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On Emerald Close, in Barkham & Woose Hill
What it's like at RG41 3UJ: every home that has sold on Emerald Close 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.
1 home on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Emerald Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 8 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Emerald CloseDetached | Feb 2019 | £497,000 | 118 m² | £4,212/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Emerald CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2010 | £261,000 | 87 m² | £3,000/m² | 3 |
| 3, Emerald CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2002 | £179,950 | – | – | 2 |
| 4, Emerald CloseSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £280,000 | 79 m² | £3,544/m² | 2 |
| 5, Emerald CloseTerraced | May 1998 | £98,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Emerald CloseSemi-detached | May 2022 | £450,000 | 81 m² | £5,556/m² | 1 |
| 8, Emerald CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2024 | £425,000 | 74 m² | £5,743/m² | 2 |
| 9, Emerald CloseOther | Jul 2024 | £555,000 | 129 m² | £4,302/m² | 5 |
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: 58% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Wokingham, a short drive or bike ride (1.5 km), with 1.9m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Northway, 450 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 122, 123).
Central London is 52 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is The Hawthorns Primary School, a few minutes' walk (100 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is The Emmbrook School, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 50.7 · 17.1% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: The Holt School (2.1 km) and Maiden Erlegh School (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (7.5 km) and Kendrick School (8.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is Wm Morrison, 650 m away; Shell Little Waitrose Winnersh (650 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woosehill Practice (700 m), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Hamilton Hair is 850 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 7.9 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 2 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Acorn Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (700 m), and The Rifle Volunteer the nearest pub (750 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 20 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 73% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Heron Road Playfields, 700 m away; for exercise, Studio 9 (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.0 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 30 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 44% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 52% of adults have a degree.
11 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%.
10 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 3UJ →
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" Emerald Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 6 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 | 1.6% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.4% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.4% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.6% | 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.
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.