RG20 8SW

Downlands · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Newbury
Local authority
West Berkshire
Postcode district
RG20
Postcode sector
RG20 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG20 8SP 132 m
RG20 8SN 489 m
RG20 8SL 674 m
RG20 8SJ 833 m
RG20 8SS 854 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG20 8SW
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG20
Postcode sector
RG20 8
Latitude
51.500082
Longitude
-1.306027
British National Grid easting
448,267
British National Grid northing
178,133

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Downlands · E05012138
Parish or community
E04001151
Output area
E00082271
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 001D · E01016288
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 001 · E02003367

Postcode source versions

Explore RG20

11 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Pond Cottage, Beedon, Newbury, RG20 8SW 28 March 2025 £475,000
Beedon Manor Farm, Cattle Sheds, Newbury, RG20 8SW 27 November 2024 £775,000
Church Field House, Beedon, Newbury, RG20 8SW 20 August 2020 £1,195,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
7
Primary
5
Secondary
1
  1. Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    600 m
  2. The Ilsleys Primary School

    Community school

    2.9 km
  3. The Downs School

    Academy converter

    3.9 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

  • Burglary 2
  • Other theft 1
  • Vehicle crime 1
  • Anti social behaviour 1
  • Criminal damage and arson 1

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
21

11 female, 10 male

Postcode households
11
Residents per household
1.9
RG20 8 residents
4,128

Age bands in RG20 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.4%

617 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.8%

369 residents

Age 25 to 44
17%

639 residents

Age 45 to 64
33.9%

1,277 residents

Age 65 and over
23%

865 residents

This postcode contained 0.5% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG20 8 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+
88.9%
Ultrafast, 100 Mbit/s+
77.8%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
77.8%
Gigabit-capable
77.8%
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

    4.1 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

  • Stanmore Road

    BCT · Beedon

    0.5 miles
  • Stanmore Road

    BCT · Beedon

    0.5 miles
  • Beedon Village Hall

    BCT · Beedon Hill

    0.8 miles
  • Beedon Village Hall

    BCT · Beedon Hill

    0.8 miles
  • Coach and Horses PH

    BCT · Beedon Hill

    0.9 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 001D, 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

7 of 10

Overall England rank

20,825 of 33,755

Income
8 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
8 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
1 of 10
Living environment
2 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
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

Property market

The five-year median is £625,000 from 2 recorded sales in RG20 8SW. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Berkshire is £402,790 in June 2026, up 0.2% year on year.

Schools

7 open schools are in scope, including 5 primary and 1 secondary schools. Beedon C.E. (Controlled) Primary School is the nearest published school at 600 m.

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 Burglary with 2 events.

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