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On Vauxhall Drive, in Woodley East
What it's like at RG5 4EE: every home that has sold on Vauxhall Drive 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.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Vauxhall Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 76 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 52, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £470,000 | 94 m² | £5,000/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 56, Vauxhall DriveTerraced | Nov 2005 | £194,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 58, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Mar 2012 | £242,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 62, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Jan 2015 | £270,000 | 98 m² | £2,755/m² | 1 |
| 64, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2026 | £385,000 | 79 m² | £4,873/m² | 1 |
| 68, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | May 2001 | £149,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 72, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2019 | £350,000 | 94 m² | £3,723/m² | 1 |
| 74, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2005 | £197,000 | 80 m² | £2,463/m² | 2 |
| 76, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Jul 2007 | £260,000 | 87 m² | £2,989/m² | 2 |
| 78, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Dec 2022 | £496,000 | 85 m² | £5,835/m² | 3 |
| 82, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £385,000 | 94 m² | £4,096/m² | 2 |
| 86, Vauxhall DriveSemi-detached | Apr 1996 | £80,000 | 158 m² | £506/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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Winnersh Triangle, a short drive or bike ride (1.4 km), with 218k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Austin Road, 100 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 19c); 17 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 52 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Rivermead Primary School, a few minutes' walk (400 m); 70% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Waingels, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 50.8 · 14.4% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (4.1 km) and The Holt School (5.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (5.5 km) and Kendrick School (6.1 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 950 m away, with Londis closer still (300 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Loddon Vale Practice (650 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Finn Hair is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 5.8 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 5 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
Woodley Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Good Companions 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.
There are 18 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
The nearest park is Vauxhall Park, 150 m away; for exercise, Bulmershe Gymnastics Club (1.9 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 29 km away.
17 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%.
8 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 4EE →
Most households own their home, 14% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Reading, 3.8 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.
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police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 76 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 2 of 53 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 3 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.9% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 93.8% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.5% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.3% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 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 48 min
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