RG2 7LP
Last sold £295,000 in January 2008
8, Benson Close, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- May 1995 — £85,000
- Feb 1998 — £117,500 · +38.2% · 20 pts ahead of the UK market
- Jan 2008 — £295,000 · +151.1% · 29 pts behind the UK market
What this home might be worth today
£465,000
Estimate range £442,000–£489,000
+57.8% since January 2008 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well below the local norm at the time
vs 27 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Reading Girls' School is 623m away.
- University of Reading is 630m away.
- Earley station is 2.5km away.
- High Wood(Tithe:South Land Coppice) is 2.3km away.
- The coast (coastline) is 43.2km away.
- Whiteknights Lake is 1.0km away.
- Pond is 364m away.
- Kennet And Avon Canal is 2.1km away.
- River Kennet is 1.6km away.
- Long Barn Lane is 696m away.
- Play Area is 417m away.
- Northcourt News is 297m away.
- Leighton Park Copse (Adj 86) is 215m 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 Earley, 2.5km away
- 36 min Oxford
- 39 min London
- 82 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
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1 Reading Girls' School · Secondary · Girls 0.4 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 47.8 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Crime
Around average for England & Wales — 111 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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