Latitude: 51.4699 / 51°28'11"N
Longitude: -1.0492 / 1°2'56"W
OS Eastings: 466142
OS Northings: 174979
OS Grid: SU661749
Mapcode National: GBR Q18.HJ
Mapcode Global: VHCZ9.RBQ0
Plus Code: 9C3WFX92+X8
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91ll42
What Three Birds: rook.peregrine.martin
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
RG31 6SL is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Reading, West Berkshire. It was first introduced in July 1995.
The most common council tax band is D.
Residential buildings are primarily semi-detached. Domestic properties are primarily houses.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £247,117 to £763,110 with an average of £382,802.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1967 and 1975 and between 1950 and 1966.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly owner occupied.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is E.
Commercial rateable values range from £4,500 to £52,000 with an average of £28,250. The most common recorded business types are Sports Centre and Community Centre.
Reading is a town, which had a population of 218,705 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 15 people resident in RG31 6SL, of which 8 were male and 7 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
RG31 6SL is in the Reading travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.
RG31 6SL is approximately 82m (269ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in RG31 6SL
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing RG31 6SL
6b1: Suburbanites - Semi-Detached Suburbia - Multi-Ethnic Suburbia
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for RG31 6SL
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
1/10 (Very low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near RG31 6SL include Aldi, Asda, Co-Operative Food, Lidl, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of RG31 6SL are represented at different levels of local, regional and national government by elected representatives. Where known, these are shown here.
This data is updated approximately monthly, and may not necessarily take account of the results of any elections or by-elections held recently.
Unitary Authority
West Berkshire Council
Ward
Tilehurst & Purley
Councillors
Paul Kander (Conservative)
Jane Langford (Conservative)
Janine Lewis (Liberal Democrat)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Reading West
MP
Alok Sharma (Conservative)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for RG31 6SL.
Broadband statistics for commercial properties are less reliable than for domestic properties, as businesses are more likely to have other forms of Internet access that are not classified as 'Broadband'.
The most recent Ofsted rankings for schools near RG31 6SL.
Downsway Primary School
Warbreck Drive, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6FE
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Westwood Farm Junior School
Fullbrook Crescent, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6RY
Community School
Ages 7 - 11
Needs improvement
Westwood Farm Infant School
Fullbrook Crescent, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6RY
Community School
Ages 3 - 7
Outstanding
Long Lane Primary School
Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6YG
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Purley CofE Primary School
Purley Village, Purley-on-Thames, Reading, Berkshire, RG8 8AF
Voluntary Controlled School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Denefield School
Long Lane, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 6XY
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Little Heath School
Little Heath Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG31 5TY
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Prospect School
Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4EX
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3EP
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Theale Green School
Theale, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 5DA
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Chiltern Edge Community School
Reades Lane, Sonning Common, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 9LN
Community School
Ages 11 - 16
Good
Reading Girls' School
Northumberland Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PY
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
The overall school grade in this area is high.