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RG6 5XS

Hillside · Wokingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Reading
Ward
Hillside
Local authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Earley and Woodley
Postcode district
RG6
Postcode sector
RG6 5

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG6 5YH 34 m
RG6 5XP 99 m
RG6 5XR 101 m
RG6 5YQ 111 m
RG6 5GN 114 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG6 5XS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 July 1995
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG6
Postcode sector
RG6 5
Latitude
51.425949
Longitude
-0.937802
British National Grid easting
473,946
British National Grid northing
170,195

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wokingham · E06000041
Electoral ward
Hillside · E05015789
Parish or community
E04001230
Westminster constituency
Earley and Woodley · E14001210
Output area
E00084067
Lower layer super output area
Wokingham 012B · E01016654
Middle layer super output area
Wokingham 012 · E02003450

Postcode source versions

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Property

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4 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
4, Fennel Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 5XS 28 June 2013 £316,500
6, Fennel Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 5XS 13 October 2006 £285,000
5, Fennel Close, Earley, Reading, RG6 5XS 15 April 2003 £320,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
73
Primary
44
Secondary
11

  1. Hillside Primary School

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    245 m

  2. Whiteknights Primary School

    Academy converter

    460 m

  3. Radstock Primary School

    Academy converter

    715 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
1,407
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 599
  • Shoplifting 135
  • Anti social behaviour 115
  • Criminal damage and arson 106
  • Other theft 103

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
17

9 female, 8 male

Postcode households
7
Residents per household
2.4
RG6 5 residents
6,613

Age bands in RG6 5

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.2%

1,096 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.2%

757 residents

Age 25 to 44
22.4%

1,516 residents

Age 45 to 64
28.2%

1,914 residents

Age 65 and over
22.1%

1,499 residents

This postcode contained 0.3% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG6 5 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

16

within 5 km

  • UNIVERSITY MEDICAL GROUP

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

    ODS code K81605

    2.0 km

  • BROOKSIDE GROUP PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K81047

    2.0 km

  • PARKSIDE PRACTICE

    224 WOKINGHAM ROAD, READING, RG6 1JS

    ODS code K81045

    2.2 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81048

    2.3 km

  • SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    SHINFIELD HOUSE, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH

    ODS code Y02128

    2.4 km

  • SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC

    SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACT, SCHOOL GREEN, SHINFIELD, READING, RG2 9EH

    ODS code K81633

    2.4 km

  • PEMBROKE SURGERY

    31 ALEXANDRA ROAD, READING, RG1 5PG

    ODS code K81100

    2.7 km

  • MILMAN & KENNET SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81040

    2.9 km

  • MELROSE SURGERY

    73 LONDON ROAD, READING, RG1 5BS

    ODS code K81651

    3.2 km

  • LONDON STREET SURGERY

    72 LONDON STREET, READING, RG1 4SJ

    ODS code K81007

    3.5 km

  • WOODLEY PRACTICE

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

    ODS code K81051

    3.9 km

  • COLEY PARK SURGERY

    80 WENSLEY ROAD, COLEY PARK, READING, RG1 6DN

    ODS code K81636

    4.0 km

  • ABBEY MEDICAL CENTRE

    1ST FLOOR, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA

    ODS code K81081

    4.2 km

  • BROAD STREET HEALTH CENTRE

    1ST FLOOR, BROAD ST HC, 103-105 BROAD STREET MALL, READING, RG1 7QA

    ODS code Y02476

    4.2 km

  • CHATHAM STREET SURGERY

    121 CHATHAM STREET, READING, RG1 7JE

    ODS code K81026

    4.5 km

  • LODDON VALE PRACTICE

    HURRICANE WAY, WOODLEY, READING, RG5 4UX

    ODS code K81069

    4.7 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

  • Rosemary Avenue

    BCT · Lower Earley

    0.1 miles

  • Chalfont Way Circle

    BCT · Lower Earley

    0.1 miles

  • Chalfont Way Circle

    BCT · Lower Earley

    0.2 miles

  • Rosemary Avenue

    BCT · Lower Earley

    0.2 miles

  • Chalfont Way Asda

    BCT · Lower Earley District Centre

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wokingham 012B, 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

10 of 10

Overall England rank

33,020 of 33,755

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

73 open schools are in scope, including 44 primary and 11 secondary schools. Hillside Primary School is the nearest published school at 245 m.

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

Recorded crime

1,407 published events cover 12 months, averaging 117.25 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 599 events.

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