| Postcode | RG1 4RU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Reading | 
| Nearest station | Reading (0 km) | 
| Bus stops | 
                       Kings Road (NW) 
King Street (W) 
Market Place (S) 
Kings Road (W) 
Oracle Riverside (E) 
Queens Road car park (E) 
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| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 4 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                       
                          No addresses found
                       
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| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.45486 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.969239 | |
| Easting | 471716 | |
| Northing | 173379 | |
| Grid reference | SU717733 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 641093 5702365 | |
| what3words | reach.ended.guard | |
| FixPhrase | cringe machine spectrum vigorous | |
| Plus code | 9C3XF23J+W8 | |
| Altitude | 44 metres (144 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 7:03 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:33 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 66 KMs (41 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 | 
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | 
                     Most deprivedLeast deprived 
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|---|---|---|
| Average household income (2020) | 
                       Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       
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| 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 |