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On Rectory Road, in Wokingham Town
What it's like at RG40 1DP: every home that has sold on Rectory 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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1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Rectory Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
4 of the 75 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 21a, Rectory RoadDetached | Feb 2020 | £875,000 | 175 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23a, Rectory RoadDetached | Sept 2004 | £445,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 25, Rectory RoadDetached | Sept 2003 | £535,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Rectory RoadDetached | Jun 2021 | £1,200,000 | 280 m² | £4,286/m² | 3 |
| 27a, Rectory RoadDetached | Nov 2018 | £1,040,000 | 273 m² | £3,810/m² | 2 |
| 29, Rectory RoadDetached | Jun 2019 | £1,131,000 | 330 m² | £3,427/m² | 2 |
| 31, Rectory RoadDetached | Mar 2021 | £1,300,000 | 248 m² | £5,242/m² | 3 |
| 33, Rectory RoadDetached | Aug 2000 | £550,000 | 327 m² | £1,682/m² | 2 |
| 35, Rectory RoadSemi-detached | Oct 2023 | £960,000 | 238 m² | £4,034/m² | 3 |
| Flat 1, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | Sept 2020 | £340,000 | 58 m² | £5,862/m² | 4 |
| Flat 6, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | Jun 2001 | £172,000 | 93 m² | £1,849/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | Feb 2000 | £131,750 | 60 m² | £2,196/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | Jul 2014 | £250,000 | 82 m² | £3,049/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | May 2024 | £332,000 | 103 m² | £3,223/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | Jul 2014 | £205,000 | 68 m² | £3,015/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Charlecombe House, 23, Rectory RoadFlat | Nov 2017 | £265,000 | 60 m² | £4,417/m² | 3 |
| Little Charlecombe, Rectory RoadDetached | Mar 2001 | £350,000 | 143 m² | £2,448/m² | 1 |
| Flat 11, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Aug 2015 | £330,000 | 132 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Sept 1998 | £96,500 | 66 m² | £1,462/m² | 2 |
| Flat 10, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Dec 2004 | £170,000 | 60 m² | £2,833/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Jun 2025 | £270,000 | 59 m² | £4,576/m² | 4 |
| Flat 12, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Aug 2014 | £248,500 | 64 m² | £3,883/m² | 5 |
| Flat 1, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Jul 2014 | £250,000 | 57 m² | £4,386/m² | 4 |
| Flat 9, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Dec 2005 | £161,000 | 53 m² | £3,038/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Nov 2023 | £320,000 | 62 m² | £5,161/m² | 3 |
| Flat 3, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Jul 2008 | £191,500 | 65 m² | £2,946/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | May 2004 | £188,320 | 66 m² | £2,853/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Jun 2008 | £185,000 | 65 m² | £2,846/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, Lockton House, Rectory RoadFlat | Apr 2007 | £186,000 | 57 m² | £3,263/m² | 1 |
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 Wokingham, about a 10-minute walk (700 m), with 1.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Osborne Road, 200 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 121); 21 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 50 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Wescott Infant School, about a 5-minute walk (500 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is St Crispin's School, 750 m away; Attainment 8: 51.7 · 19.3% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Holt School (0.7 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (9.2 km) and Kendrick School (10 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 200 m away; Sushi Daily (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rodger Duckworth, Physiotherapy Practice (100 m), with Rose Street Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (200 m).
For a haircut, H2o is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 9.7 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).
Evenings out are on the doorstep: 45 restaurants and cafés and 14 pubs and bars in the neighbourhood.
Angelo's is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Ship Inn the nearest pub (250 m).
Takeaways are plentiful (14 of them).
Crime is around the national middle: about 80 per 1,000 residents a year.
There are 147 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 38% flats and 19% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 433 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Howard Palmer Gardens, 450 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (450 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 27 km away.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
57 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| the Metropolitan Public House | II | 160 m |
| 60, Rose Street | II | 160 m |
| 62, Rose Street | II | 160 m |
| 46, 48 and 50, Rose Street | II | 160 m |
| the Small House | II | 160 m |
| Paradise Cottage the Old Bakery | II | 160 m |
| 40, 42, 44 and 44a, Rose Street | II | 170 m |
| 36 and 38, Rose Street | II | 170 m |
| 80, Rose Street | II* | 170 m |
| 34, Rose Street | II | 170 m |
| 78, Rose Street | II | 170 m |
| 32, Rose Street | II | 170 m |
Nearest 12 shown. Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
Wokingham constituency: Clive Jones MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 8,345 (15.5%), turnout 72%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 48%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 10%, Labour 7%.
14 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 RG40 1DP →
It's highly educated: 43% 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.
Nearest 8 shown. Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Rectory Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 1 of 62 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 21 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 78.4% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 18.9% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 2.1% | 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 48 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
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