RG8 7HJ

Kidmore End & Whitchurch · South Oxfordshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Location overview

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Post town
Reading
Local authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 7

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG8 7HW 79 m
RG8 7HH 127 m
RG8 7HL 159 m
RG8 7HP 179 m
RG8 7ET 188 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG8 7HJ
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 7
Latitude
51.493031
Longitude
-1.085257
British National Grid easting
463,601
British National Grid northing
177,517

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
South Oxfordshire · E07000179
Parish or community
E04008182
Westminster constituency
Henley and Thame · E14001280
Output area
E00145908
Lower layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 018C · E01028643
Middle layer super output area
South Oxfordshire 018 · E02005975

Postcode source versions

Explore RG8

3 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
Cliff Cottage, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, Reading, RG8 7HJ 3 May 2023 £1,475,000
Cliff Cottage, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, Reading, RG8 7HJ 24 October 2016 £1,010,000
Cliff Cottage, Hardwick Road, Whitchurch On Thames, Reading, RG8 7HJ 31 July 2009 £650,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
20
Primary
12
Secondary
3
  1. Whitchurch Primary School

    Community school

    501 m
  2. Pangbourne Primary School

    Community school

    1.4 km
  3. Oratory Preparatory School

    Other independent school

    2.5 km

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
214
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 70
  • Anti social behaviour 33
  • Public order 21
  • Criminal damage and arson 17
  • Other theft 16

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
5

2 female, 3 male

Postcode households
1
Residents per household
5.0
RG8 7 residents
4,850

Age bands in RG8 7

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
18%

883 residents

Age 15 to 24
8.5%

416 residents

Age 25 to 44
19.4%

953 residents

Age 45 to 64
30%

1,472 residents

Age 65 and over
24.1%

1,182 residents

This postcode contained 0.1% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG8 7 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

4

within 5 km

  • THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY

    WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP

    ODS code K81012

    773 m

  • TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY

    92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP

    ODS code K81644

    4.6 km

  • GORING & WOODCOTE MEDICAL PRACTICE

    THE HEALTH CENTRE, WAYSIDE GREEN, WOODCOTE, READING, RG8 0PR

    ODS code K84071

    4.6 km

  • WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR

    ODS code K81056

    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

  • Hardwick Road

    BCT · Whitchurch-on-Thames

    0.1 miles
  • Hardwick Road

    BCT · Whitchurch-on-Thames

    0.1 miles
  • The Greyhound

    BCT · Whitchurch-on-Thames

    0.2 miles
  • The Greyhound

    BCT · Whitchurch-on-Thames

    0.2 miles
  • Thames Avenue

    BCT · Pangbourne

    0.5 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for South Oxfordshire 018C, 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

26,094 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
10 of 10
Education and skills
10 of 10
Health and disability
10 of 10
Crime
10 of 10
Housing and services
2 of 10
Living environment
3 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 £1,475,000 from 1 recorded sale in RG8 7HJ. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for South Oxfordshire is £474,283 in June 2026, up 5.2% year on year.

Schools

20 open schools are in scope, including 12 primary and 3 secondary schools. Whitchurch Primary School is the nearest published school at 501 m.

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

Recorded crime

214 published events cover 12 months, averaging 17.833 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 70 events.

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