RG17 7DL

Downlands · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Hungerford
Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury
Postcode district
RG17
Postcode sector
RG17 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG17 7DQ 196 m
RG17 7BY 332 m
RG17 7DJ 765 m
RG17 7DG 1.1 km
RG17 7EN 1.2 km
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG17 7DL
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG17
Postcode sector
RG17 7
Latitude
51.489247
Longitude
-1.435129
British National Grid easting
439,315
British National Grid northing
176,851

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community
E04001160
Westminster constituency
Newbury · E14001376
Output area
E00082273
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 001C · E01016287
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 001 · E02003367

Postcode source versions

Explore RG17

1 recorded sale at this postcode
Address Date Price
Ambitions Equestrian Centre, Great Shefford, Hungerford, RG17 7DL 16 December 2016 £895,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
4
Primary
3
Secondary
0
  1. Shefford C.E. Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    1.3 km
  2. Chaddleworth St Andrew's C.E. Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    2.6 km
  3. New Barn School

    Other independent special school

    4.0 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
6
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Anti social behaviour 3
  • Violence and sexual offences 3

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
13

6 female, 7 male

Postcode households
3
Residents per household
4.3
RG17 7 residents
2,638

Age bands in RG17 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
15.3%

383 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.8%

219 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

484 residents

Age 45 to 64
32.2%

803 residents

Age 65 and over
24.3%

607 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG17 7 sector, not people in this individual postcode.

Small counts are adjusted for privacy, so totals can differ slightly between Census tables.

Census Day: 21 March 2021. Sources: ONS/Nomis P001-P004 and ONS CT21_0228. Age table version 2024-04-08.

Fixed broadband coverage

Ofcom's predicted availability across all residential and commercial premises in this postcode in January 2026.

Superfast, 30 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
100%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
100%
Gigabit-capable
100%
Unable to receive decent fixed or FWA broadband
0%
Next Generation Access
100%
Decent broadband available from fixed wireless
0%

Predicted coverage, not measured speeds. Check availability for your address with a provider. Postcode-level full-fibre figures are not published in this release.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations Spring 2026, version 2026-01-v2. Contains Ofcom data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Nearby transport

  • The Swan

    BCT · Great Shefford

    1.1 miles
  • The Swan

    BCT · Great Shefford

    1.2 miles
  • The Swan

    BCT · Great Shefford

    1.2 miles
  • East Shefford Telephone Exchange

    BCT · Great Shefford

    1.3 miles
  • East Shefford Telephone Exchange

    BCT · Great Shefford

    1.3 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 001C, the published LSOA linked to this postcode. Decile 1 contains the most deprived 10% of English LSOAs and decile 10 the least deprived 10%.

Overall IMD decile

6 of 10

Overall England rank

17,907 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
9 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
1 of 10

These are relative area statistics, not measures of an individual household, affluence or absolute change. They cannot be compared with indices for other UK nations. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, version 2025-v2.

Flood risk

Environment Agency long-term indicators for the area around addresses in this postcode. They are not an assessment of any individual property and do not show current or forecast flooding.

High risk addresses
0
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Possible

Source: Environment Agency flood-risk postcode search tool data, version 2026-06-18. Check the long-term risk for an individual area. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. All rights reserved.

Evidence in context

Schools

4 open schools are in scope, including 3 primary and 0 secondary schools. Shefford C.E. Primary School is the nearest published school at 0.8 miles.

Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.

Recorded crime

6 published events cover 12 months, averaging 0.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Anti social behaviour with 3 events.

The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.