RG8 0SW
Last sold £485,000 in January 2017
3, Birchen Close, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 5 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 926 sq ft / 86 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Sep 2003 — £305,000
- Jan 2017 — £485,000 · +59.0% · 3 pts behind the UK market
What this home might be worth today
£660,000
Estimate range £627,000–£694,000
+36.2% since January 2017 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 15 nearby sales within a year · 5-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Langtree School is 373m away.
- Woodcote Primary School is 426m away.
- Howard's Halt station is 4.7km away.
- Lackmore/Valentine Woods is 552m away.
- The coast (coastline) is 52.0km away.
- Lake is 3.9km away.
- Pond is 284m away.
- Canal is 10.1km away.
- River Thames is 4.0km away.
- Ishree Bagh is 4.0km away.
- Playing Field is 277m away.
Broadband
- Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 100% of premises in this postcode.
- 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 Goring & Streatley, 4.7km away
- 38 min Oxford
- 44 min London
- 75 min Bristol
- 109 min Cardiff
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
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1 Langtree School · Secondary 0.2 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 56.8 — top 20% nationally (2023)
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 72 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- Discharge of condition(s) 6 (Surface water drainage) on application reference… — Permitted, May 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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