RG4 9LE

Last sold £530,000 in May 2021

24, Birch Close, Reading

Property type: Detached
Bedrooms: 6 (est.)
Tenure: Freehold
Floor area: 1,421 sq ft / 132 sq m
EPC rating: C

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Price history in context

Date	Price	Change	Base rate at sale	vs UK market
Today	Show me today's estimate
May 2021	£530,000	+71.0%	0.1%	−3 pts
May 2004	£310,000		4.25%

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May 2021 — £530,000 · +71.0% · 3 pts behind the UK market
May 2004 — £310,000

paid below the local norm at the time

vs 58 nearby sales within a year · 6-bed (est.) detached within 1 km

The life around it

Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge 835m
Sonning Common Primary School 247m
Tilehurst station 5.8km
Spring Wood 1.1km
The coast (coastline) 45.7km
Lake 4.9km
Widmore Pond 811m
Kennet And Avon Canal 6.5km
Berry Brook 4.8km
Memorial Park 753m
Play Area 57m
Sonning Common Food & Wine 831m
Westleigh Drive (Adj) 201m

Broadband

Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 100% of premises
Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises
Superfast 30 Mbit/s or more 100% of premises

Ofcom figures for every home in this postcode — about fifteen addresses — not a measurement of this one. They say what can be ordered here, not the speed you would get: that depends on the package you buy. Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2024. About this data

Commute by train

From Tilehurst, 5.8km away

36 min London
36 min Oxford
67 min Bristol
101 min Birmingham

Train only, station to station, at the weekday morning peak — getting to the station is not included, because we don't know whether you'd walk, drive or take a bus. The distance to the platform is above so you can judge that yourself.

Schools nearby

1 Sonning Common Primary School · Primary 0.2 miles State
2 Bishopswood School 0.2 miles State
3 Maiden Erlegh Chiltern Edge · Secondary 0.5 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 37.6 (2023)
4 Kidmore End Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 0.7 miles State Ofsted Good
5 Peppard Church of England Primary School · Primary · Church of England 1.2 miles State
6 Aurora Rowan School 1.3 miles State
7 Emmer Green Primary School · Primary 2.1 miles State
8 Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre · Secondary 2.2 miles State Attainment 8: 53.5 — top 20% nationally (2023)
9 Caversham Park Primary School · Primary 2.3 miles State
10 St Martin's Catholic Primary School · Primary · Roman Catholic 2.3 miles State

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Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 60 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

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Nearby sold homes

23, Birch Close, Reading £475,000 · 2016
16, Birch Close, Reading £80,000 · 1996
3, Birch Close, Reading £265,000 · 2005
19, Birch Close, Reading £369,000 · 2015
22, Birch Close, Reading £540,000 · 2016
45, Westleigh Drive, Reading £114,000 · 1996

Planning activity nearby

Undecided Proposed ground floor single-storey rear extension, part-front extension and garage… Jun 2026 source
Undecided New side entrance and porch, alterations to existing orangery including re-roofing. Jun 2026 source
Permitted Non-material amendment to planning permission P24/S3662/RM (Reserved matters application… Jul 2026 source

Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.

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