RG8 8ER
Last sold £930,000 in July 2022
Birches, Reading
- Property type
- Detached
- Bedrooms
- 7 (est.)
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Floor area
- 2,056 sq ft / 191 sq m
- EPC rating
- D
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Price history in context
- Nov 2013 — £475,000
- Jul 2022 — £930,000 · +95.8% · 34 pts ahead of the UK market
What this home might be worth today
£955,000
Estimate range £907,000–£1,003,000
+2.7% since July 2022 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
The life around it
- Denefield School is 2.2km away.
- Pangbourne Primary School is 1.5km away.
- Pangbourne station is 1.8km away.
- Herridges/Brooms Copses is 418m away.
- The coast (coastline) is 52.6km away.
- Lake is 1.8km away.
- Pond is 224m away.
- Canal is 4.4km away.
- River Pang is 122m away.
- Tidmarsh Millennium Green is 68m away.
- Play Area is 68m away.
- Londis is 1.6km away.
- The Greyhound (Adj) is 98m 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 Pangbourne, 1.8km away
- 40 min London
- 41 min Oxford
- 71 min Bristol
- 105 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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3 Denefield School · Secondary 1.3 miles State Ofsted Good Attainment 8: 49.3 — top 40% nationally (2023)
Noise
Road noise here is mapped at 60–64 dB (Lden, DEFRA 2022) — a busy road within earshot.
Modelled annual average at this point, not a measurement on the doorstep. Below 55 dB is not mapped.
Crime
Below average for England & Wales — 71 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
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Nearby sold homes
Planning activity nearby
- To Install an air source heat pump with connecting pipework and replacment hot water… — Permitted, Apr 2026 source
- Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Condition 6 (Tree Protection Scheme) of… — Permitted, Jul 2026 source
- Installation of 1no. Dormer window to replace an existing rooflight. Refurbishment to… — Undecided, May 2026 source
- Installation of 1no. Dormer window to replace an existing rooflight. Refurbishment to… — Undecided, May 2026 source
- Demolition of The Rancher and the construction of 4no 2 bedroom dwellings. Section 73… — Permitted, Jul 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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