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On Holmes Crescent, in Wokingham West & South
What it's like at RG41 2SD: every home that has sold on Holmes Crescent 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 Holmes Crescent; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 34 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Holmes CrescentDetached | Dec 2021 | £470,000 | 73 m² | £6,438/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Holmes CrescentDetached | Jan 2005 | £282,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 6, Holmes CrescentTerraced | Jan 2008 | £271,110 | – | – | 2 |
| 8, Holmes CrescentDetached | May 2012 | £374,950 | 102 m² | £3,676/m² | 1 |
| 8a, Holmes CrescentDetached | Oct 2020 | £650,000 | 149 m² | £4,362/m² | 2 |
| 8b, Holmes CrescentDetached | Oct 2021 | £605,000 | 118 m² | £5,127/m² | 1 |
| 10, Holmes CrescentDetached | Sept 2010 | £297,500 | 110 m² | £2,705/m² | 2 |
| 10a, Holmes CrescentDetached | May 2025 | £530,000 | 77 m² | £6,883/m² | 4 |
| 10c, Holmes CrescentDetached | Jan 2005 | £285,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Holmes CrescentDetached | Dec 2004 | £248,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Aug 2006 | £249,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 20, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £450,000 | 97 m² | £4,639/m² | 2 |
| 22, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Jul 2006 | £230,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 26, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £163,500 | – | – | 2 |
| 28, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2026 | £575,000 | 127 m² | £4,528/m² | 2 |
| 30, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2013 | £335,000 | 121 m² | £2,769/m² | 2 |
| 32, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Oct 2019 | £555,000 | 156 m² | £3,558/m² | 1 |
| 34, Holmes CrescentDetached | Dec 2007 | £323,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 42, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Mar 2019 | £505,000 | 129 m² | £3,915/m² | 1 |
| 44, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Feb 2010 | £325,000 | 162 m² | £2,006/m² | 1 |
| 50, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Jan 2021 | £490,000 | 137 m² | £3,577/m² | 1 |
| 52, Holmes CrescentSemi-detached | Apr 2011 | £325,000 | 92 m² | £3,533/m² | 1 |
| 54, Holmes CrescentDetached | Oct 2021 | £555,000 | 147 m² | £3,776/m² | 1 |
| 56, Holmes CrescentDetached | Jul 2023 | £500,000 | 101 m² | £4,950/m² | 1 |
| 58, Holmes CrescentDetached | Mar 2011 | £300,000 | 107 m² | £2,804/m² | 1 |
| 60, Holmes CrescentDetached | Oct 2015 | £538,000 | 142 m² | £3,789/m² | 4 |
| 62, Holmes CrescentDetached | Jun 1996 | £147,500 | 156 m² | £946/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: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wokingham, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 1.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Oaklands Drive, 300 m away, with a bus about every 24 minutes on weekdays (routes 3, 125, 125B, 125A); 5 departures an hour from the 2 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 51 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Walter Infant School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m).
The closest top-rated primary is Evendons Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is The Holt School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 63.7 · 31.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (8.7 km) and Kendrick School (9.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 100 m away; Unholy Donuts (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is SpaMedica (350 m), with Tesco Instore Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (900 m).
For a haircut, Honey B is 450 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 9.2 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: 9 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
Millars Fillers is the closest café or restaurant (300 m), and The Two Poplars the nearest pub (800 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 59 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 16 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 44% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 284 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Limmerhill Amenity Area, 750 m away; for exercise, Studio 9 (150 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 28 km away.
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 50% of adults have a degree.
10 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%.
11 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 RG41 2SD →
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" Holmes Crescent in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 52 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 24 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 | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 83.5% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 14.4% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.0% | 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.