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On Skylark Way, in Shinfield
What it's like at RG2 9AD: every home that has sold on Skylark Way 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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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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Skylark Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 82 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Garage 100, Montague ParkOther | Aug 2023 | £345,000 | – | – | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Skylark WayDetached | Mar 2003 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 3, Skylark WayTerraced | Sept 2017 | £372,000 | 112 m² | £3,321/m² | 2 |
| 5, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Jun 2014 | £315,000 | 112 m² | £2,813/m² | 4 |
| 7, Skylark WayTerraced | Sept 2020 | £395,000 | 115 m² | £3,435/m² | 5 |
| 9, Skylark WayTerraced | Nov 2013 | £282,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Skylark WayTerraced | Apr 2021 | £382,500 | 130 m² | £2,942/m² | 4 |
| 15, Skylark WayTerraced | Dec 2014 | £315,000 | 111 m² | £2,838/m² | 2 |
| 17, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Nov 2022 | £428,000 | 111 m² | £3,856/m² | 2 |
| 19, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Aug 2020 | £395,000 | 117 m² | £3,376/m² | 3 |
| 21, Skylark WayDetached | May 2024 | £555,000 | 115 m² | £4,826/m² | 3 |
| 23, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Oct 2017 | £437,500 | 116 m² | £3,772/m² | 4 |
| 25, Skylark WayDetached | May 2013 | £400,000 | 152 m² | £2,632/m² | 2 |
| 27, Skylark WayDetached | Dec 2023 | £310,000 | 64 m² | £4,844/m² | 2 |
| 29, Skylark WayTerraced | Dec 2007 | £296,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 31, Skylark WayTerraced | Feb 2004 | £279,950 | 112 m² | £2,500/m² | 1 |
| 33, Skylark WayTerraced | Jul 2022 | £435,000 | 115 m² | £3,783/m² | 3 |
| 35, Skylark WayTerraced | May 2006 | £288,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 37, Skylark WayDetached | Jun 2007 | £212,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 39, Skylark WayDetached | Sept 2006 | £308,000 | 102 m² | £3,020/m² | 2 |
| 41, Skylark WayDetached | Apr 2021 | £445,000 | 103 m² | £4,320/m² | 4 |
| 43, Skylark WayTerraced | Jun 2021 | £297,500 | 63 m² | £4,722/m² | 4 |
| 45, Skylark WayTerraced | Jun 2025 | £350,000 | 64 m² | £5,469/m² | 6 |
| 47, Skylark WayTerraced | Nov 2022 | £326,500 | 60 m² | £5,442/m² | 3 |
| 49, Skylark WayTerraced | Oct 2024 | £335,000 | 63 m² | £5,317/m² | 5 |
| 51, Skylark WayTerraced | Nov 2021 | £306,000 | 64 m² | £4,781/m² | 3 |
| 53, Skylark WaySemi-detached | May 2007 | £228,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 55, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Feb 2005 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 57, Skylark WayDetached | Nov 2013 | £322,500 | 100 m² | £3,225/m² | 3 |
| 59, Skylark WayTerraced · company-owned | Feb 2005 | £185,633 | 72 m² | £2,578/m² | 1 |
| 61, Skylark WayTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2005 | £185,633 | 62 m² | £2,994/m² | 1 |
| 63, Skylark WayTerraced | Oct 2014 | £250,000 | 62 m² | £4,032/m² | 2 |
| 65, Skylark WayTerraced | Dec 2019 | £276,500 | 62 m² | £4,460/m² | 2 |
| 67, Skylark WayTerraced | Dec 2014 | £250,000 | 60 m² | £4,167/m² | 3 |
| 69, Skylark WayTerraced | May 2015 | £250,000 | 63 m² | £3,968/m² | 2 |
| 71, Skylark WayTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2005 | £185,633 | 62 m² | £2,994/m² | 1 |
| 73, Skylark WayDetached | Apr 2013 | £300,000 | 101 m² | £2,970/m² | 2 |
| 75, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Jan 2005 | £275,000 | 112 m² | £2,455/m² | 1 |
| 77, Skylark WayTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2005 | £185,633 | 64 m² | £2,901/m² | 1 |
| 91, Skylark WayFlat | Dec 2025 | £257,500 | 61 m² | £4,221/m² | 3 |
| 97, Skylark WayFlat | Dec 2021 | £225,000 | 77 m² | £2,922/m² | 1 |
| 111, Skylark WayTerraced | Sept 2021 | £300,000 | 77 m² | £3,896/m² | 3 |
| 113, Skylark WayTerraced | May 2005 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 115, Skylark WayTerraced | Aug 2020 | £363,000 | 119 m² | £3,050/m² | 4 |
| 117, Skylark WayTerraced | Jun 2021 | £389,000 | 117 m² | £3,325/m² | 4 |
| 119, Skylark WayTerraced | Jun 2017 | £362,000 | 120 m² | £3,017/m² | 2 |
| 121, Skylark WayFlat | Feb 2005 | £215,000 | 78 m² | £2,756/m² | 1 |
| 123, Skylark WayFlat | Feb 2005 | £180,992 | 67 m² | £2,701/m² | 1 |
| 125, Skylark WayTerraced · company-owned | Jan 2005 | £192,593 | 77 m² | £2,501/m² | 1 |
| 127, Skylark WayTerraced | Jul 2022 | £315,000 | 63 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 129, Skylark WayTerraced | Nov 2025 | £350,000 | 63 m² | £5,556/m² | 3 |
| 131, Skylark WayTerraced | Sept 2011 | £203,000 | 63 m² | £3,222/m² | 4 |
| 133, Skylark WayTerraced | Feb 2016 | £290,000 | 66 m² | £4,394/m² | 3 |
| 135, Skylark WayTerraced | Dec 2014 | £279,995 | – | – | 3 |
| 137, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Dec 2004 | £214,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 139, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Mar 2016 | £306,000 | 63 m² | £4,857/m² | 3 |
| 141, Skylark WayFlat | Jan 2006 | £185,000 | 66 m² | £2,803/m² | 1 |
| 143, Skylark WaySemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £300,000 | 66 m² | £4,545/m² | 2 |
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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Earley, a drive away (4.3 km), with 426k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is School Green, 100 m away, with a bus about every 12 minutes on weekdays (routes 3, 600, 92); 21 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 58 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Shinfield Infant and Nursery School, a few minutes' walk (250 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Oakbank School, 1.3 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (2.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (3.6 km) and Kendrick School (4 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 200 m away; Share Shinfield (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South Reading & Shinfield Group Med Prac (250 m), with Shinfield Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Champions Barner Lounge is 1.6 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 3.9 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: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Tin Roof Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Bell & Bottle the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 557 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Deardon Field, 750 m away; for exercise, Loddon Valley Leisure Centre (2.3 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 35 km away.
28 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.
Earley and Woodley constituency: Yuan Yang MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 848 (1.8%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 38%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Green Party 7%.
13 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 9AD →
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% 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.
On this street: 0 of 68 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 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.3% | 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: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 49 min
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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 82 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.