| Postcode | RG4 9FB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Reading | 
| Nearest station | Reading (3 km) | 
| Bus stops | Play Hatch Roundabout W (W) Garden Centre (NE) Garden Centre (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 5 View | 
| Known addresses | 1 Dene Close, Playhatch 2 Dene Close, Playhatch 3 Dene Close, Playhatch 4 Dene Close, Playhatch 5 Dene Close, Playhatch | 
| Main property type | Detached | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
                     | 
| Latitude | 51.479284 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -0.934187 | |
| Easting | 474112 | |
| Northing | 176130 | |
| Grid reference | SU741761 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 643451 5705148 | |
| what3words | paper.wiring.film | |
| FixPhrase | cringe machine strainer umpire | |
| Plus code | 9C3XF3H8+P8 | |
| Altitude | 96 metres (315 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:56 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:40 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 69.5 KMs (43.2 miles) | 
| Parish | Eye and Dunsden | E04012479 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Sonning Common | E05012854 | 
| Local Authority District | South Oxfordshire | E07000179 | 
| Local Authority | Oxfordshire | E10000025 | 
| County | Oxfordshire | E10000025 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Henley and Thame | E14001280 | 
| MP | Freddie Van Mierlo | Liberal Democrat | 
| Police force | Thames Valley | |
| NUTS/ITL 3 | Oxfordshire CC | |
| NUTS/ITL 2 | Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | |
| NUTS/ITL 1 | South East | |
| Country | England | E92000001 | 
| Date introduced | August 2020 | 
|---|---|
| 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) | Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city | |
| Rural/urban (2011) | Rural hamlet and isolated dwellings | |
| Built up area (2024) | Play Hatch | E63012126 | 
| Census output area (2021) | E00145978 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 5B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | South Oxfordshire 019B | E01028660 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | South Oxfordshire 019B | E01028660 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Shiplake & Binfield Heath | E02005976 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Shiplake & Binfield Heath | E02005976 | 
| Travel to work area | Reading | E30000256 | 
| Average property price in Reading | £411,270 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.6% | 
| Address | Type | Date | Price | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Dene Close, Playhatch | Semi-detached (freehold) | Mar 2025 | £605,000 | 
| Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £557,500 | |
| 5 Dene Close, Playhatch | Detached (freehold) | Jun 2021 | £682,500 | 
| 2 Dene Close, Playhatch | Detached (freehold) | Apr 2021 | £775,000 | 
| 1 Dene Close, Playhatch | Detached (freehold) | Nov 2020 | £805,000 | 
| 3 Dene Close, Playhatch | Semi-detached (freehold) | Sep 2020 | £540,000 |