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On Bankside, in Finchampstead
What it's like at RG40 3QB: every home that has sold on Bankside 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.
Sales and extensions on Bankside; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, BanksideSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £470,000 | 138 m² | £3,406/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1a, BanksideDetached | Apr 2008 | £320,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 1b, BanksideDetached | Jan 2016 | £418,000 | 95 m² | £4,400/m² | 2 |
| 2, BanksideSemi-detached | Nov 2014 | £298,000 | 73 m² | £4,082/m² | 1 |
| 3, BanksideSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £420,000 | 88 m² | £4,773/m² | 3 |
| 4, BanksideTerraced | Jul 2023 | £375,000 | 90 m² | £4,167/m² | 2 |
| 6, BanksideTerraced | Jul 2023 | £415,000 | 85 m² | £4,882/m² | 4 |
| 7, BanksideSemi-detached | May 1998 | £105,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, BanksideSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £340,000 | 74 m² | £4,595/m² | 1 |
| 9, BanksideTerraced | Jun 2017 | £425,000 | 105 m² | £4,048/m² | 2 |
| 10, BanksideTerraced | Aug 2017 | £405,000 | 104 m² | £3,894/m² | 4 |
| 11, BanksideTerraced | Mar 2018 | £455,000 | 113 m² | £4,027/m² | 3 |
| 12, BanksideSemi-detached | Aug 2018 | £433,000 | 103 m² | £4,204/m² | 3 |
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: 59% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Crowthorne, a short drive or bike ride (2.6 km), with 248k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Ratepayers Hall, 150 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (routes 125A, 125, 125B, 8); 10 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 52 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 4% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Nine Mile Ride Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 75% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Evendons Primary School (1.8 km).
The nearest secondary is Bohunt School Wokingham, 2.9 km away; Attainment 8: 53.6 · 16.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Edgbarrow School (4.3 km) and The Holt School (4.3 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (10.5 km) and Kendrick School (11.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 2.9 km away, with Londis closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Finchampstead Practice (500 m), with Jats Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (300 m).
For a haircut, Finch Barbers is 250 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Frimley Park Hospital, 10 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 8 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Xenuk Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and Queen's Oak the nearest pub (1.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 27 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 72% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Watkins Close Green Space, 650 m away; for exercise, Studio 9 (2.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 29 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
25 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.
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 3QB →
It's highly educated: 50% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Bankside in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 54 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 11 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 | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.4% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.9% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 1.4% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 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.