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On Reading Road, in Henley South
What it's like at RG9 1AX: every home that has sold on Reading 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.
4 homes on the street extended (energy certificates). 4 homes have a new energy certificate in the last 6 months and no sale since: often a sign of a sale or let coming.
Sales and extensions on Reading Road; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
24 of the 250 homes on the street are owned by companies (1 overseas).
| 67, Reading RoadOther · company-owned | Jul 2019 | £350,000 | 38 m² | £9,211/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 69, Reading RoadTerraced | Jul 1998 | £93,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 71, Reading RoadTerraced · company-owned | May 2024 | £460,000 | – | – | 3 |
| 77, Reading RoadTerraced | Sept 2013 | £462,500 | 82 m² | £5,640/m² | 1 |
| 79, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £440,000 | 93 m² | £4,731/m² | 1 |
| 81, Reading RoadDetached | Jun 2011 | £435,000 | 86 m² | £5,058/m² | 3 |
| 83, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Jun 2001 | £270,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 85, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Dec 2013 | £535,000 | 108 m² | £4,954/m² | 1 |
| 87, Reading RoadSemi-detached | Mar 2025 | £710,000 | 145 m² | £4,897/m² | 2 |
| 89, Reading RoadDetached | Aug 2001 | £345,000 | 118 m² | £2,924/m² | 3 |
Plenty of people here don't commute at all: 55% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Henley-on-Thames, a few minutes' walk (150 m), with 835k journeys a year; its busiest route is to London Paddington.
The nearest bus stop is Rail Station, 150 m away, with a bus about every 18 minutes on weekdays (routes 28, 33, 152, 28a); 10 departures an hour from the 4 stops within a 5-minute walk.
Work usually means a journey: the nearest place with 5,000 or more jobs is about 45 minutes away by public transport (25 by car).
Central London is 54 km away as the crow flies.
The nearest primary school is Trinity Church of England Primary School, a few minutes' walk (250 m); 64% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is Gillotts School, 1.7 km away; Attainment 8: 61.3 · 29.2% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Grammar schools are within reach: Sir William Borlase's Grammar School (9.5 km) and Kendrick School (9.8 km).
The nearest supermarket is Sainsburys, 500 m away, with Station News closer still (150 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is back In Line (350 m), with Space NK Apothecary the closest pharmacy (350 m).
For a haircut, Henley Nails & Beauty is 300 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Royal Berkshire Hospital, 9.7 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: 17 restaurants and cafés, 5 pubs and bars.
Daisy Love is the closest café or restaurant (50 m), and Salisbury Conservative Club the nearest pub (100 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 52 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 62 listed buildings.
It's a mix of homes: 23% flats and 27% detached houses.
The typical home here was built in 1955-1964.
The nearest park is Station Park, 150 m away; for exercise, Henley Yoga Studio (300 m).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 8.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 32 km away.
59 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Imperial Hotel and associated buildings | II | 110 m |
| Congregational Church | II | 120 m |
| Congregational Churchyard Boundary Wall to Street with Railings and Gates | II | 120 m |
| Congregational Church Hall | II | 130 m |
| 4, Norman Avenue | II | 140 m |
| 5, Norman Avenue | II | 150 m |
| 6, Norman Avenue | II | 160 m |
| Garden Wall to Road at Congregational Church Manse | II | 170 m |
| 7, Norman Avenue | II | 170 m |
| Congregational Church Manse | II | 170 m |
| 8, Norman Avenue | II | 170 m |
| 9, Norman Avenue | II |
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%.
15 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 RG9 1AX →
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
Most households own their home, 22% rent privately.
It's highly educated: 54% 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.
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Nearest 12 shown. 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.
Plaques recorded by Open Plaques (openplaques.org), a volunteer project; its data is public domain. Not every plaque is recorded.
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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 250 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
On this street: 1 of 184 homes with certificates have solar panels, 1 a heat pump, and 67 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 0.6% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.5% | 2.7% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 82.5% | 82.2% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.3% | 7.1% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 13.6% | 7.4% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 1.9% | 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 48 min
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