RG7 2PH
Last sold £582,000 in April 2008
The Forge, The Common, Reading
- Property type
- Semi-detached
- Tenure
- Freehold
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Price history in context
- Apr 2008 — £582,000 · +36.9% · 3 pts behind the UK market
- Jul 2003 — £425,000
What this home might be worth today
£931,000
Estimate range £884,000–£978,000
+60.0% since April 2008 — last sale carried forward by the UK House Price Index to April 2026.
paid well above the local norm at the time
vs 9 nearby sales within two years · semi-detached within 1 km
The life around it
- Bishopswood Infant School 2.7km
- Silchester Church of England Primary School 299m
- Bramley station 4.1km
- Upper Inhams Copse 405m
- The coast (coastline) 50.2km
- Kiln Pond 1.1km
- Pond 370m
- Canal 5.4km
- Silchester Brook 810m
- Public Park 1.0km
- Playing Field 96m
- Morrisons Daily 2.2km
- Calleva Arms (Nw-Bound) 199m
Broadband
- Gigabit 1 Gbit/s or more 10% of premises — not all
- Ultrafast 100 Mbit/s or more 10% 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 Bramley, 4.1km away
- 51 min London
- 51 min Oxford
- 76 min Bristol
- 110 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 the Silchester conservation area — external changes usually need consent.
From planning.data.gov.uk, where the council has published. Not planning advice.
Crime
Among the lowest for England & Wales — 41 crimes recorded nearby last year. About this data
Map
Location: approximate (postcode)
Nearby sold homes
- 1, Lovegrove Gardens, Reading £450,000 · 2008
- Lovegrove Cottage, The Common, Reading £465,000 · 2014
- 3, Lovegrove Gardens, Reading £167,000 · 2007
- Forge Cottage, The Common, Reading £324,000 · 2006
- Northleigh, The Common, Reading £425,000 · 2008
- Cherry Tree Cottage, The Common, Reading £895,000 · 2021
Planning activity nearby
- Permitted T1 - Lime - Crown reduce by Approx. 30% - To achieve this we will remove 2-3m of branch… Nov 2025 source
- Permitted T1. give 2.5m clearence from building from chestnut in front garden to allow statutory… Mar 2026 source
- Permitted Proposed side extension to existing garage with first floor extension above. Demolish… May 2026 source
- Permitted Crown reduce by 4m leaving a finished height of 12m and spread of 12m E to W and 8m N to… Apr 2026 source
Planning data via PlanIt (planit.org.uk), from local planning authority registers.
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