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On Carpenters Close, in Newbury Central & Greenham
What it's like at RG14 5AR: every home that has sold on Carpenters Close since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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Compared with all 7,264 neighbourhoods in England and Wales (council well-being: all councils). Open a tab below for the detail.
ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
Sales and extensions on Carpenters Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 46 homes on the street is owned by a company.
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Newbury Racecourse, about a 5-minute walk (600 m), with 115k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Newbury Wharf, 400 m away, with a bus about every 38 minutes on weekdays (routes X34, 6, X24, 6A); 12 departures an hour from the 4 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 11 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
The nearest primary school is St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (650 m); 45% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is The Willows Primary School (1.4 km).
The nearest secondary is Trinity School, 1.3 km away; Attainment 8: 42.9 · 11.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 400 m away, with Racecourse Food and Wine closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Jockey's Medical Room (550 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, bravo is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 19 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 81 restaurants and cafés and 23 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Punjabi Virsa is the closest café or restaurant (200 m), and The Old London Apprentice the nearest pub (200 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (21 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 174 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
Much of it is protected: 35% of postcodes sit in a conservation area (Newbury Town Centre, Shaw Road and Crescent).
There are 175 listed buildings.
Homes are mostly flats (53%).
It's new: 57% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 894 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Victoria Park, 500 m away; for exercise, Splash Park (400 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
46 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.
Newbury constituency: Mr Lee Dillon MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 2,377 (4.9%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 40%, Conservative 35%, Reform UK 11%, Labour 8%.
27 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near RG14 5AR →
For holidays, Southampton is 50 km away, and London Heathrow, with far more destinations, 60 km.
Most households own their home, 30% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 42% of adults have a degree.
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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Carpenters Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 40 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.1% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 56.8% | 70.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 1.0% | 12.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 25.5% | 11.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 16.4% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 47 min
Nearest: Cholsey and Wallingford Railway · about 40 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.