Schools
71 open schools are in scope, including 39 primary and 10 secondary schools. The Ambleside Centre is the nearest published school at 81 m.
Counts describe active establishment records. They do not assess admissions, catchments or quality.
RG5 3JW
South Lake · Wokingham · England
Updated September 2026
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- Ward
- South Lake
- Local authority
- Wokingham
- Constituency
- Earley and Woodley
- Postcode district
- RG5
- Postcode sector
- RG5 3
Nearby postcodes
Complete postcode fields and official codes
- Postcode
- RG5 3JW
- Status
- Current
- Introduced
- 1 July 1983
- Terminated
- Not published
- Postcode area
- RG
- Postcode district
- RG5
- Postcode sector
- RG5 3
- Latitude
- 51.451810
- Longitude
- -0.905484
- British National Grid easting
- 476,150
- British National Grid northing
- 173,104
Statistical and administrative geographies
- Country
- England · E92000001
- Region
- South East · E12000008
- Local authority district
- Wokingham · E06000041
- Electoral ward
- South Lake · E05015794
- Parish or community
- E04001243
- Westminster constituency
- Earley and Woodley · E14001210
- Output area
- E00083898
- Lower layer super output area
- Wokingham 005B · E01016616
- Middle layer super output area
- Wokingham 005 · E02003443
Postcode source versions
- Ordnance Survey: Code-Point Open Version 2026-08 · Current postcode units in Great Britain · OGL-3.0
- Office for National Statistics: ONS Postcode Directory Version 2026-08 · United Kingdom; Northern Ireland excluded pending rights review; Crown Dependencies outside product scope · OGL-3.0 with third-party rights
- Ordnance Survey: Boundary-Line Version 2026-05 · Local-authority boundaries in Great Britain · OS OpenData Licence
Explore RG5
Schools
Within 3.1 miles of this postcode
- Open schools
- 71
- Primary
- 39
- Secondary
- 10
- 81 m
The Ambleside Centre
Local authority nursery school
- 103 m
Beechwood Primary School
Academy sponsor led
- 614 m
South Lake Primary School
Academy converter
Recorded crime
Within 1 mile of this postcode
- Published events
- 1,246
- Months covered
- 12
- Latest month
- June 2026
Most recorded categories in this period
- Violence and sexual offences 512
- Shoplifting 137
- Anti social behaviour 118
- Public order 105
- Other theft 90
Census 2021
Population and age profile
- Postcode residents
- Not supplied
- Postcode households
- Not supplied
- Residents per household
- Not available
- RG5 3 residents
- 11,557
Age bands in RG5 3
Wider postcode sector- Age 0 to 14
- 18.9%
- Age 15 to 24
- 9.1%
- Age 25 to 44
- 24.5%
- Age 45 to 64
- 26.4%
- Age 65 and over
- 21%
2,177 residents
1,045 residents
2,821 residents
3,042 residents
2,419 residents
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.
GP practices
13
within 5 km
WOODLEY PRACTICE
WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA
ODS code K81051
213 m
LODDON VALE PRACTICE
HURRICANE WAY, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4UX
ODS code K81069
1.3 km
PARKSIDE PRACTICE
224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS
ODS code K81045
2.1 km
BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE
BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG
ODS code K81047
2.1 km
PEMBROKE SURGERY
31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG
ODS code K81100
3.2 km
UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP
UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE
ODS code K81605
3.6 km
MELROSE SURGERY
73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS
ODS code K81651
3.8 km
LONDON STREET SURGERY
72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ
ODS code K81007
4.3 km
TWYFORD SURGERY
6 LODDON HALL ROAD, TWYFORD, READING, RG10 9JA
ODS code K81070
4.4 km
MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY
MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR
ODS code K81040
4.4 km
LONG BARN LANE SURGERY
22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ
ODS code K81048
4.6 km
ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code K81081
4.9 km
BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE
1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA
ODS code Y02476
4.9 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
- 0.1 miles
Silver Fox Crescent
BCT · Woodley
- 0.1 miles
Chequers
BCT · Woodley
- 0.1 miles
Woodlands Avenue
BCT · Woodley
- 0.1 miles
Chequers
BCT · Woodley
- 0.1 miles
Woodlands Avenue
BCT · Woodley
Relative deprivation
English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wokingham 005B, 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
8 of 10
Overall England rank
25,911 of 33,755
- Income
- 7 of 10
- Employment
- 6 of 10
- Education and skills
- 7 of 10
- Health and disability
- 9 of 10
- Crime
- 6 of 10
- Housing and services
- 9 of 10
- Living environment
- 9 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.
Evidence in context
Recorded crime
1,246 published events cover 12 months, averaging 103.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 512 events.
The source publishes anonymised street-level events. These figures are not a measure of safety for an individual address.