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On Mercury Avenue, in Wokingham West & South
What it's like at RG41 3GA: every home that has sold on Mercury Avenue 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 Mercury Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 19 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 6, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | May 2012 | £245,000 | 80 m² | £3,063/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £375,000 | 87 m² | £4,310/m² | 2 |
| 12, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £422,000 | 104 m² | £4,058/m² | 4 |
| 14, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2010 | £285,000 | 94 m² | £3,032/m² | 1 |
| 16, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 1999 | £123,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 1996 | £79,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 22, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £119,950 | 64 m² | £1,874/m² | 1 |
| 24, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2012 | £232,500 | 63 m² | £3,690/m² | 2 |
| 26, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2018 | £290,000 | 63 m² | £4,603/m² | 4 |
| 28, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2000 | £128,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 32, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2021 | £450,000 | 101 m² | £4,455/m² | 3 |
| 34, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2017 | £389,000 | 87 m² | £4,471/m² | 1 |
| 36, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £475,000 | 91 m² | £5,220/m² | 4 |
| 38, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2002 | £190,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 40, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £377,500 | 90 m² | £4,194/m² | 1 |
| 42, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Dec 2007 | £215,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 44, Mercury AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2015 | £375,000 | 95 m² | £3,947/m² | 1 |
| 46, Mercury AvenueTerraced | Aug 2025 | £280,000 | 37 m² | £7,568/m² | 2 |
| 48, Mercury AvenueTerraced | Aug 2020 | £230,000 | 36 m² | £6,389/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: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wokingham, a short drive or bike ride (1.2 km), with 1.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Heron Road, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 122, 123); 6 departures an hour from the 6 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 Windmill Primary School and Nursery, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 70% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Evendons Primary School (1.3 km).
The nearest secondary is The Emmbrook School, 1.2 km away; Attainment 8: 50.7 · 17.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Holt School (1.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (8.7 km) and Kendrick School (9.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 500 m away; Shell Little Waitrose Winnersh (800 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woosehill Practice (400 m), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (500 m).
For a haircut, Honey B is 800 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.
The Acorn Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and The Rifle Volunteer the nearest pub (900 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 Heron Road Playfields, 200 m away; for exercise, Studio 9 (1.2 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 28 km away.
15 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 3GA →
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
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" Mercury Avenue in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 14 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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 52 min
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