Map of RG8 8AU postcode

General information
Postcode RG8 8AU
Post Town Reading
Nearest station Tilehurst (2 km)
Bus stops
Infants School (SE)
Sherwood Rise (E)
Cecil Aldin Drive (SW)
Sherwood Rise (W)
New Hill (NE)
Cecil Aldin Drive (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 3 View
Known addresses
1 Jasmine Cottages, Purley On Thames
2 Jasmine Cottages, Purley On Thames
Main property type Semi-detached
Businesses
Geography
Latitude 51.482594
Longitude -1.049319
Easting 466112
Northing 176388
Grid reference SU661763
UTM reference 30U 635447 5705297
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Plus code 9C3WFXM2+27
Altitude 45 metres (149 feet)
Sunrise (today) 8:08
Sunset (today) 16:15
Distance away
Distance to sea 66.6 KMs (41.4 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 September 1991
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) 2
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)E00082415
Census output area (2011)E00082415
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
2 Jasmine Cottages, Purley On ThamesSemi-detached (freehold)Apr 2021£625,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Sep 2007£344,000
Semi-detached (freehold)Sep 2006£330,000
1 Jasmine Cottages, Purley On ThamesDetached (freehold)Jan 2011£210,000
Detached (freehold)Nov 2006£273,500


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