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RG5 4HP

South Lake · Wokingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Reading
Ward
South Lake
Local authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley
Postcode district
RG5
Postcode sector
RG5 4

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG5 4HX 37 m
RG5 4HE 39 m
RG5 4BN 74 m
RG5 4BG 86 m
RG5 4SP 90 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG5 4HP
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG5
Postcode sector
RG5 4
Latitude
51.450526
Longitude
-0.899010
British National Grid easting
476,602
British National Grid northing
172,968

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
E00083897
Lower layer super output area
Wokingham 005B · E01016616
Middle layer super output area
Wokingham 005 · E02003443

Postcode source versions

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Property

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8 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
8, Fosters Lane, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4HP 1 March 2019 £445,750
2, Fosters Lane, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4HP 27 April 2016 £520,000
10, Fosters Lane, Woodley, Reading, RG5 4HP 14 October 2015 £380,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
63
Primary
35
Secondary
10

  1. Rivermead Primary School

    Academy converter

    262 m

  2. Beechwood Primary School

    Academy sponsor led

    391 m

  3. The Ambleside Centre

    Local authority nursery school

    415 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,182
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 509
  • Anti social behaviour 113
  • Public order 101
  • Shoplifting 94
  • Criminal damage and arson 87

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
18

12 female, 6 male

Postcode households
6
Residents per household
3.0
RG5 4 residents
16,270

Age bands in RG5 4

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
20.1%

3,317 residents

Age 15 to 24
9.7%

1,602 residents

Age 25 to 44
26.7%

4,412 residents

Age 45 to 64
26.2%

4,328 residents

Age 65 and over
17.3%

2,861 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG5 4 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

11

within 5 km

  • WOODLEY PRACTICE

    WOODLEY CENTRE SURGERY, 6 HEADLEY ROAD, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4JA

    ODS code K81051

    479 m

  • LODDON VALE PRACTICE

    HURRICANE WAY, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4UX

    ODS code K81069

    877 m

  • BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

    BROOKSIDE SURGERY, BROOKSIDE CLOSE, EARLEY, READING, RG6 7HG

    ODS code K81047

    2.1 km

  • PARKSIDE PRACTICE

    224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS

    ODS code K81045

    2.5 km

  • PEMBROKE SURGERY

    31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG

    ODS code K81100

    3.7 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

    UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE, 9-11 NORTHCOURT AVENUE, READING, RG2 7HE

    ODS code K81605

    4.0 km

  • MELROSE SURGERY

    73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS

    ODS code K81651

    4.2 km

  • TWYFORD SURGERY

    6 LODDON HALL ROAD, TWYFORD, READING, RG10 9JA

    ODS code K81070

    4.3 km

  • LONDON STREET SURGERY

    72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ

    ODS code K81007

    4.8 km

  • MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY

    MILMAN ROAD HEALTH CENTRE, 1ST FLOOR, 50 MILMAN ROAD, READING, RG2 0AR

    ODS code K81040

    4.8 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

    22 LONG BARN LANE, WHITLEY, READING, RG2 7SZ

    ODS code K81048

    5.0 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 2026-09-03. Contains information from NHS England, licenced under the current version of the Open Government Licence.

Nearby transport

  • Chapel Hall

    BCT · Woodley

    0.0 miles

  • Chapel Hall

    BCT · Woodley

    0.1 miles

  • Chapel Hall

    BCT · Woodley

    0.1 miles

  • Colemans Moor Lane Top

    BCT · Woodley

    0.1 miles

  • Colemans Moor Lane Top

    BCT · Woodley

    0.1 miles

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.

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
1
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

63 open schools are in scope, including 35 primary and 10 secondary schools. Rivermead Primary School is the nearest published school at 262 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,182 published events cover 12 months, averaging 98.5 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 509 events.

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