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On Overdown Road, in Westwood
What it's like at RG31 6PL: every home that has sold on Overdown 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Overdown Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 153 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 277, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2016 | £348,500 | 95 m² | £3,668/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281, Overdown RoadDetached | Oct 2001 | £169,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 283, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | May 2001 | £148,000 | 88 m² | £1,682/m² | 1 |
| 285, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £126,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 287, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2018 | £398,000 | 100 m² | £3,980/m² | 3 |
| 289, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2010 | £250,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 291, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £355,000 | 82 m² | £4,329/m² | 1 |
| 293, Overdown RoadDetached | May 2002 | £174,950 | – | – | 3 |
| 297, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2023 | £435,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 299, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Jan 2018 | £410,000 | 114 m² | £3,596/m² | 2 |
| 301, Overdown RoadTerraced | May 2021 | £400,000 | 106 m² | £3,774/m² | 2 |
| 303, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2014 | £325,000 | 116 m² | £2,802/m² | 1 |
| 305, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £455,000 | 83 m² | £5,482/m² | 3 |
| 307, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Dec 1998 | £130,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 309, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2016 | £337,450 | 82 m² | £4,115/m² | 3 |
| 309a, Overdown RoadTerraced | Mar 2021 | £285,000 | 57 m² | £5,000/m² | 2 |
| 311, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £616,000 | 178 m² | £3,461/m² | 2 |
| 313, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | May 2022 | £490,000 | 93 m² | £5,269/m² | 3 |
| 315, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2004 | £228,000 | 91 m² | £2,505/m² | 3 |
| 327, Overdown RoadTerraced | Jul 2019 | £360,000 | 88 m² | £4,091/m² | 1 |
| 329, Overdown RoadTerraced | Jul 2025 | £455,000 | 88 m² | £5,170/m² | 3 |
| 331, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Nov 2004 | £225,000 | – | – | 4 |
| 335, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2019 | £320,000 | 84 m² | £3,810/m² | 1 |
| 337, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2025 | £380,000 | 81 m² | £4,691/m² | 1 |
| 339, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2001 | £139,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 341, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2022 | £490,000 | 97 m² | £5,052/m² | 5 |
| 351, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2019 | £382,500 | 99 m² | £3,864/m² | 1 |
| 353, Overdown RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £250,000 | 92 m² | £2,717/m² | 1 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Tilehurst, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 385k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Dark Lane Foot, 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route 16); 30 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 64 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Downsway Primary School, about a 5-minute walk (550 m); 61% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Birch Copse Primary School (0.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Denefield School, 800 m away; Attainment 8: 47 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kendrick School (6.1 km) and Reading School (6.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Coop, 400 m away; Warings Craft Bakers (750 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tilehurst Village Surgery (700 m), with Overdown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Adam and Eve is 400 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 6.5 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 3 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
SLM Food and Beverage/Everyone Active at Cotswold Sports Centre is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Tilehurst Bowls Club the nearest pub (500 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 29 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 1% flats and 29% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Arthur Newbery Park, 900 m away; for exercise, Cotswold Sports Centre (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 41 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 51% of households own their home outright.
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.
16 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 West and Mid Berkshire constituency: Olivia Bailey MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,361 (2.9%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
5 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 RG31 6PL →
On this street: 2 of 108 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 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 | 0.3% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 97.1% | 70.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 12.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.1% | 11.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 60 min
Nearest: Cholsey and Wallingford Railway · about 33 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in West Berkshire since 2011.
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 153 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.