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On Portrush Close, in Southlake
What it's like at RG5 3PB: every home that has sold on Portrush 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 Portrush Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 12 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2008 | £221,770 | 126 m² | £1,760/m² | 2 |
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| 4, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £274,000 | 119 m² | £2,303/m² | 2 |
| 5, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Apr 1998 | £99,950 | 111 m² | £900/m² | 1 |
| 6, Portrush CloseDetached | Sept 1998 | £99,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 7, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Apr 1997 | £88,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 8, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2026 | £548,000 | 96 m² | £5,708/m² | 5 |
| 9, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2001 | £230,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | May 1995 | £68,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Aug 2004 | £194,950 | 67 m² | £2,910/m² | 2 |
| 13, Portrush CloseSemi-detached | Mar 2001 | £159,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 14, Portrush CloseDetached | Oct 2012 | £310,000 | 145 m² | £2,138/m² | 2 |
| 15, Portrush CloseTerraced | Mar 2021 | £405,000 | 87 m² | £4,655/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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Earley, about a 10-minute walk (950 m), with 426k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Antrim Road, 150 m away, with a bus about every 32 minutes on weekdays (route 13); 12 departures an hour from the 6 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 54 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 10% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Highwood Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m).
The closest top-rated primary is St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School (1.5 km).
The nearest secondary is The Bulmershe School, 600 m away; Attainment 8: 50.7 · 20.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (1.6 km) and The Holt School (5.5 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (3.4 km) and Kendrick School (4.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Waitrose, 600 m away, with Southlake Parade Convenience Store closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Woodley Practice (800 m), with Boots the closest pharmacy (600 m).
For a haircut, The Hair Shop is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 3.8 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.
St James Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (400 m), and Goals Soccer Centre the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 31 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 10% flats and 17% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Malone Park, 300 m away; for exercise, Bulmershe Gymnastics Club (800 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.2 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 31 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 43% of households own their home outright.
40 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.
Earley and Woodley constituency: Yuan Yang MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 848 (1.8%), turnout 62%. Vote shares: Labour 40%, Conservative 38%, Liberal Democrat 13%, Green Party 7%.
16 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 RG5 3PB →
The nearest university is University of Reading, 2.5 km away (TEF Silver).
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" Portrush Close in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 48 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 7 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 | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.7% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.5% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 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.