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On Mays Close, in Earley
What it's like at RG6 1JY: every home that has sold on Mays 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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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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Mays Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 28 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| Land At The Back Of, 5, Land At The Back OfSemi-detached | Jun 2004 | £260,000 | – | – | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Mays CloseOther | May 2018 | £225,000 | 116 m² | £1,940/m² | 1 |
| 3, Mays CloseDetached · company-owned | Apr 2022 | £460,000 | 147 m² | £3,129/m² | 2 |
| 5, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Apr 2005 | £219,950 | 89 m² | £2,471/m² | 1 |
| 7, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2025 | £572,500 | 165 m² | £3,470/m² | 2 |
| 9, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Dec 2012 | £353,000 | 151 m² | £2,338/m² | 2 |
| 11, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Jul 2009 | £215,000 | 183 m² | £1,175/m² | 1 |
| 15, Mays CloseSemi-detached | May 2009 | £250,000 | 83 m² | £3,012/m² | 1 |
| 17, Mays CloseDetached | Sept 2015 | £375,000 | 41 m² | £9,146/m² | 2 |
| 19, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Oct 2008 | £246,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2019 | £405,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 25, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Nov 2008 | £176,250 | – | – | 1 |
| 27, Mays CloseTerraced | Jun 2016 | £386,000 | 81 m² | £4,765/m² | 2 |
| 29, Mays CloseTerraced | Apr 2009 | £183,000 | 70 m² | £2,614/m² | 1 |
| 31, Mays CloseTerraced | May 2009 | £185,000 | 72 m² | £2,569/m² | 1 |
| 33, Mays CloseTerraced | May 2016 | £350,200 | 36 m² | £9,728/m² | 2 |
| 35, Mays CloseTerraced | Jul 2025 | £445,000 | 81 m² | £5,494/m² | 3 |
| 37, Mays CloseFlat | Jul 2012 | £185,000 | 70 m² | £2,643/m² | 2 |
| 39, Mays CloseFlat | May 2025 | £300,000 | 68 m² | £4,412/m² | 3 |
| 41, Mays CloseFlat | Mar 2018 | £272,000 | 72 m² | £3,778/m² | 3 |
| 43, Mays CloseFlat | Feb 2009 | £190,000 | 70 m² | £2,714/m² | 1 |
| 45, Mays CloseFlat | May 2009 | £172,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 47, Mays CloseFlat | May 2026 | £285,000 | 71 m² | £4,014/m² | 3 |
| 49, Mays CloseSemi-detached | Feb 2009 | £235,000 | 100 m² | £2,350/m² | 1 |
| 51, Mays CloseTerraced | Jun 2020 | £455,000 | 108 m² | £4,213/m² | 2 |
| 53, Mays CloseDetached | Nov 2021 | £515,000 | 110 m² | £4,682/m² | 3 |
| 55, Mays CloseTerraced | Sept 2017 | £415,000 | 41 m² | £10,122/m² | 2 |
| 57, Mays CloseTerraced | Aug 2009 | £265,000 | 125 m² | £2,120/m² | 1 |
| 59, Mays CloseDetached | Dec 2009 | £250,000 | 108 m² | £2,315/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: 47% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Earley, about a 10-minute walk (800 m), with 426k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Anderson Avenue, 100 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (routes 19c, 81); 5 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Plenty of jobs are close by: somewhere with 5,000 or more jobs (a town centre, business park or big hospital) is about 13 minutes away by public transport or on foot.
Central London is 56 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Earley St Peter's Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m); 69% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School (1.9 km).
The nearest secondary is UTC Reading, 950 m away; Attainment 8: 42 · 9.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (1.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (1.8 km) and Kendrick School (2.5 km).
The nearest supermarket is Co-operative Food, 650 m away, with Premier Stores closer still (under 50 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Parkside Practice (500 m), with The Reading Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (750 m).
For a haircut, Varga's is 500 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 2.2 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 2 pubs and bars.
The Original Gourmet Burger Co. is the closest café or restaurant (650 m), and The Roebuck the nearest pub (450 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 56 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
It's a mix of homes: 8% flats and 30% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Sol Joel Park, 350 m away; for exercise, Palmer Park Leisure Centre & Stadium (1.0 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 33 km away.
27 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%.
15 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 RG6 1JY →
Most households own their home, 17% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University of Reading, 1.8 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 28 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 0 of 22 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 4 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 95.3% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.6% | 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 49 min
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