The Rise Caversham, Reading
14 addresses across 1 postcode (RG4), about 60 m long, classed as a local road. USRN 31001330.
- Sales: 21 recorded sales since 1995; in 2025 the median was £681,500 across 2 sales.
- Energy: 9 homes have an energy certificate (C: 4, D: 4, E: 1).
- 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 D; Band D in Reading costs £2,613 a year in 2026-27.
- Broadband: Gigabit broadband is available to 100% of premises.
- Transport: The nearest railway station is Reading, about 1.9 km (1.2 miles) away in a straight line.
- Green space: There is a small park or garden about 430 m (0.3 miles) away, and Caversham Park (16 hectares) is about 550 m (0.3 miles) away.
- Air: Background air pollution in 2024 was 9.4 µg/m³ of nitrogen dioxide and 7.1 of PM2.5, within UK legal limits.
- Height: Its addresses are 66 to 69 m above sea level.
- Noise: None of its addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic.
- Doctors: The nearest GP surgery is Balmore Park Surgery, about 730 m (0.5 miles) away, with 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile).
- People: About 330 people lived in the census areas around it in 2021; 95% of households owned their home and 51% of adults held a degree or other higher qualification.
- Crime: 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | £681,500 | £378,000 | £985,000 |
| 2022 | 1 | £225,000 | £225,000 | £225,000 |
| 2021 | 1 | £355,000 | £355,000 | £355,000 |
| 2015 | 2 | £537,500 | £350,000 | £725,000 |
| 2013 | 1 | £226,000 | £226,000 | £226,000 |
| 2004 | 1 | £250,000 | £250,000 | £250,000 |
| 2003 | 2 | £442,750 | £433,000 | £452,500 |
| 2002 | 2 | £424,000 | £398,000 | £450,000 |
| 2000 | 1 | £195,000 | £195,000 | £195,000 |
| 1999 | 3 | £235,000 | £150,000 | £303,000 |
| 1998 | 2 | £230,000 | £225,000 | £235,000 |
| 1996 | 1 | £89,775 | £89,775 | £89,775 |
| Date | Address | Type | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Nov 2025 | 4 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £378,000 | Leasehold. |
| 31 Mar 2025 | 11 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £985,000 | |
| 27 May 2022 | 6 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | Leasehold. |
| 18 May 2021 | 7 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £355,000 | Leasehold. |
| 16 Jan 2015 | 12 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £725,000 | |
| 16 Jan 2015 | 5 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £350,000 | Leasehold. |
| 22 Mar 2013 | 4 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £226,000 | Leasehold. |
| 2 Jul 2004 | 7 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £250,000 | Leasehold. |
| 13 Nov 2003 | 2 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £452,500 | |
| 5 Sep 2003 | 11 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £433,000 | |
| 26 Apr 2002 | 8 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £398,000 | Leasehold. |
| 27 Feb 2002 | 14 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £450,000 | |
| 31 May 2000 | 5 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £195,000 | Leasehold. |
| 30 Sep 1999 | 3 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £235,000 | Leasehold. |
| 15 Jul 1999 | 1 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £303,000 | |
| 22 Jan 1999 | 6 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £150,000 | Leasehold. |
| 28 Jul 1998 | 8 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £225,000 | Leasehold. |
| 16 Jan 1998 | 2 RG4 8NZ | Detached | £235,000 | |
| 31 Jul 1996 | 4 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £89,775 | Leasehold. |
| 30 Jun 1995 | 6 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £85,000 | Leasehold. |
| 28 Feb 1995 | 7 RG4 8NZ | Flat or maisonette | £95,000 | Leasehold. |
Energy performance certificates
9 homes with a current certificate; median floor area 153 m². Most common: House, detached (5); Flat (4). Built: before 1900 (4); 1976-1982 (2); 1996-2002 (1). Tenure at assessment: owner-occupied (9).
Each home's certificates and sales (2 addresses)
Council tax
What each band costs in Reading in 2026-27: Band D £2,613 a year on average, including the police, fire and any county and parish charges.
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £1,742 | £2,032 | £2,322 | £2,613 | £3,193 | £3,774 | £4,355 | £5,226 |
Homes by band in the neighbourhood around this street: most are in band D (67% of about 670 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: none recorded, though not every council has published theirs.
- Green belt: no.
Brownfield land registered for housing within 1 km (0.6 miles)
- Gardners Arms PH, 48 Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading: up to 8 homes, permissioned (610 m (0.4 miles))
- Caversham Park House, Caversham, Reading: up to 45 homes, pending decision (810 m (0.5 miles))
- 70 South View Avenue, Caversham, Reading: up to 10 homes, permissioned (860 m (0.5 miles))
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, 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: no postcode centre is in flood zone 2 or 3.
Height above sea level
The street's 14 addresses are between 66 m and 69 m above sea level (68 m on average).
Broadband
| Postcode | Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | Ultrafast (300 Mbit/s+) | Gigabit | Below 10 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RG4 8NZ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Getting around
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Railway stations | Reading 14 million journeys in 2024–25 | 1.9 km (1.2 miles) |
| Reading West 482,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) | |
| Tilehurst 385,000 journeys in 2024–25 | 4.5 km (2.8 miles) | |
| Bus stops | 4 stops within 400 m (0.2 miles), 28 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Surley Row Emmer Green | 150 m |
| Bus or coach station | Reading Rail Station - buses | 2 km (1.2 miles) |
| Car parks | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Parking space on Newlands Avenue, RG4 | 500 m (0.3 miles) |
| EV charging points | 1 within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest MFG Charging Station | 1 km (0.6 miles) |
| Airport with scheduled flights | London Heathrow Airport LHR | 35.1 km (22 miles) |
Local services
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| GP surgeries | 2 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Balmore Park Surgery | 730 m (0.5 miles) |
| Pharmacies | 4 pharmacies within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Markand Pharmacy | 670 m (0.4 miles) |
| NHS dentists | 4 practices within 1.6 km (1 mile); nearest Dental Surgery | 900 m (0.6 miles) |
| Hospital | Royal Berkshire Hospital | 2.7 km (1.7 miles) |
| Police station | Thames Valley Police | 2.6 km (1.6 miles) |
| Cash machines | 1 machines within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Barclays ATM | 360 m |
Parks and green space
| Nearest | Distance | |
|---|---|---|
| Park or garden | 4 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 6.4 ha | 430 m (0.3 miles) |
| Largest park within 800 m (0.5 miles) | Caversham Park 16 ha | 550 m (0.3 miles) |
| Play area | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 170 m² | 680 m (0.4 miles) |
| Playing field | 1 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Unnamed 5.4 ha | 760 m (0.5 miles) |
| Allotments | 3 within 800 m (0.5 miles); nearest Henley Road Allotments Allotments 2.6 ha | 300 m |
Within 800 m (0.5 miles): 4 parks and gardens, 24 hectares in all.
Landmarks
The nearest historic landmark is Caversham Park, a registered park or garden (Grade II), 780 m (0.5 miles) north-east. 30 listed buildings are within 1 km (0.6 miles).
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Caversham Park | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 780 m (0.5 miles) north-east |
| Caversham Court | Registered park or garden, Grade II | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Name | What it is | From the middle of the street |
|---|---|---|
| Beech Wood | Wood | 830 m (0.5 miles) north-west |
| Piper's Island | Island | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) south-west |
| Fry's Island | Island | 1.4 km (0.9 miles) south |
| Holy Brook | Lake or reservoir | 2.3 km (1.4 miles) south |
| Gravel Hill | Hill | 3 km (1.9 miles) west |
| Hampstead Bottom | Valley | 4.2 km (2.6 miles) north-east |
Air quality
| Pollutant | Here | UK limit | WHO guideline |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) | 9.4 | 40 | 10 |
| Fine particles (PM2.5) | 7.1 | 20 | 5 |
| Particles (PM10) | 10.8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Under 55 | 14 | 14 |
None of the street's 14 addresses is modelled at 55 dB or more from road traffic or railways.
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 Reading: see them on the Reading page.
Nearest schools
| School | Phase | Ages | Distance | Inspection |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Hill Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 470 m (0.3 miles) | No published inspection |
| Caversham Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 680 m (0.4 miles) | Good (Jun 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 2–11 | 830 m (0.5 miles) | No published inspection |
| Emmer Green Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 910 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding |
| Micklands Primary School | Primary | 4–11 | 940 m (0.6 miles) | No overall grade (Oct 2024, graded inspection without an overall judgement): Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Good; Leadership and management: Good |
| Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre | Secondary | 11–18 | 1 km (0.6 miles) | No published inspection |
| New Bridge Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Thameside Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.1 km (0.7 miles) | No published inspection |
| Caversham Nursery School | Nursery | 2–5 | 1.3 km (0.8 miles) | Report card (Jun 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Strong standard; Achievement: Strong standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Exceptional; Inclusion: Strong standard; Leadership and governance: Strong standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| Caversham Park Primary School | Primary | 5–11 | 1.5 km (0.9 miles) | No published inspection |
| St Martin's Catholic Primary School Roman Catholic | Primary | 4–11 | 1.6 km (1 mile) | Report card (Jan 2026): Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Expected standard; Inclusion: Expected standard; Leadership and governance: Expected standard; Early years: Expected standard; Safeguarding standards: Met |
| E P Collier Primary School | Primary | 3–11 | 1.7 km (1 mile) | Good (Feb 2023, overall grade under the previous framework) |
Food hygiene ratings nearby
| Business | Type | Distance | Rating | Rated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Belfry Bakery RG4 8ND | Other catering premises | 180 m | 5 Very good | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Thomas Franks at Chiltern Nursery & Training College RG4 8JZ | School/college/university | 240 m | 5 Very good | 5 Nov 2025 |
| Caversham Preparatory School RG4 8JZ | School/college/university | 320 m | 4 Good | 2 Apr 2025 |
| Tesco Express RG4 8RZ | Retailers - supermarkets/hypermarkets | 360 m | 5 Very good | 9 Feb 2025 |
| Thomas Franks at Queen Annes School RG4 6DX | School/college/university | 490 m (0.3 miles) | 4 Good | 4 Jun 2026 |
Crime within 250 m
| Category | Crimes |
|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 10 |
| Burglary | 2 |
| Public order | 2 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 1 |
| Other theft | 1 |
Most of these are attached to: On or near Notley Place (5); On or near Picton Way (4); On or near Lady Jane Court (4); On or near The Rise (1); On or near Raglan Gardens (1).
People and work
Who lives here
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Median age | 47 | 40 |
| Children under 15 | 21% | 17% |
| Aged 65 and over | 24% | 18% |
Homes
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Owned (outright or with a mortgage) | 95% | 61% |
| Owned outright | 51% | 33% |
| Shared ownership | 0% | 1% |
| Social rented | under 1% | 17% |
| Private rented | 4% | 21% |
Work and commuting
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Adults (16 and over) in work | 60% | 57% |
| Unemployment (of those working or looking for work) | 5% | 6% |
| Retired (of adults) | 29% | 22% |
| Long-term sick or disabled (of adults) | 0% | 4% |
| Work mainly from home (of those in work) | 58% | 32% |
| Travel to work by car or van | 32% | 48% |
| By train, Underground, metro or tram | 1% | 4% |
| By any public transport, including bus | 4% | 8% |
| On foot or by bicycle | 6% | 10% |
| Work within 10 km (6 miles) of home (of those who travel to work) | 76% | 65% |
| Work 30 km (19 miles) or more away | 12% | 8% |
Education and languages
| Around this street | England | |
|---|---|---|
| Degree or other higher qualification, Level 4+ (of adults) | 51% | 34% |
| No qualifications | 11% | 18% |
| Apprenticeship as highest qualification | 4% | 5% |
| Main language English (aged 3 and over) | 95% | 91% |
| Cannot speak English well or at all | under 1% | 2% |
Deprivation
The neighbourhood around this street is in decile 10 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
- RG4 8NZ: 14 addresses
Nearby streets
Cedar Wood Crescent · Greystoke Road · Fallowfield Close · Grosvenor Road · Notley Place · Raglan Gardens · Lady Jane Court · Picton Way · Surley Row · Cawsam Gardens · Buckingham Gate · Ellesmere Close
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.