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On Barnwood Close, in Battle & Caversham Bridge
What it's like at RG30 1BY: every home that has sold on Barnwood 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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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 Barnwood Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 40 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Barnwood CloseTerraced | May 2026 | £320,000 | 82 m² | £3,902/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Sept 2025 | £326,000 | 79 m² | £4,127/m² | 1 |
| 6, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Aug 2023 | £326,000 | 78 m² | £4,179/m² | 3 |
| 8, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Sept 2021 | £285,000 | 75 m² | £3,800/m² | 1 |
| 11, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Oct 2013 | £190,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Dec 2005 | £150,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Nov 2025 | £340,000 | 78 m² | £4,359/m² | 2 |
| 15, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Nov 2015 | £258,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 16, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Dec 2025 | £317,000 | 82 m² | £3,866/m² | 1 |
| 17, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Mar 2020 | £285,000 | 80 m² | £3,563/m² | 1 |
| 19, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Jun 2003 | £147,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 22, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Jan 2019 | £300,000 | 79 m² | £3,797/m² | 4 |
| 24, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Aug 2000 | £107,000 | 80 m² | £1,338/m² | 1 |
| 26, Barnwood CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2022 | £320,000 | 80 m² | £4,000/m² | 3 |
| 29, Barnwood CloseSemi-detached | Jun 2008 | £192,000 | 102 m² | £1,882/m² | 1 |
| 31, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Jan 2008 | £200,000 | 81 m² | £2,469/m² | 1 |
| 32, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Nov 2002 | £155,950 | 81 m² | £1,925/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Dec 2003 | £118,000 | 68 m² | £1,735/m² | 2 |
| Flat 11, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Jun 2018 | £195,000 | 68 m² | £2,868/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Sept 2016 | £198,000 | 68 m² | £2,912/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Sept 2015 | £143,000 | 56 m² | £2,554/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Feb 2000 | £76,000 | 69 m² | £1,101/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Feb 2000 | £76,000 | 69 m² | £1,101/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Apr 2021 | £149,000 | 56 m² | £2,661/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Oct 2013 | £110,000 | 55 m² | £2,000/m² | 3 |
| Flat 5, 33, Barnwood CloseFlat | Dec 2024 | £162,500 | 56 m² | £2,902/m² | 1 |
| 34, Barnwood CloseTerraced · company-owned | Oct 2009 | £92,000 | 81 m² | £1,136/m² | 2 |
| 37, Barnwood CloseTerraced | May 2007 | £198,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 38, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Oct 2000 | £109,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 41, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Sept 1997 | £75,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 42, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Mar 1996 | £55,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 43, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Feb 2020 | £290,000 | 83 m² | £3,494/m² | 2 |
| 44, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Oct 1999 | £86,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 45, Barnwood CloseTerraced | May 1999 | £79,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Aug 2023 | £320,000 | 78 m² | £4,103/m² | 1 |
| 48, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Sept 2025 | £320,000 | 81 m² | £3,951/m² | 1 |
| 53, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Aug 2015 | £239,000 | 79 m² | £3,025/m² | 2 |
| 55, Barnwood CloseTerraced | May 2023 | £302,500 | 80 m² | £3,781/m² | 1 |
| 56, Barnwood CloseTerraced | Oct 2014 | £225,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 57, Barnwood CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £355,000 | 78 m² | £4,551/m² | 4 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Reading West, a few minutes' walk (450 m), with 482k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Ashmere Terrace, 100 m away, with a bus about every 29 minutes on weekdays (route 18); 60 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 60 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Oxford Road Community School, a few minutes' walk (500 m); 86% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is All Saints Church of England Aided Infant School (0.9 km).
The nearest secondary is River Academy, 750 m away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Kendrick School (2 km) and Reading School (2.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 350 m away; Reading Mini Mart (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Western Elms & Circuit Lane Surgeries (350 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, Ten 10 is 150 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 2.3 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: 30 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Afghan Palace Reading is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Wishing Well the nearest pub (300 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (24 of them).
Crime is higher than in most places, at about 143 per 1,000 residents a year (busy town centres push this figure up).
It's a mix of homes: 33% flats and 5% detached houses.
Most homes are Victorian or Edwardian: 61% were built before 1919.
It's growing: about 273 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Beresford Road Recreation Ground, 150 m away; for exercise, Curves (100 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.7 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 37 km away.
Many neighbours rent: 50% of households rent privately and 9% socially.
It's young: 22% of residents are aged 15–29.
52 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%.
56 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 RG30 1BY →
The nearest university is University College of Estate Management, 2.1 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: 1 of 29 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 9 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 86.2% | 79.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 8.4% | 15.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 5.0% | 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 40 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 55 min
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