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On Hyde End Road, in Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
What it's like at RG7 1BU: every home that has sold on Hyde End 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Hyde End Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 100 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 181, Hyde End RoadDetached | Nov 2014 | £448,000 | 103 m² | £4,350/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 183, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jun 2023 | £625,000 | 138 m² | £4,529/m² | 2 |
| 187, Hyde End RoadDetached | Aug 2019 | £585,000 | 138 m² | £4,239/m² | 2 |
| 189, Hyde End RoadSemi-detached | Aug 2016 | £497,000 | 114 m² | £4,360/m² | 1 |
| 191, Hyde End RoadSemi-detached | Jul 1997 | £129,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 193, Hyde End RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2011 | £365,000 | 118 m² | £3,093/m² | 1 |
| 195, Hyde End RoadSemi-detached | May 2008 | £375,000 | 160 m² | £2,344/m² | 3 |
| 199, Hyde End RoadDetached | Feb 2025 | £632,500 | 146 m² | £4,332/m² | 2 |
| 203, Hyde End RoadDetached | Dec 2004 | £470,000 | 177 m² | £2,655/m² | 1 |
| 207, Hyde End RoadDetached | Oct 2019 | £900,000 | 275 m² | £3,273/m² | 2 |
| 209, Hyde End RoadDetached | Aug 2023 | £955,000 | 183 m² | £5,219/m² | 3 |
| 211, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jun 2022 | £1,150,000 | 333 m² | £3,453/m² | 3 |
| 213, Hyde End RoadDetached | Apr 2016 | £675,000 | 199 m² | £3,392/m² | 1 |
| 215, Hyde End RoadDetached | Aug 1999 | £271,500 | – | – | 3 |
| 217, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jan 2007 | £340,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 219, Hyde End RoadDetached | Oct 2015 | £485,000 | 93 m² | £5,215/m² | 2 |
| 221, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jul 2011 | £402,500 | 137 m² | £2,938/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, 229, Hyde End RoadFlat | Mar 2022 | £226,500 | 67 m² | £3,381/m² | 2 |
| Flat 6, 229, Hyde End RoadFlat | Mar 2022 | £220,000 | 46 m² | £4,783/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 229, Hyde End RoadFlat | Dec 2021 | £262,500 | 64 m² | £4,102/m² | 1 |
| 231, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jun 2019 | £675,000 | 189 m² | £3,571/m² | 4 |
| 233, Hyde End RoadDetached | May 2017 | £875,000 | 173 m² | £5,058/m² | 3 |
| 239, Hyde End RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2009 | £450,000 | 133 m² | £3,383/m² | 1 |
| 241, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jul 2016 | £550,000 | 383 m² | £1,436/m² | 1 |
| 247, Hyde End RoadDetached | Nov 1995 | £115,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Bramble Cottage, Hyde End RoadDetached | Jan 2020 | £500,000 | – | – | 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: 50% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Reading Green Park, a drive away (4.7 km), with 221k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Peartree Walk, 200 m away, with a bus about every 60 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 92); 4 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 59 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 5% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Lambs Lane Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Oakbank School, 1.1 km away.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Maiden Erlegh School (5.9 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Reading School (6.5 km) and Kendrick School (6.8 km).
It's a family area: 22% of residents are under 15.
The nearest supermarket is Lidl Great Britain, 1.6 km away, with Warings Bakery closer still (950 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Swallowfield Medical Practice (1.6 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (950 m).
For a haircut, Champions Barner Lounge is 2.9 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 6.8 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: 12 restaurants and cafés, 6 pubs and bars.
Shinfield Garden Centre is the closest café or restaurant (600 m), and The Farriers Arms the nearest pub (950 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 45 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 81 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 13% flats and 39% detached houses.
It's new: 53% of homes were built since 2000.
It's growing: about 582 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Swallowfield Recreation Ground, 1.4 km away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (3.5 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 36 km away.
3 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.
| Building | Grade | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Fullbrooks | II | 50 m |
| Sussex Lodge | II | 130 m |
Grade I and II* are the most important few per cent. Listing means consent is needed for most changes, inside and out. Contains Historic England data © Historic England 2026 (via planning.data.gov.uk), OGL.
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%.
11 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 RG7 1BU →
Most households own their home, 11% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 46% of adults have a degree.
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.
On this street: 2 of 79 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 5 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 88.7% | 92.0% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.4% | 0.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.7% | 5.9% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.6% | 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 52 min
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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 100 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.