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On Buckhold, in Thatcham South East & Bradfield
What it's like at RG8 8QQ: every home that has sold on Buckhold 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 Buckhold; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 7 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Butlers Cottage, BuckholdSemi-detached | Dec 2020 | £965,000 | 188 m² | £5,133/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity, BuckholdDetached | Nov 2025 | £785,000 | 192 m² | £4,089/m² | 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: 44% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Pangbourne, a drive away (4.0 km), with 374k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
Central London is 74 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 7% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Basildon C.E. Primary School, a short drive or bike ride (1.6 km).
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Theale Green School, 5.5 km away; Attainment 8: 38.5 · 3.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
The nearest supermarket is The Co-Operative Food, 4.2 km away, with Gary and Paul closer still (1.9 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Bradfield Surgery (4.1 km), with Pangbourne Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (4.2 km).
For a haircut, The Cutting Room is 6.0 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, 15 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 48% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 64% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 13 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 16 restaurants and cafés, 14 pubs and bars.
Bradfield College - Faulkners Kitchen is the closest café or restaurant (2.8 km), and Bradfield Social Club the nearest pub (3.5 km).
It's a low-crime area: about 66 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 260 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 45% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1973-1982.
It's growing: about 129 new homes were completed in 2021–2025.
The nearest park is Pangbourne Meadows, 4.7 km away; for exercise, Royal Berkshire Shooting School (3.3 km).
The air is clean: background nitrogen dioxide is 6.0 µg/m³, among the lowest in the country.
For holidays, London Heathrow is 51 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 41% 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.
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.
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%.
2 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 8QQ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" Buckhold in the last 12 months.
Nearest: Cotswold Country Park and Beach · about 59 min
Nearest: Legoland Hill Train · about 36 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 7 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 7 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 5.4% | 2.1% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 37.8% | 70.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 43.1% | 12.9% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 12.4% | 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.