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On River Gardens, in Bray Wick & Holyport
What it's like at SL6 2BJ: every home that has sold on River Gardens 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 River Gardens; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
None of the 13 homes on the street is owned by a company.
| Balquhidder, River GardensDetached | Sept 2022 | £1,600,000 | 230 m² | £6,957/m² | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braimel, River GardensDetached | Feb 2020 | £1,132,000 | 192 m² | £5,896/m² | 1 |
| Bray Villa, River GardensDetached | Jan 1999 | £600,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Bray Willows, River GardensDetached | Nov 2001 | £610,000 | 252 m² | £2,421/m² | 1 |
| Braybrook House, River GardensDetached | Jan 2004 | £847,500 | 510 m² | £1,662/m² | 2 |
| Heronsgate, 5, River GardensDetached | Jan 2011 | £475,000 | – | – | 1 |
| High Trees, River GardensDetached | Oct 2024 | £1,700,000 | 216 m² | £7,870/m² | 2 |
| Island Reach, River GardensOther | Sept 2020 | £1,600,000 | 239 m² | £6,695/m² | 1 |
| Karina, River GardensDetached | Mar 2019 | £1,400,000 | 263 m² | £5,323/m² | 2 |
| Pipers End, River GardensDetached | Oct 2011 | £499,950 | 137 m² | £3,649/m² | 1 |
| The Lindens, River GardensDetached | Apr 2015 | £995,000 | 180 m² | £5,528/m² | 2 |
| Walnut Cottage, River GardensDetached | Jun 2005 | £431,000 | – | – | 1 |
| Weir Lodge, River GardensDetached | Feb 2025 | £1,750,000 | 170 m² | £10,294/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: 51% of working residents mostly worked from home at the 2021 census.
The nearest station is Taplow, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 529k journeys a year; its busiest route is to Maidenhead.
Central London is 40 km away as the crow flies.
This is car country: only 6% of households have no car.
The nearest primary school is Dorney School, about a 10-minute walk (850 m); 50% met the expected standard.
The closest top-rated primary is Braywick Court School (1.7 km).
The nearest secondary is Desborough College, 2.5 km away; Attainment 8: 45.7 · 7.9% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Newlands Girls' School (5.2 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: Burnham Grammar School (5.7 km) and Herschel Grammar School (7.1 km).
The nearest supermarket is Asda Stores Ltd. At Asda Express PFS Braywick, 1.4 km away, with GingerNut Baking closer still (1.1 km) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Rosemead Surgery (2.1 km), with Day Lewis Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (2.0 km).
For a haircut, Figaro 4 Hair is 1.5 km away.
The nearest full A&E is Wexham Park Hospital, 10 km away, rated good by the CQC.
At its trust, 63% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 61% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 14 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 12 restaurants and cafés, 8 pubs and bars.
Caldesi In Campagna is the closest café or restaurant (150 m), and The Crown At Bray the nearest pub (600 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 39 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 83 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 55% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Aysgarth Park, 1.6 km away; for exercise, Thames Valley Adventure Playground (1.6 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.4 µg/m³).
For holidays, London Heathrow is 17 km away.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 42% of households own their home outright.
It's highly educated: 44% 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.
9 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.
Maidenhead constituency: Mr Joshua Reynolds MP (Liberal Democrat), since July 2024. 2024 general election: LD gain from Con, majority 2,963 (5.9%), turnout 67%. Vote shares: Liberal Democrat 44%, Conservative 38%, Labour 12%, Green Party 4%.
5 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 SL6 2BJ →
No crimes recorded "on or near" River Gardens in the last 12 months.
Nearest: The Serpentine - Hyde Park · about 40 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 10 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 | 1.6% | 0.8% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 90.7% | 85.5% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 5.7% | 2.4% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 2.0% | 9.5% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 1.4% | 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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