the lowest band of radon potential: fewer than 1 home in 100 is estimated to be at or above the Action Level. It is not a radon Affected Area.
Historic landfill
No historic landfill site is within 500 m (0.3 miles) of the street's postcodes.
Height above sea level
The street's 4 addresses are between 65 m and 73 m above sea level (68 m on average); the ground rises about 8 m from the lowest to the highest.
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG2 9AQ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG2 9BX | 100% | 94% | 94% | 0% |
| RG2 9ET | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| RG2 9FS | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Earley 426,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 3.7 km (2.3 miles) |
| Winnersh Triangle 218,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.4 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Reading Green Park 221,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.7 km (2.9 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 1 stop within 400 m (0.2 miles), 8 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Hawthorn Shinfield | 380 m |
| Bus or coach station | Reading Rail Station - buses | 5.8 km (3.6 miles) |
| Car parks | Parking space on Brixham Road | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) |
| EV charging points | bp pulse Charging Station | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 34 km (21 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac Good Apr 2018 | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 1 pharmacy within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shinfield Pharmacy | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 1 practice within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Shinfield Dental Centre | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Berkshire Hospital Good Mar 2024 | 4.8 km (3 miles) |
| Care homes | 5 homes within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Magnolia Lodge Good Feb 2019 | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 2.2 km (1.4 miles) |
| Cash machines | The Cooperative Food Shinfield - School Green, Shinfield | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 3,150 m² | 480 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Unnamed 6,470 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
| Play area | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 240 m² | 460 m (0.3 miles) |
| Playing field | Manor Ground 2.4 ha | 910 m (0.6 miles) |
| Allotments | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 770 m² | 650 m (0.4 miles) |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 1.7 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Church of St Mary, a listed building (Grade I), 1 km (0.6 miles) west. 9 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles), 1 of them Grade I.
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | Listed building, Grade I | 1 km (0.6 miles) west |
| Site of St Bartholomew's Church | Scheduled monument | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) east |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| St John's Copse | Wood | 950 m (0.6 miles) north-east |
| Pearman's Copse | Wood | 1 km (0.6 miles) north |
| Rounds Islands | Island | 1.2 km (0.7 miles) south |
| Nores Hill | Hill | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) north-west |
| Maiden Erlegh Lake | Lake or reservoir | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) north |
| The Coombes | Valley | 3.5 km (2.2 miles) east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.6 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 12.3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 70 to 74 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 to 64 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 to 59 | 2 | 0 |
| Under 55 | 0 | 4 |
4 of the street's 4 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 Wokingham: see them on the Wokingham page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection | Exam results |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinfield Infant and Nursery School | Primary | 3–7 | 900 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School Church of England | Primary | 7–11 | 930 m (0.6 miles) | No published inspection | None published |
| Alder Grove Church of England Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.4 km (0.8 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) | None published |
| Hillside Primary School | Primary | 2–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | No published inspection | None published |
Exam results are from the Department for Education's school performance tables (Explore Education Statistics, Open Government Licence), for all pupils at each school. The middle school in England had 63% at the expected standard at the end of primary school (2025), Attainment 8 of 46.0 at GCSE (2026) and an A level average of C+ (2025). Attainment 8 adds up a pupil's grades in eight GCSEs, with English and maths counted twice (90 is the most), averaged over the school's pupils. Progress 8 compares pupils with others who had the same results at the end of primary school; it is not published for GCSEs in 2025 and 2026, as those pupils sat no primary tests during the pandemic. Small year groups swing from year to year, and figures for very small ones are withheld.
Nurseries and childcare
5 nurseries, pre-schools and clubs within 1.5 km (0.9 miles), the nearest 660 m (0.4 miles) from the middle of the street.
| Provider | Kind | Places | Latest inspection | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Trails Play RG2 9DY | Full day care | 80 | Mar 2026: Strong standard in 3 areas, Expected standard in 3 | 660 m (0.4 miles) |
| GetActive@ShinfieldInfantNursery School RG2 9EH | Out-of-school day care | 45 | Not inspected yet | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| GetActive@ShinfieldStMary's RG2 9EJ | Out-of-school day care | 15 | Not inspected yet | 790 m (0.5 miles) |
| Honeysuckle Day Nursery RG2 9BY | Full day care | 68 | Good (Oct 2024, overall grade under the previous framework) | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Funtastic@Alder Grove RG2 9RA | Out-of-school day care | 50 | Not inspected yet | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) |
Ofsted also registers 127 childminders and 17 home childcarers (nannies) in Wokingham. It does not publish their addresses, so they cannot be shown here; the council's family information service lists those taking children.
Food hygiene ratings nearby
No rated food businesses within 500 m (0.3 miles).
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 5 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 1 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Eastern Relief Road (7).
Road safety
9 collisions in which someone was hurt were reported on and around the street in 2021 to 2025: 0 fatal, 2 serious and 7 slight, in which 3 people were seriously hurt. 3 involved a cyclist; 2 involved a motorcyclist; 1 involved a child under 16. 11% happened in the dark, and 33% on a wet or icy road. Most were on roads with a 30 mph limit.
| Year | Collisions | Fatal or serious |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 |
| Date | Severity | Who was hurt | Road | Conditions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Mar 2025 06:45 | Serious | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A327, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 17 May 2024 17:41 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A327, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 4 Nov 2023 15:11 | Slight | 1 person: 1 motorcyclist | A327, 30 mph | Wet road |
| 19 Oct 2023 14:36 | Serious | 3 people | A327, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 13 Oct 2023 19:30 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist | A327, 30 mph | Dark, street lights on, wet road |
| 20 Apr 2023 08:05 | Slight | 1 person: 1 cyclist, 1 child | A327, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 8 Apr 2023 17:41 | Slight | 1 person | A327, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 14 Mar 2023 08:10 | Slight | 1 person | A327, 30 mph | Daylight |
| 28 Sep 2022 08:55 | Slight | 1 person | A327, 40 mph | Wet road |
Only collisions in which someone was hurt and which the police were told about are here: damage-only collisions and near misses are not, and some injuries are never reported. Positions are recorded by the police, usually to within a few metres. Each year's figures are published the following September.
Traffic on nearby roads
The busiest counted road within 500 m (0.3 miles) is the M4 between LA Boundary and 10, with 121,922 motor vehicles a day on average in 2025, 360 m from the street's postcodes.
| Road | Between | Vehicles a day | Lorries | Ten years before | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M4 | LA Boundary to 10 | 121,922 counted 2025 | 7% | -5% since 2015 | 360 m |
Each figure is the annual average daily flow: the motor vehicles passing the count point, both ways, on an average day of the year. A point is counted by hand on a weekday every few years and estimated from the trend on similar roads in between. Lorries are heavy goods vehicles, as a share of all motor vehicles.
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 23% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 8% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 70% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 17% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 5% | 1% |
| Social rented | 6% | 17% |
| Private rented | 19% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 76% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 4% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 9% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 1% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 52% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 42% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 2% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 3% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 58% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 14% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 57% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 7% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 2% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 87% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The 2 neighbourhoods around this street are in deciles 8 to 9 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
- RG2 9AQ: 1 address of 27 in the postcode
- RG2 9BX: 1 address of 28 in the postcode
- RG2 9ET: 1 address of 26 in the postcode
- RG2 9FS: 1 address of 64 in the postcode
Nearby streets
Alexander Walk · Phillips Drive · Bland Way · Shepherd Road · Tapping Way · Phillips Drive · Farmer Court · Pettit Place · Oatlands Chase · Dearlove Place · Whitethorn · Sea Buckthorn
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; road collisions count only those in which someone was hurt and the police were told.
- 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.