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On Silverdale Road, in Lower Earley North
What it's like at RG6 7LR: every home that has sold on Silverdale 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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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 Silverdale Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 168 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Silverdale RoadDetached | May 2025 | £471,700 | 91 m² | £5,184/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Silverdale RoadDetached | Jun 2004 | £220,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 5, Silverdale RoadDetached | Mar 2018 | £465,000 | 106 m² | £4,387/m² | 3 |
| 7, Silverdale RoadDetached | Dec 2015 | £400,000 | 89 m² | £4,494/m² | 1 |
| 9, Silverdale RoadDetached | Aug 2002 | £249,950 | 115 m² | £2,173/m² | 1 |
| 21, Silverdale RoadDetached | Jun 2021 | £523,000 | 82 m² | £6,378/m² | 1 |
| 23, Silverdale RoadDetached | Oct 2011 | £353,000 | 165 m² | £2,139/m² | 3 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 52% 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 Gipsy Lane, 50 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (route 19c); 14 departures an hour from the 9 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 56 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 8% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Loddon Primary School, a few minutes' walk (under 50 m); 73% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Maiden Erlegh School, 1.0 km away; Attainment 8: 55.5 · 20.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (2.4 km) and Kendrick School (3.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsbury's, 600 m away, with Nisa Local closer still (450 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Brookside Group Practice (100 m), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (650 m).
For a haircut, Stone Hair Design is 600 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 2.8 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).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 14 restaurants and cafés, 3 pubs and bars.
Lower Earley Baptist Church is the closest café or restaurant (500 m), and The Seven Red Roses the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 46 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
The nearest park is Meadow Park, 200 m away; for exercise, Loddon Valley Leisure (1.7 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 9.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 33 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 45% of households own their home outright.
It's young: 28% of residents are aged 15–29.
31 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 RG6 7LR →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
This is a student area: 25% of adults were full-time students at the 2021 census, so expect shared houses, busy term times and quiet summers.
The nearest university is University of Reading, 3.6 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 168 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 4 of 130 homes with certificates have solar panels, 2 a heat pump, and 6 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 | 0.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 94.9% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.1% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 4.6% | 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 50 min
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