RG7 3SR
Last sold £267,500 in July 2002
8, Groves Lea, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Jul 2002 — £267,500 · +128.7% · 27 pts ahead of the UK market
- Aug 1995 — £116,950
What this home might be worth today
£687,000
Estimate range £653,000–£721,000
+156.8% since July 2002 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid below the local norm at the time
vs 45 nearby sales within a year · detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Burghfield St Mary's C.E. Primary School 4.1km
- Mortimer St. John's C.E. Infant School 669m
- Mortimer station 2.5km
- Simms Copse 929m
- The coast (coastline) 51.8km
- Lake 1.6km
- Pond 719m
- Canal 4.8km
- Lockram Brook 1.0km
- Public Park 1.6km
- The Alfred Palmer Memorial Recreation Field 294m
- M&S Simply Food 5.5km
- Stephens Road (Opp) 103m
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 Mortimer, 2.5km away
- 45 min London
- 45 min Oxford
- 70 min Bristol
- 104 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
Planning
- In a tree preservation zone — works to trees need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 153 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 12, Groves Lea, Reading £225,000 · 2001
- 10, Groves Lea, Reading £260,000 · 2002
- 14, Groves Lea, Reading £247,000 · 2003
- 2, Groves Lea, Reading £330,000 · 2006
- 4, Groves Lea, Reading £330,000 · 2006
- 42, Groves Lea, Reading £120,000 · 2013
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 26/00119/HOUSE: GARAGE CONVERSION AND… Jul 2026 source
- Undecided Application for approval of details reserved by condition 4 'Arb Method Statement' of… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted GARAGE CONVERSION AND SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION May 2026 source
- Permitted Removal of 2x dead Oak trees Jul 2026 source
- Permitted T1 - Oak: located on the boundary to the property next to College Piece footpath. Remove… Jun 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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