| Postcode | RG1 2HX |
|---|---|
| Post Town | Reading |
| Nearest station | Reading (0 km) |
| Bus stops |
Minster Street (SW)
Friar Street (W)
St Marys Butts (NW)
Bridge Street (NW)
Friar Street (E)
Station Road (N)
|
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 15 View |
| Known addresses |
5 Chain Street, Reading
29 Chain Street, Reading
30A Chain Street, Reading
|
| Main property type | Other |
| Businesses |
| Latitude | 51.455093 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.973235 | |
| Easting | 471438 | |
| Northing | 173401 | |
| Grid reference | SU714734 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 640814 5702383 | |
| what3words | lakes.gallons.chew | |
| FixPhrase | cringe machine spending tigress | |
| Plus code | 9C3XF24G+2P | |
| Altitude | 48 metres (157 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:53 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:44 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 65.9 KMs (40.9 miles) |
| Parish | Reading, unparished area | E43000031 |
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Abbey | E05013864 |
| Unitary Authority | Reading | E06000038 |
| County | Berkshire | E11000002 |
| Constituency (2024) | Reading Central | E14001438 |
| MP | Matt Rodda | Labour |
| Police force | Thames Valley | |
| Water company | Thames Water | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Berkshire West | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 |
| Date introduced | January 1980 |
|---|---|
| Last updated | September 2025 |
| User type | Small (addresses receive less than 25 items of mail per day) |
| Quality | Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean |
| Population (2011) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 1 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) |
Most deprivedLeast deprived
|
|
| Average household income (2020) |
Lowest (£22,200)
Highest (£108,100)
|
|
| Rural/urban (2021) | Urban: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Urban city and town | |
| Built up area (2024) | Reading | E63012182 |
| Census output area (2021) | E00174484 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 2B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Reading 019B | E01033415 |
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Reading 011F | E01033415 |
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Central Reading North | E02006939 |
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Reading Central | E02003399 |
| Travel to work area | Reading | E30000256 |
| Average property price in Reading | £411,270 |
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.6% |
| Address | Type | Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 29 Chain Street, Reading | Other (freehold) | May 2024 | £1,835,000 |
| 5 Chain Street, Reading | Other (freehold) | Feb 2017 | £20,500,000 |
| 30A Chain Street, Reading | Other (freehold) | Feb 2014 | £3,600,000 |