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On Hocketts Close, in Goring, Woodcote & Whitchurch
What it's like at RG8 7PZ: every home that has sold on Hocketts 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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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 Hocketts Close; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 10 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 3, Hocketts CloseDetached | Jul 2020 | £635,000 | 118 m² | £5,381/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4, Hocketts CloseDetached | Mar 2022 | £675,000 | 130 m² | £5,192/m² | 1 |
| 5, Hocketts CloseDetached | Dec 2020 | £675,000 | 179 m² | £3,771/m² | 3 |
| 6, Hocketts CloseDetached | Nov 2012 | £485,000 | 123 m² | £3,943/m² | 2 |
| 8, Hocketts CloseDetached | Jan 2021 | £727,000 | 164 m² | £4,433/m² | 2 |
| 9, Hocketts CloseDetached | Jan 2004 | £415,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 11, Hocketts CloseDetached | Jun 2004 | £525,000 | – | – | 2 |
| 12, Hocketts CloseDetached | Sept 2003 | £480,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 15, Hocketts CloseDetached | Apr 1996 | £190,000 | 156 m² | £1,218/m² | 1 |
| Hocketts House, Hocketts CloseDetached | Sept 2016 | £675,000 | 165 m² | £4,091/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: 52% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Pangbourne, a short drive or bike ride (2.7 km), with 374k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Oakdown Close, 200 m away, with fewer than one bus an hour on weekdays (route 626).
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 59 minutes away by public transport (24 by car).
Central London is 66 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Whitchurch Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (2.1 km); 65% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Langtree School, 2.8 km away; Attainment 8: 58 · 26.5% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kendrick School (11.5 km) and Reading School (12.2 km).
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 2.8 km away, with Greenbroom Farm Shop closer still (1.3 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is The Boat House Surgery (2.5 km), with Pangbourne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.8 km).
For a haircut, Kimberley's Hair Studio is 2.7 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 12 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, 9 pubs and bars.
The Sun Inn is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and The Greyhound Inn the nearest pub (2.1 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 37 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 159 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 58% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
It's growing: about 119 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Pangbourne Meadows, 2.4 km away; for exercise, Adventure Dolphin Centre Pangbourne (2.5 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.3 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 44 km away.
2 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.
Henley and Thame constituency: Freddie van Mierlo MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 6,267 (11.8%), turnout 72%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 45%, Conservative 33%, Reform UK 10%, Labour 7%.
3 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 RG8 7PZ →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 47% of households own their home outright.
It's an older community: 26% are 65 or over.
It's highly educated: 51% 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.
No crimes recorded "on or near" Hocketts Close in the last 12 months.
On this street: 0 of 7 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 | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 6.8% | 2.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 77.6% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 12.5% | 7.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.4% | 7.4% | 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 64 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.