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On Caraway Road, in Shinfield
What it's like at RG6 5XR: every home that has sold on Caraway Road 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 Caraway Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 1, Caraway RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £277,500 | 82 m² | £3,384/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2, Caraway RoadDetached | Oct 2014 | £313,000 | 75 m² | £4,173/m² | 1 |
| 3, Caraway RoadSemi-detached | Feb 2010 | £250,000 | 75 m² | £3,333/m² | 2 |
| 4, Caraway RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2026 | £555,000 | 75 m² | £7,400/m² | 2 |
| 6, Caraway RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2020 | £400,000 | 90 m² | £4,444/m² | 2 |
| 8, Caraway RoadDetached | Mar 2012 | £307,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 9, Caraway RoadDetached | Jul 2004 | £275,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 10, Caraway RoadDetached | May 1995 | £92,500 | – | – | 1 |
| 12, Caraway RoadTerraced | Dec 1999 | £141,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 18, Caraway RoadDetached | Nov 2012 | £427,500 | 124 m² | £3,448/m² | 1 |
| 21, Caraway RoadSemi-detached | Apr 2021 | £453,000 | 91 m² | £4,978/m² | 2 |
| 23, Caraway RoadDetached | Jul 2012 | £265,000 | 98 m² | £2,704/m² | 1 |
| 24, Caraway RoadDetached | Feb 2018 | £550,000 | 123 m² | £4,472/m² | 4 |
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: 48% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Earley, a short drive or bike ride (2.2 km), with 426k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Chalfont Way Asda, 200 m away, with a bus about every 55 minutes on weekdays (route 19b); 22 departures an hour from the 7 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 58 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 9% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Hillside Primary School, a few minutes' walk (300 m).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Maiden Erlegh School, 1.5 km away; Attainment 8: 55.5 · 20.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (3.6 km) and Kendrick School (4 km).
It's a family area: 21% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Asda, 250 m away; Panku (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Chalfont Surgery (300 m), with Asda Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (250 m).
For a haircut, Foresters4Hair is 700 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 3.9 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 8 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Eurest at Asda Customer Restaurant is the closest café or restaurant (250 m), and Suttons Bowls Club the nearest pub (250 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 57 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 11 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 15% flats and 38% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1983-1992.
It's growing: about 557 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Chalfont Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Loddon Valley Leisure (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.6 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 35 km away.
Most households own their home, 16% rent privately.
37 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%.
4 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 5XR →
It's highly educated: 47% of adults have a degree.
The nearest university is University College of Estate Management, 3.6 km away.
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" Caraway Road in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 9 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 | 0.7% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.2% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 93.9% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 5.5% | 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 49 min
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