Last sold £269,950 in March 2003

Price history in context

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• Apr 1996 — £45,000
• Feb 1997 — £56,000 · +24.4% · 17 pts ahead of the UK market
• Jul 1997 — £149,950 · +167.8% · 160 pts ahead of the UK market
• Mar 2003 — £269,950 · +80.0% · 13 pts behind the UK market

The life around it

• Westwood Farm Infant School is 894m away.
• Purley CofE Primary School is 477m away.
• Tilehurst station is 1.4km away.
• Park Wood is 908m away.
• The coast (coastline) is 49.6km away.
• Lake is 305m away.
• Pond is 478m away.
• Canal is 5.4km away.
• River Thames is 330m away.
• Arthur Newbery Park is 1.4km away.
• Bucknells Meadow is 262m away.

Broadband

• Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 17.6% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
• Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 70.6% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
• Superfast broadband (30Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.

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, 1.4km 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 Purley CofE Primary School · Primary
  0.3 miles State
• 2 Long Lane Primary School · Primary
  0.5 miles State
• 3 Westwood Farm Infant School · Primary
  0.6 miles State Ofsted Good
• 4 Westwood Farm Junior School · Primary
  0.6 miles State
• 5 Brookfields School
  0.6 miles State
• 6 Downsway Primary School · Primary
  0.8 miles State
• 7 Denefield School · Secondary
  0.9 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
• 8 Norcot Early Years Centre
  1.3 miles State
• 9 Pangbourne Primary School · Primary
  1.5 miles State
• 10 Blagrave Nursery School
  1.6 miles State Ofsted Good

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 85 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

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Nearby sold homes

• 6, The Short, Reading — £335,000 (2011)
• 3, The Short, Reading — £320,000 (2012)
• 12a, The Short, Reading — £299,950 (2007)
• 1, The Short, Reading — £310,000 (2009)
• 8, The Short, Reading — £310,000 (2011)
• 10, The Short, Reading — £280,000 (2013)