| Postcode | RG2 0XA | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Reading | 
| Nearest station | Reading (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Long Barn Lane (S) Elgar Road (NE) Elgar Road (SW) Buckland Road Junction (N) Buckland Road Junction (E) Brunel Retail Park (S) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 4 View | 
| Known addresses | 196 Basingstoke Road, Reading 198 Basingstoke Road, Reading | 
| Main property type | Other | 
| Businesses | 
| Latitude | 51.437813 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.968372 | |
| Easting | 471803 | |
| Northing | 171484 | |
| Grid reference | SU718714 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 641206 5700471 | |
| what3words | exist.under.firm | |
| FixPhrase | cringe machine skies useable | |
| Plus code | 9C3XC2QJ+4M | |
| Altitude | 44 metres (144 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:40 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 64.3 KMs (40 miles) | 
| Parish | Reading, unparished area | E43000031 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Katesgrove | E05013871 | 
| 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 | December 1996 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 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) | E00082742 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 4A3 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | Reading 017C | E01016377 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | Reading 017C | E01016377 | 
| 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 | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 196 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Other (freehold) | Feb 2021 | £140,000 | 
| 198 Basingstoke Road, Reading | Terraced (freehold) | Apr 2006 | £175,000 |