| Postcode | RG8 8AB | 
|---|---|
| Post Town | Reading | 
| Nearest station | Tilehurst (2 km) | 
| Bus stops | Sherwood Rise (E) Westbury Lane (W) Cecil Aldin Drive (NE) Cecil Aldin Drive (SW) Highfield Road (NE) Highfield Road (SW) | 
| Roads in this postcode | |
| Number of UPRNs | 1 View | 
| Known addresses | 
                          No addresses found
                       | 
| Businesses | 
                        No businesses found
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| Latitude | 51.481472 | |
|---|---|---|
| Longitude | -1.054037 | |
| Easting | 465786 | |
| Northing | 176259 | |
| Grid reference | SU657762 | |
| UTM reference | 30U 635123 5705164 | |
| what3words | reduce.stuck.asks | |
| FixPhrase | cringe mace strewn unlatch | |
| Plus code | 9C3WFWJW+H9 | |
| Altitude | 61 metres (202 feet) | |
| Sunrise (today) | 6:57 | |
| Sunset (today) | 16:41 | |
| Distance away | ||
| Distance to sea | 66.4 KMs (41.3 miles) | 
| Parish | Purley on Thames | E04001186 | 
|---|---|---|
| Ward | Tilehurst & Purley | E05012153 | 
| Unitary Authority | West Berkshire | E06000037 | 
| County | Berkshire | E11000002 | 
| Constituency (2024) | Reading West and Mid Berkshire | E14001439 | 
| MP | Olivia Bailey | 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) | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Households (2011) | 1 | |
| 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) | E00082415 | |
| Census output area (2011) | 1B2 | |
| Lower layer super output area (2021) | West Berkshire 004B | E01016316 | 
| Lower layer super output area (2011) | West Berkshire 004B | E01016316 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2021) | Purley on Thames | E02003370 | 
| Middle layer super output area (2011) | Purley on Thames | E02003370 | 
| Travel to work area | Reading | E30000256 | 
| Average property price in Reading | £411,270 | 
|---|---|
| Annual change | -0.6% |