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On Chestnut Grove, in Purley on Thames
What it's like at RG8 8BU: every home that has sold on Chestnut Grove 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.
Sales and extensions on Chestnut Grove; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 11 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| 2, Chestnut GroveDetached | Jun 2019 | £440,000 | 141 m² | £3,121/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Chestnut GroveSemi-detached | Jun 2021 | £428,000 | 161 m² | £2,658/m² | 6 |
| 3a, Chestnut GroveDetached | Jul 2001 | £189,950 | – | – | 1 |
| 4, Chestnut GroveDetached | Mar 2015 | £332,500 | 121 m² | £2,748/m² | 2 |
| 6, Chestnut GroveDetached | Feb 2014 | £325,000 | 163 m² | £1,994/m² | 2 |
| 8, Chestnut GroveDetached | Apr 2015 | £400,000 | 160 m² | £2,500/m² | 2 |
| 10, Chestnut GroveDetached | Aug 2022 | £630,000 | 178 m² | £3,539/m² | 1 |
| 12, Chestnut GroveDetached | May 2013 | £399,950 | 149 m² | £2,684/m² | 1 |
| 14, Chestnut GroveDetached | Oct 2024 | £622,500 | 185 m² | £3,365/m² | 4 |
| 16, Chestnut GroveDetached | Apr 2026 | £530,000 | 135 m² | £3,926/m² | 2 |
| 18, Chestnut GroveDetached | Oct 2004 | £385,000 | – | – | 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: 45% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Tilehurst, a short drive or bike ride (1.3 km), with 385k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Chestnut Grove, 50 m away, with a bus about every 21 minutes on weekdays (route 16); 14 departures an hour from the 5 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Central London is 64 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Purley CofE Primary School, about a 10-minute walk (700 m); 62% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Denefield School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 47 · 13.8% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Kendrick School (6.9 km) and Reading School (7.6 km).
The nearest supermarket is Tesco, 1.1 km away, with SBA Trading Ltd T/a Today's Village Stores closer still (250 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Tilehurst Village Surgery (2.2 km), with Overdown Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (1.3 km).
For a haircut, Topman Turkish Barbers is 1.3 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 7.2 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).
It's quiet in the evenings: only 4 restaurants, cafés and pubs in the neighbourhood itself.
The Mad Duck Cafe is the closest café or restaurant (100 m), and Purley Park Social Club the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 36 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 49 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 52% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 109 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Purley Gardens, 250 m away; for exercise, Cotswold Sports Centre (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 7.3 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 42 km away.
11 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Church of St Mary | II* | 190 m |
| Canning Tomb Approximatley 9 Metres to North West of Tower of Church of St Mary | II | 200 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.
Reading West and Mid Berkshire constituency: Olivia Bailey MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab gain from Con, majority 1,361 (2.9%), turnout 68%. Vote shares: Labour 35%, Conservative 32%, Reform UK 13%, Liberal Democrat 11%.
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 8BU →
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
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: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 62 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 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 | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.6% | 2.2% | 1.1% |
| Mains gas | 88.5% | 70.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 3.7% | 12.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 6.0% | 11.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.1% | 1.9% | 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 11 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.