RG8 8DR

Last sold £475,000 in August 2018

61, Beech Road, Reading

Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
4 (est.)
Tenure
Freehold
Floor area
1,195 sq ft / 111 sq m
EPC rating
D

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Price history in context

  • Jun 1997 — £132,000
  • Aug 2018 — £475,000 · +259.8% · 14 pts behind the UK market
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £475,000 £132,000 1997 2018

The life around it

  • Denefield School is 1000m away.
  • Long Lane Primary School is 329m away.
  • Tilehurst station is 2.0km away.
  • Vicarage Copse/Wood is 1.3km away.
  • The coast (coastline) is 50.4km away.
  • Lake is 837m away.
  • Pond is 909m away.
  • Canal is 5.4km away.
  • Scraces Farm Stream is 908m away.
  • Pangbourne Meadow is 1.7km away.
  • Goosecroft Recreation Ground is 182m away.

Broadband

  • Gigabit-capable broadband is available to 97% of premises in this postcode — not all of them.
  • Ultrafast broadband (100Mbit/s or more) is available to 97% 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, 2.0km 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.

Nearby schools

  • Ofsted inspected Nov 2024 (ungraded framework — Standards maintained)
    is 329m away.
  • Ofsted inspected Apr 2026 (report card — no single overall grade)
    is 413m away.
  • Denefield School · secondary
    Ofsted Good (inspected Nov 2023)
    Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
    is 1000m away.

Crime

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

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Planning activity nearby

  • Dismantling and reconstruction of existing ancillary Barn at Yew Tree Cottage to provide… — Withdrawn, Jun 2026 source
  • Dismantling and reconstruction of existing barn in ancillary residential use (Class C3)… — Undecided, Jun 2026 source
  • Dismantling and reconstruction of existing barn in ancillary residential use (Class C3)… — Undecided, Jun 2026 source
  • The lower half of the eastern wall of the building was covered in a inappropriate,… — Permitted, Apr 2026 source
  • Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and… — Permitted, May 2026 source

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

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