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On Opal Way, in Barkham & Woose Hill
What it's like at RG41 3UL: every home that has sold on Opal Way 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 Opal Way; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 19 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 3, Opal WaySemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £427,500 | 81 m² | £5,278/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5, Opal WayTerraced | May 2007 | £247,000 | 82 m² | £3,012/m² | 1 |
| 6, Opal WaySemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £299,950 | 78 m² | £3,846/m² | 1 |
| 18, Opal WaySemi-detached | Oct 2016 | £360,000 | 78 m² | £4,615/m² | 1 |
| 20, Opal WaySemi-detached | Oct 2012 | £269,900 | 78 m² | £3,460/m² | 3 |
| 22, Opal WayDetached | Jan 2020 | £562,500 | 153 m² | £3,676/m² | 3 |
| 24, Opal WaySemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £340,000 | 68 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 26, Opal WaySemi-detached | Feb 2014 | £245,000 | 65 m² | £3,769/m² | 3 |
| 28, Opal WayTerraced | Jan 1997 | £78,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 30, Opal WaySemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £385,000 | 65 m² | £5,923/m² | 1 |
| 32, Opal WayDetached | Sept 2016 | £420,000 | 112 m² | £3,750/m² | 2 |
| 34, Opal WayDetached | Apr 2001 | £205,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Opal WayDetached | Sept 2004 | £259,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 40, Opal WayDetached | Feb 2025 | £675,000 | 107 m² | £6,308/m² | 2 |
| 42, Opal WayDetached | Jul 1997 | £134,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 44, Opal WaySemi-detached · company-owned | May 2026 | £525,000 | 90 m² | £5,833/m² | 4 |
| 48, Opal WaySemi-detached | May 2024 | £410,000 | 87 m² | £4,713/m² | 2 |
| 50, Opal WaySemi-detached | Jan 2004 | £217,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 52, Opal WayDetached | Feb 2022 | £640,000 | 126 m² | £5,079/m² | 2 |
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 Winnersh, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km), with 384k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Simons Lane, 500 m away, with a bus about every 13 minutes on weekdays (routes 4, 4a, 122).
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, 800 m away; BP Triangle Garage (700 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woosehill Practice (850 m), with Morrisons Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (800 m).
For a haircut, Hamilton Hair is 800 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 (850 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, 850 m away; for exercise, Nirvana Spa (1.8 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.
6 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%.
9 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 3UL →
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" Opal Way 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 | 1.6% | 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
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