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On Basingstoke Road, in Kennet Island & Green Park
What it's like at RG2 0HH: every home that has sold on Basingstoke Road 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.
6 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 13 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Basingstoke Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
59 of the 311 homes on the street are owned by companies (2 overseas).
| 200, Basingstoke RoadTerraced | Jul 2017 | £295,000 | 89 m² | £3,315/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202, Basingstoke RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2011 | £147,500 | 77 m² | £1,916/m² | 2 |
| 204, Basingstoke RoadTerraced | Oct 2004 | £134,000 | 80 m² | £1,675/m² | 1 |
| 206, Basingstoke RoadTerraced | Aug 2001 | £90,000 | 27 m² | £3,333/m² | 3 |
| Flat B, 210, Basingstoke RoadFlat | Aug 2023 | £155,000 | – | – | 4 |
| Flat A, 210, Basingstoke RoadFlat · company-owned | Aug 2023 | £155,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 222, Basingstoke RoadTerraced · company-owned | Nov 2019 | £280,000 | 76 m² | £3,684/m² | 2 |
| 226, Basingstoke RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2015 | £269,000 | 99 m² | £2,717/m² | 6 |
| 228, Basingstoke RoadTerraced | Jul 2022 | £373,000 | 99 m² | £3,768/m² | 3 |
The nearest station is Reading, a short drive or bike ride (2.4 km), with 14.3m journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Long Barn Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 6, 6a); 35 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 10 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 59 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is The Palmer Primary Academy, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 66% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Reading Girls' School, 450 m away; Attainment 8: 51.8 · 12.7% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (3.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (2.2 km) and Kendrick School (2.3 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Nisa Local, 200 m away; Ahmed Chem (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Long Barn Lane Surgery (150 m), with Basingstoke Road Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, BK's Hair Studio is 100 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 2.4 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: 25 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Dailyz is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Victoria Cross the nearest pub (500 m).
Crime is around the national middle: about 127 per 1,000 residents a year.
It's a mix of homes: 31% flats and 4% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
It's growing: about 738 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Long Barn Lane Recreation Ground, 250 m away; for exercise, PureGym (500 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 11.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 36 km away.
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.
Reading Central constituency: Matt Rodda MP (Labour), since June 2017. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 12,637 (27.9%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 48%, Conservative 20%, Green Party 14%, Liberal Democrat 9%.
30 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 RG2 0HH →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 28% rent privately.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
The nearest university is University College of Estate Management, 1.8 km away.
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.
On this street: 2 of 246 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 59 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.4% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 71.6% | 79.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.2% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 18.7% | 15.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 9.2% | 3.7% | 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.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 311 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 52 min
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