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RG8 8BS

Tilehurst & Purley · West Berkshire · England

Updated September 2026

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Post town
Reading
Ward
Tilehurst & Purley
Local authority
West Berkshire
Constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 8

Nearby postcodes

Nearby postcode distances
Postcode Distance
RG8 8BH 62 m
RG8 8BP 107 m
RG8 8BG 109 m
RG8 8BL 109 m
RG8 8BT 139 m
Complete postcode fields and official codes
Postcode
RG8 8BS
Status
Current
Introduced
1 January 1980
Terminated
Not published
Postcode area
RG
Postcode district
RG8
Postcode sector
RG8 8
Latitude
51.481988
Longitude
-1.041180
British National Grid easting
466,677
British National Grid northing
176,328

Statistical and administrative geographies

Country
England · E92000001
Region
South East · E12000008
Local authority district
West Berkshire · E06000037
Electoral ward
Tilehurst & Purley · E05012153
Parish or community
E04001186
Westminster constituency
Reading West and Mid Berkshire · E14001439
Output area
E00082416
Lower layer super output area
West Berkshire 004B · E01016316
Middle layer super output area
West Berkshire 004 · E02003370

Postcode source versions

Explore RG8

Property

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29 recorded sales at this postcode
Address Date Price
1, Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS 2 April 2026 £715,000
2, Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS 25 July 2025 £315,000
8, Brading Way, Purley On Thames, Reading, RG8 8BS 28 March 2025 £525,000

Schools

Within 3.1 miles of this postcode

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Open schools
50
Primary
31
Secondary
8

  1. Purley CofE Primary School

    Voluntary controlled school

    554 m

  2. Long Lane Primary School

    Community school

    936 m

  3. Westwood Farm Infant School

    Community school

    971 m

Recorded crime

Within 1 mile of this postcode

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Published events
416
Months covered
12
Latest month
June 2026

Most recorded categories in this period

  • Violence and sexual offences 146
  • Shoplifting 56
  • Anti social behaviour 56
  • Criminal damage and arson 43
  • Other theft 28

Census 2021

Population and age profile

Postcode residents
67

36 female, 31 male

Postcode households
24
Residents per household
2.8
RG8 8 residents
5,765

Age bands in RG8 8

Wider postcode sector
Age 0 to 14
16.6%

926 residents

Age 15 to 24
11.9%

666 residents

Age 25 to 44
18.5%

1,036 residents

Age 45 to 64
31.9%

1,780 residents

Age 65 and over
21.1%

1,178 residents

This postcode contained 1.2% of the sector's usual residents on Census Day. The age profile describes the wider RG8 8 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

8

within 5 km

  • TILEHURST VILLAGE SURGERY

    92 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PP

    ODS code K81644

    2.3 km

  • WESTWOOD ROAD SURGERY

    66 WESTWOOD ROAD, TILEHURST, READING, RG31 5PR

    ODS code K81056

    2.4 km

  • THE POTTERIES

    TYLERS PLACE, TILEHURST, READING, RG30 6BW

    ODS code K81004

    2.6 km

  • THE BOAT HOUSE SURGERY

    WHITCHURCH ROAD, PANGBOURNE, READING, RG8 7DP

    ODS code K81012

    3.1 km

  • GROVELANDS MEDICAL CENTRE

    701 OXFORD ROAD, READING, RG30 1HG

    ODS code K81078

    3.3 km

  • WESTERN ELMS & CIRCUIT LANE SURGERIES

    WESTERN ELMS LODGE, WESTERN ELMS AVENUE, READING, RG30 1AT

    ODS code K81062

    4.5 km

  • EMMER GREEN SURGERY

    4 ST. BARNABAS ROAD, EMMER GREEN, READING, RG4 8RA

    ODS code K81041

    4.8 km

  • BALMORE PARK SURGERY

    59A HEMDEAN ROAD, CAVERSHAM, READING, RG4 7SS

    ODS code K81014

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

Nearby transport

  • Brading Way

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.0 miles

  • Wintringham Way

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Chestnut Grove

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Colyton Way

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

  • Colyton Way

    BCT · Purley on Thames

    0.1 miles

Relative deprivation

English Indices of Deprivation 2025 for West Berkshire 004B, 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

9 of 10

Overall England rank

29,780 of 33,755

Income
9 of 10
Employment
9 of 10
Education and skills
9 of 10
Health and disability
9 of 10
Crime
8 of 10
Housing and services
3 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
13
Medium risk addresses
16
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 £397,500 from 6 recorded sales in RG8 8BS. This is a recorded-sale statistic, not a current valuation.

The latest UK House Price Index average for West Berkshire is £402,790 in June 2026, up 0.2% year on year.

Schools

50 open schools are in scope, including 31 primary and 8 secondary schools. Purley CofE Primary School is the nearest published school at 554 m.

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

Recorded crime

416 published events cover 12 months, averaging 34.667 events per published month. The largest recorded category is Violence and sexual offences with 146 events.

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