RG8 8BX
Last sold £495,000 in November 2025
8, River Gardens, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 4 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 893 sq ft / 83 sq m
- Plot area
- about 3,200 sq ft / 300 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Nov 2025 — £495,000 · +12.8% · 19 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2017 — £439,000 · +147.3% · 32 pts behind the UK market
- Aug 1999 — £177,500
What this home might be worth today
£491,000
Estimate range £467,000–£516,000
−0.8% since November 2025 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid in line with the local norm
vs 13 nearby sales within a year · 4-bed (est.) detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Westwood Farm Infant School 969m
- Purley CofE Primary School 769m
- Tilehurst station 1.2km
- Park Wood 693m
- The coast (coastline) 49.3km
- Lake 30m
- Pond 444m
- Canal 5.4km
- River Thames 51m
- Arthur Newbery Park 1.4km
- Bucknells Meadow 422m
- Asda 2.3km
- Chestnut Grove (Adj 2) 80m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 91.3% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 91.3% of premises — not all
- 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 Tilehurst, 1.2km 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
Flood risk
Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: High. Check the current map
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 80 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: exact
Nearby sold homes
- 7, River Gardens, Reading £950,000 · 2022
- 10, River Gardens, Reading £295,000 · 2014
- 12, River Gardens, Reading £310,000 · 2024
- 63, Wintringham Way, Reading £405,000 · 2013
- 61, Wintringham Way, Reading £320,000 · 2017
- 14, River Gardens, Reading £635,000 · 2018
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted Extend over existing first floor balcony and new extended balcony, enclose existing side… Apr 2026 source
- Rejected Single storey side extension Jun 2026 source
- Withdrawn Section 73 application to vary condition 3 (Materials) of approved Reference Number:… Apr 2026 source
- Undecided Retrospective application - Repairs to arrest ongoing movement and prevent partial… Jun 2026 source
- Permitted Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 25/00815/FUL: Replacement dwelling.… Mar 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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