Map of RG8 8AD postcode

General information
Postcode RG8 8AD
Post Town Reading
Nearest station Tilehurst (2 km)
Bus stops
Sherwood Rise (E)
Westbury Lane (W)
Cecil Aldin Drive (NE)
Highfield Road (NE)
Cecil Aldin Drive (SW)
Highfield Road (SW)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 2 View
Known addresses
20 Purley Rise, Purley On Thames
22 Purley Rise, Purley On Thames
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.481149
Longitude -1.054144
Easting 465779
Northing 176223
Grid reference SU657762
UTM reference 30U 635117 5705128
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Plus code 9C3WFWJW+F8
Altitude 64 metres (210 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:08
Sunset (today) 16:15
Distance away
Distance to sea 66.4 KMs (41.2 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishPurley on ThamesE04001186
Ward Tilehurst & Purley E05012153
Unitary Authority West Berkshire E06000037
County Berkshire E11000002
Constituency (2024) Reading West and Mid Berkshire E14001439
MPOlivia BaileyLabour
Police forceThames Valley
Water companyThames Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Berkshire
NUTS/ITL 2 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 South East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated December 2024
User type Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day)
Quality Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean
Demographics
Population (2011) 4
Households (2011) 1
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
31,242 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£65,400
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)ReadingE63012182
Census output area (2021)E00172660
Census output area (2011)E00172660
Lower layer super output area (2021)West Berkshire 004BE01016316
Lower layer super output area (2011)West Berkshire 004BE01016316
Middle layer super output area (2021)Purley on ThamesE02003370
Middle layer super output area (2011)Purley on ThamesE02003370
Travel to work areaReadingE30000256
Property sales
Average property price in Reading £403,493
Annual change -2.6%
View all properties sold in the RG postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
22 Purley Rise, Purley On ThamesSemi-detached (freehold)Jun 2019£425,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Nov 2014£361,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Jan 2012£164,700
20 Purley Rise, Purley On ThamesSemi-detached (freehold)Sep 1999£132,500


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