| Postcode | RG18 9RU | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Thatcham | 
| Nearest station | Newbury Racecourse (7 km) | 
| Bus stops | Hermitage Primary School (N) Chapel Lane (N) Chapel Lane (S) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 11 View | 
| Known addresses | Brambles End, Orchard Close, Hermitage Colton, Orchard Close, Hermitage Heathercroft, Orchard Close, Hermitage Sunnymount, Orchard Close, Hermitage Sunnyside, Orchard Close, Hermitage Timbervale, Orchard Close, Hermitage | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 51.460321 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.266254 | |
| Easting | 451073 | |
| Northing | 173738 | |
| Grid reference | SU510737 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 620444 5702441 | |
| what3words | wriggle.slang.towels | |
| FixPhrase | cringe macaroni spore twig | |
| Plus code | 9C3WFP6M+4F | |
| Altitude | 120 metres (392 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 60.5 KMs (37.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Hermitage | E04001176 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Chieveley & Cold Ash | E05012137 | 
| Unitary Authority | West Berkshire | E06000037 | 
| County | Berkshire | E11000002 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Newbury | E14001376 | 
| MP | Mr Lee Dillon | Liberal Democrat | 
| 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 | July 1995 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 9 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019) | Most deprivedLeast deprived | |
| Average household income (2020) | Lowest (£22,200)
                        Highest (£108,100)
                       | |
| Rural/urban (2021) | Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural town and fringe | |
| Built up area (2024) | Hermitage | E63012169 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00172694 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Berkshire 007A | E01016263 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Berkshire 007A | E01016263 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Hermitage & Cold Ash | E02003373 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Hermitage & Cold Ash | E02003373 | 
| Travel to work area | Newbury | E30000244 | 
| Average property price in Reading | £411,270 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.6% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| Colton, Orchard Close, Hermitage | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2019 | £350,000 | 
| Sunnyside, Orchard Close, Hermitage | Detached (freehold) | Oct 2018 | £300,000 | 
| Sunnymount, Orchard Close, Hermitage | Detached (freehold) | Aug 2018 | £466,000 | 
| Timbervale, Orchard Close, Hermitage | Detached (freehold) | Mar 2017 | £380,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 2012 | £275,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Sep 1999 | £132,000 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Jan 1998 | £114,950 | |
| Detached (freehold) | Aug 1997 | £106,360 | |
| Heathercroft, Orchard Close, Hermitage | Detached (freehold) | Jan 2007 | £325,000 | 
| Brambles End, Orchard Close, Hermitage | Detached (freehold) | Apr 1998 | £172,000 | 
| Detached (freehold) | Jun 1996 | £147,000 |