Map of RG2 8QD postcode

General information
Postcode RG2 8QD
Post Town Reading
Nearest station Reading Green Park (3 km)
Bus stops
Motorway Footbridge (W)
Drewett Close (S)
Drewett Close (N)
Engineers Court (SE)
Farmers Close (W)
Engineers Court (NE)
Roads in this postcode
Number of UPRNs 5 View
Known addresses
302 Old Whitley Wood Lane, Reading
Main property type Detached
Businesses
No businesses found
Geography
Latitude 51.412727
Longitude -0.959345
Easting 472470
Northing 168703
Grid reference SU724687
UTM reference 30U 641911 5697699
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Plus code 9C3XC27R+37
Altitude 48 metres (156 feet)
Sunrise (today) 5:31
Sunset (today) 20:32
Distance away
Distance to sea 62.1 KMs (38.6 miles)
Administrative areas
ParishShinfieldE04001235
Ward Shinfield E05015793
Unitary Authority Wokingham E06000041
County Berkshire E11000002
Constituency (2024) Earley and Woodley E14001210
MPYuan YangLabour
Police forceThames Valley
Water companyThames Water
NUTS/ITL 3 Berkshire West
NUTS/ITL 2 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
NUTS/ITL 1 South East
Country England E92000001
Data
Date introduced January 1980
Last updated February 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
Demographics
Population (2011) 11
Households (2011) 2
Index of Multiple Deprivation (2019)
24,070 / 32,844
Most deprivedLeast deprived
Average household income (2020)
£74,700
Lowest (£22,200) Highest (£108,100)
Rural/urbanUrban city and town
Built up area (2024)ReadingE63012182
Census output area (2021)E00084186
Census output area (2011)E00084186
Lower layer super output area (2021)Wokingham 012DE01016679
Lower layer super output area (2011)Wokingham 012DE01016679
Middle layer super output area (2021)ShinfieldE02003450
Middle layer super output area (2011)ShinfieldE02003450
Travel to work areaReadingE30000256
Property sales
Average property price in Reading £411,062
Annual change -0.1%
View all properties sold in the RG postcode area
Properties recently sold in this postcode
AddressTypeDatePrice
302 Old Whitley Wood Lane, ReadingDetached (freehold)Aug 2010£250,000
Detached (freehold)Jul 2002£320,000


View all properties sold in the RG2 8 sector

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