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Thinking of living at RG6 1DH? Who your neighbours would be, how far the schools, station, shops, GP and parks are from the postcode itself, which schools are near and how they do, what there is to do at the weekend, and a day in the life here.
Most daily things are within reach on foot; the station is further.
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Working out the fit…
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| School | Stage | Distance | Latest results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred Sutton Primary School | Primary | 500 m | 83% met the expected standard |
| Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School | Primary | 900 m | 69% met the expected standard |
| Redlands Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | 50% met the expected standard |
| Highwood Primary School | Primary | 1.2 km | – |
| New Town Primary School | Primary | 1.3 km | 61% met the expected standard |
| UTC Reading | Secondary | 650 m | Attainment 8: 42 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Maiden Erlegh School in Reading | Secondary | 750 m | Attainment 8: 45.6 · 12.9% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| The Bulmershe School | Secondary | 1.1 km | Attainment 8: 50.7 · 20.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Reading School | Secondary | 1.5 km | Attainment 8: 83 · 72.4% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Maiden Erlegh School | Secondary | 1.7 km | Attainment 8: 55.5 · 20.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Red Balloon Learner Centre Reading | Independent | 1.7 km | 0% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Leighton Park School | Independent | 1.9 km | 43.2% of GCSEs at 8–9 |
| Sport | Nearest | Distance | Places |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennis | 295 TennisPark | 1.4 km | 22 |
| Swimming | Palmer Park Leisure Centre And Stadium | 280 m | 20 |
| Football | Palmer Park Stadium | 280 m | 8 |
| Multi-sport | David Lloyd Leisure | 1.2 km | 8 |
| Bowls | Palmer Park Bowling Club | 470 m | 5 |
| Fitness | MGFitness | 2.1 km | 5 |
| Cycling | Palmer Park Leisure Centre And Stadium | 280 m | 4 |
| Gymnastics | Bulmershe Gymnastics Club | 1.1 km | 4 |
| Squash | University Of Reading Sports Park | 1.7 km | 4 |
| Darts | Flight Club | 2.9 km | 4 |
| Canoe | Wokingham Waterside Centre | 1.1 km | 3 |
| Table tennis | Table Tennis Club | 1.2 km | 3 |
| Cricket | Front Field | 1.5 km | 3 |
| Rowing | Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake | 2.0 km | 3 |
| Basketball | South Reading Leisure Centre | 3.3 km | 3 |
| Athletics | Palmer Park Leisure Centre And Stadium | 280 m | 2 |
The 16 sports with most places shown, of 45. Named clubs, pitches and centres mapped in OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and facilities registered with Sport England Active Places (Contains Data © Sport England, CC BY 4.0). Neither list is complete, so a club not shown may still exist.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Earley, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 426k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Culver Lane, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 19c); 10 departures an hour from the 8 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 56 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Alfred Sutton Primary School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 83% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is UTC Reading, 650 m away; Attainment 8: 42 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (1.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (1.8 km) and Kendrick School (2.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Food, 800 m away, with Culver Lane Convenience Store closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Practice (750 m), with The Reading Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (450 m).
For a haircut, Brothers Hairdressers is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 2.2 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 62% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 81% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 11 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 17 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Better Cafe, Palmer Park is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Roebuck the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Palmer Park, 400 m away; for exercise, Palmer Park Leisure Centre & Stadium (350 m).
36 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
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| Groveside School |
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| Independent |
| 2.0 km |
| – |
Every primary near RG6 1DH, ranked → · Every secondary → Ranked on results, with Ofsted and SEN; each school's page says how hard it is to get in.
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 33 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Reading, 1.1 km away (TEF Silver).
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.