RG7 1BE

Spencers Wood & Swallowfield · Wokingham · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Local authority
Wokingham
Constituency
Wokingham
Postcode district
RG7
Postcode sector
RG7 1

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG7 1PA 28 m
RG7 1BG 44 m
RG7 1DE 68 m
RG7 1BD 91 m
RG7 1FR 140 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG7 1BE
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG7
Postcode sector
RG7 1
Latitude
51.393830
Longitude
-0.973125
British National Grid easting
471,540
British National Grid northing
166,588

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
Wokingham · E06000041
Parish or community
E04001235
Westminster constituency
Wokingham · E14001593
Output area
E00167036
Lower layer super output area
Wokingham 017C · E01016690
Middle layer super output area
Wokingham 017 · E02003455

Postcode source versions

Explore RG7

23 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
The Lowlands, 2, Chapel Lane, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1BE 23 June 2023 £370,000
Restdene, Chapel Lane, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1BE 18 September 2020 £450,000
Harwin, Chapel Lane, Spencers Wood, Reading, RG7 1BE 21 August 2020 £625,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
25
Primary
16
Secondary
3
  1. Lambs Lane Primary School

    Academy converter

    858 m
  2. Oakbank School

    Free schools

    1.2 km
  3. The Vine Christian School

    Other independent school

    1.3 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
355
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 140
  • Anti social behaviour 62
  • Other theft 41
  • Criminal damage and arson 34
  • Public order 30

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
23

9 female, 14 male

Postcode households
9
Residents per household
2.6
RG7 1 residents
10,584

Age bands in RG7 1

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
21.6%

2,294 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.1%

857 residents

Age 25 to 44
33.1%

3,519 residents

Age 45 to 64
23.2%

2,474 residents

Age 65 and over
14.1%

1,499 residents

This postcode contained 0.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG7 1 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+
0%
Ultrafast, 300 Mbit/s+
0%
Gigabit-capable
0%
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

4

within 5 km

  • SWALLOWFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE STREET, SWALLOWFIELD, READING, RG7 1QY

    ODS code K81003

    2.0 km

  • SHINFIELD MEDICAL PRACTICE

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

    ODS code Y02128

    2.2 km

  • SOUTH READING & SHINFIELD GROUP MED PRAC

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

    ODS code K81633

    2.2 km

  • LONG BARN LANE SURGERY

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

    ODS code K81048

    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

  • Hyde End Road

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.0 miles
  • Hyde End Road

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.0 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles
  • The Square

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.1 miles
  • Post Office

    BCT · Spencers Wood

    0.2 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for Wokingham 017C, 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

23,000 of 33,755

Income
7 of 10
Employment
8 of 10
Education and skills
7 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
7 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
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 £370,000 from 1 recorded sale in RG7 1BE. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for Wokingham is £498,941 in June 2026, down 3.1% year on year.

Schools

25 open schools are in scope, including 16 primary and 3 secondary schools. Lambs Lane Primary School is the nearest published school at 858 m.

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

Recorded crime

355 published events cover 12 months, averaging 29.583 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 140 events.

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