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OX11 0LW

Last sold £250,000 in November 2012

Hill Crest, Reading Road, Didcot

Property type
Detached
Tenure
Freehold
Elevation
About 91m — higher than about 90% of homes in Didcot

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Price history in context

  • Nov 2012 — £250,000 · +68.9% · 0 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Aug 2001 — £148,000 · +51.0% · 39 pts ahead of the UK market
  • Apr 2000 — £98,000 · +38.0% · 9 pts behind the UK market
  • Jan 1997 — £71,000
— sold price – – bank of england base rate £250,000 £71,000 1997 2012

The life around it

  • UTC Oxfordshire 1.9km
  • Harwell Primary School 10-min walk crosses a major road
  • Didcot Halt station 4.1km
  • Betterton Copse 7.3km
  • The coast (coastline) 69.0km
  • Lake 5.1km
  • Pond 992m
  • Canal 6.2km
  • Moor Ditch 3.2km
  • Public Park 816m
  • Playing Field 102m
  • Harwell Village Newsagents 718m
  • Tyrrells Close (Opp) 204m

Broadband

  • Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 50% of premises — not all
  • Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 50% 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 Didcot Parkway, 4.1km away

  • 13 min Oxford
  • 37 min London
  • 39 min Bristol
  • 74 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

Flood risk

Environment Agency flood risk from rivers and sea: outside every mapped risk area. Check the current map

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.

Sunshine and hills

Sunshine: about 1,530 hours a year — sunnier than 30% of homes in England and Wales. Met Office average for this square kilometre, 1991–2020.

Hills: on a gentle north-east-facing slope; surrounding hills hide about 3% of the year's sun. Buildings and trees are not counted.

Crime

Below average for England & Wales — 129 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data

Map

Location: approximate (postcode)

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Planning activity nearby

  • Undecided Demolition of existing dwelling, detached garage and outbuilding. Replacement new… Mar 2026 source
  • Permitted Demolition of existing conservatory & detached garage and erection of a two storey side… May 2026 source
  • Undecided Construction of a small multi-use games area (MUGA) with artificial grass surface,… Apr 2026 source
  • Permitted Install new electrical vehicle charging point Jul 2026 source
  • Undecided X1 Holm Oak, reduce height to old points approx 2M, and trim sides equalling 0.5M as done… Jun 2026 source

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

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