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RG18 9SB

Chieveley & Cold Ash · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Thatcham
Ward
Chieveley & Cold Ash
Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Newbury
Postcode district
RG18
Postcode sector
RG18 9

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG18 9AQ 246 m
RG18 9RY 293 m
RG18 9XU 308 m
RG18 9SD 320 m
RG18 9RT 351 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG18 9SB
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG18
Postcode sector
RG18 9
Latitude
51.463095
Longitude
-1.269881
British National Grid easting
450,817
British National Grid northing
174,044

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Chieveley & Cold Ash · E05012137
Parish or community
E04001161
Westminster constituency
Newbury · E14001376
Output area
E00082234
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 007F · E01033851
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 007 · E02003373

Postcode source versions

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Property

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5 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Woodpeckers, Oare, Hermitage, Thatcham, RG18 9SB 24 January 2020 £700,000
Meadow Pipit, Manor Lane, Hermitage, Thatcham, RG18 9SB 29 November 2016 £130,000
Meadow Pipit, Oare, Hermitage, Thatcham, RG18 9SB 31 May 2007 £365,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
11
Primary
8
Secondary
0

  1. Hermitage Primary School

    Community school

    350 m

  2. Priors Court School

    Other independent special school

    2.0 km

  3. Curridge Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
75
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 24
  • Burglary 10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10
  • Anti social behaviour 8
  • Shoplifting 6

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

6 female, 11 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
RG18 9 residents
6,666

Age bands in RG18 9

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.4%

1,619 residents

Age 15 to 24
14.2%

1,079 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.2%

1,458 residents

Age 45 to 64
27.7%

2,101 residents

Age 65 and over
17.5%

1,324 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG18 9 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.

GP practices

1

within 5 km

  • THE DOWNLAND PRACTICE

    EAST LANE, CHIEVELEY, NEWBURY, RG20 8UY

    ODS code K81050

    3.0 km

Main GP practices only; branch surgeries are excluded. Distances are straight-line. Contact the practice to check registration, services, opening hours and appointments.

Source acquired on 2026-09-05. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Hermitage Primary School

    BCT · Hermitage

    0.2 miles

  • Hermitage Primary School

    BCT · Hermitage

    0.2 miles

  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Hermitage

    0.3 miles

  • Chapel Lane

    BCT · Hermitage

    0.3 miles

  • Four Elms

    BCT · Hampstead Norreys

    0.6 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 007F, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,776 of 33,755

Income
10 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
4 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
1
Medium risk addresses
0
Low risk addresses
0
Groundwater flood alert area
Unlikely

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

11 open schools are in scope, including 8 primary and 0 secondary schools. Hermitage Primary School is the nearest published school at 350 m.

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

Recorded crime

75 published events cover 12 months, averaging 6.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 24 events.

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