| Postcode | RG2 0JA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Reading | 
| Nearest station | Reading Green Park (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Whitley Park School (S) Buckland Road Junction (S) Buckland Road Junction (E) Callington Road (S) Buckland Road Junction (N) Gillette Way (N) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 59 View | 
| Known addresses | 279 Basingstoke Road, Reading 281A Basingstoke Road, Reading 285 Basingstoke Road, Reading 287 Basingstoke Road, Reading 291 Basingstoke Road, Reading 293 Basingstoke Road, Reading 297 Basingstoke Road, Reading 301 Basingstoke Road, Reading 305 Basingstoke Road, Reading 313 Basingstoke Road, Reading 317 Basingstoke Road, Reading 319 Basingstoke Road, Reading 321 Basingstoke Road, Reading 323 Basingstoke Road, Reading 325 Basingstoke Road, Reading 327 Basingstoke Road, Reading 333 Basingstoke Road, Reading 337 Basingstoke Road, Reading 343 Basingstoke Road, Reading 347 Basingstoke Road, Reading 353 Basingstoke Road, Reading 355 Basingstoke Road, Reading 357 Basingstoke Road, Reading 365 Basingstoke Road, Reading 367 Basingstoke Road, Reading 371 Basingstoke Road, Reading 375 Basingstoke Road, Reading 377 Basingstoke Road, Reading 379 Basingstoke Road, Reading 379A Basingstoke Road, Reading | 
| Main property type | Semi-detached | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.43165 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.967978 | |
| Easting | 471840 | |
| Northing | 170799 | |
| Grid reference | SU718707 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 641252 5699786 | |
| what3words | dating.slide.comb | |
| FixPhrase | cringe machine sighing unplanned | |
| Plus code | 9C3XC2JJ+MR | |
| Altitude | 49 metres (162 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:40 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 63.7 KMs (39.6 miles) | 
| Parish | Reading, unparished area | E43000031 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Church | E05013868 | 
| Unitary Authority | Reading | E06000038 | 
| County | Berkshire | E11000002 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Earley and Woodley | E14001210 | 
| MP | Yuan Yang | 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) | 128 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 44 | |
| 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) | E00174536 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A1 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Reading 017G | E01033857 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Reading 017E | E01016442 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Kennet Island & Green Park | E02003405 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Kennet Island & Green Park | E02003405 | 
| Travel to work area | Reading | E30000256 | 
| Average property price in Reading | £411,270 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.6% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 357 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2024 | £400,000 | 
| 285 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2024 | £365,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 2003 | £166,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Oct 1999 | £114,000 | |
| 343 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2023 | £435,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2014 | £279,950 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Feb 2005 | £185,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Apr 2004 | £113,000 | |
| 291 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2023 | £445,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Aug 2008 | £208,000 | |
| 279 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Other (freehold) | Sep 2022 | £320,000 | 
| 281A Basingstoke Road, Reading | Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2022 | £330,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Jan 2001 | £155,000 | |
| 333 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2021 | £350,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Nov 2015 | £310,000 | |
| 301 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Terraced (freehold) | Mar 2021 | £256,500 | 
| 379 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Terraced (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £320,000 | 
| Terraced (freehold) | May 2010 | £186,000 | |
| Semi-detached (freehold) | May 2006 | £237,000 | |
| 287 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Terraced (freehold) | Jan 2020 | £350,000 |