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On Hayes Drive, in Spencers Wood & Swallowfield
What it's like at RG7 1GB: every home that has sold on Hayes 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.
2 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Hayes Drive; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 92 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Flat 1, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2019 | £278,173 | 69 m² | £4,031/m² | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat 3, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Dec 2018 | £232,000 | 50 m² | £4,640/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2019 | £278,173 | 77 m² | £3,613/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2019 | £278,173 | 77 m² | £3,613/m² | 1 |
| Flat 2, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2019 | £278,173 | 77 m² | £3,613/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2019 | £278,173 | 69 m² | £4,031/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2019 | £278,173 | 69 m² | £4,031/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Sept 2020 | £195,000 | 50 m² | £3,900/m² | 2 |
| Flat 8, 1, Hayes DriveFlat | Mar 2025 | £218,000 | 50 m² | £4,360/m² | 1 |
| 3, Hayes DriveOther | Dec 2022 | £37,087 | 66 m² | £562/m² | 2 |
| 5, Hayes DriveFlat | Jun 2026 | £278,000 | 66 m² | £4,212/m² | 3 |
| 7, Hayes DriveFlat | Jan 2022 | £247,500 | 62 m² | £3,992/m² | 3 |
| 9, Hayes DriveFlat | Apr 2022 | £269,000 | 67 m² | £4,015/m² | 2 |
| 11, Hayes DriveTerraced | Jul 2020 | £369,950 | 83 m² | £4,457/m² | 1 |
| 15, Hayes DriveTerraced | Jun 2019 | £368,500 | 83 m² | £4,440/m² | 1 |
| 17, Hayes DriveTerraced | Sept 2019 | £360,000 | 83 m² | £4,337/m² | 1 |
| 19, Hayes DriveDetached | Feb 2026 | £465,000 | 110 m² | £4,227/m² | 2 |
| 21, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £389,950 | 110 m² | £3,545/m² | 1 |
| 23, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Sept 2023 | £447,000 | 110 m² | £4,064/m² | 2 |
| 25, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Jun 2019 | £370,000 | 110 m² | £3,364/m² | 1 |
| 27, Hayes DriveOther | Dec 2022 | £42,262 | 57 m² | £741/m² | 2 |
| Flat 3, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2024 | £210,000 | 50 m² | £4,200/m² | 2 |
| Flat 4, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Jul 2019 | £250,000 | 69 m² | £3,623/m² | 1 |
| Flat 8, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Jun 2019 | £210,000 | 50 m² | £4,200/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Sept 2023 | £273,000 | 70 m² | £3,900/m² | 2 |
| Flat 2, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Jun 2019 | £250,000 | 70 m² | £3,571/m² | 1 |
| Flat 7, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | May 2025 | £266,000 | 69 m² | £3,855/m² | 2 |
| Flat 9, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Mar 2024 | £267,000 | 69 m² | £3,870/m² | 2 |
| Flat 5, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Mar 2025 | £225,000 | 50 m² | £4,500/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 29, Hayes DriveFlat | Aug 2019 | £250,000 | 69 m² | £3,623/m² | 1 |
| 31, Hayes DriveFlat | Aug 2019 | £218,500 | 57 m² | £3,833/m² | 1 |
| Flat 4, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Dec 2019 | £250,000 | 69 m² | £3,623/m² | 1 |
| Flat 9, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Aug 2022 | £282,000 | 69 m² | £4,087/m² | 2 |
| Flat 7, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Oct 2019 | £255,000 | 69 m² | £3,696/m² | 1 |
| Flat 3, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Apr 2025 | £210,000 | 50 m² | £4,200/m² | 2 |
| Flat 1, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Feb 2025 | £265,000 | 69 m² | £3,841/m² | 3 |
| Flat 2, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Nov 2019 | £235,000 | 70 m² | £3,357/m² | 1 |
| Flat 6, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Oct 2019 | £242,000 | 70 m² | £3,457/m² | 1 |
| Flat 8, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Oct 2019 | £200,000 | 50 m² | £4,000/m² | 1 |
| Flat 5, 33, Hayes DriveFlat | Oct 2019 | £195,000 | 50 m² | £3,900/m² | 1 |
| Flat 1, 35, Hayes DriveOther | Apr 2020 | £1,062,616 | 50 m² | £21,252/m² | 1 |
| 37, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £429,950 | 119 m² | £3,613/m² | 1 |
| 39, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £435,000 | 119 m² | £3,655/m² | 1 |
| 41, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Nov 2020 | £435,000 | 119 m² | £3,655/m² | 1 |
| 43, Hayes DriveSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £435,000 | 119 m² | £3,655/m² | 1 |
| 45, Hayes DriveDetached | Jan 2021 | £529,000 | 113 m² | £4,681/m² | 1 |
| 47, Hayes DriveDetached | Jan 2021 | £399,000 | 85 m² | £4,694/m² | 1 |
| 49, Hayes DriveDetached | Aug 2025 | £475,000 | 85 m² | £5,588/m² | 2 |
| 51, Hayes DriveDetached | Dec 2020 | £425,000 | 85 m² | £5,000/m² | 1 |
| 53, Hayes DriveTerraced | Jan 2026 | £215,000 | 87 m² | £2,471/m² | 2 |
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 short drive or bike ride (3.0 km), with 221k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Reading.
The nearest bus stop is Mereoak Lane Turn, 200 m away, with a bus about every 33 minutes on weekdays (routes 600, 92); 12 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 Alder Grove Church of England Primary School, about a 15-minute walk (1.2 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Oakbank School, 650 m 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 Aldi, 1.1 km away, with Budgens closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is South Reading Surgery (1.2 km), with Fittleworth Medical the closest pharmacy (1.2 km).
For a haircut, Champions Barner Lounge is 1.5 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.
BaxterStorey at Campus Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (850 m), and The Swan the nearest pub (200 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 Deardon Field, 900 m away; for exercise, Nuffield Health Fitness & Wellbeing (1.8 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.5 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 36 km away.
7 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%.
14 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 1GB →
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.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 52 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 83 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 | 0.8% | 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.
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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 92 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.