Latitude: 51.4828 / 51°28'58"N
Longitude: -0.9675 / 0°58'3"W
OS Eastings: 471791
OS Northings: 176491
OS Grid: SU717764
Mapcode National: GBR QM3.RW
Mapcode Global: VHDWM.5ZVN
Plus Code: 9C3XF2MJ+4X
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91ml35
What Three Birds: dunnock.moorhen.harrier
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RG4 8LJ is a primarily residential postcode in Emmer Green, Reading. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are E and F.
Residential buildings are typically detached, terraced (including end-terrace) and semi-detached. Domestic properties are mostly houses, maisonettes and flats.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £31,871 to £728,195 with an average of £364,048.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1950 and 1966, between 1930 and 1949 and between 1967 and 1975.
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) ratings are D and E.
Commercial rateable values range from £400 to £10,250 with an average of £4,410. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Health Centre.
In the 2011 census, there were 89 people resident in RG4 8LJ, of which 49 were male and 40 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
RG4 8LJ is in the Reading travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.
RG4 8LJ is approximately 83m (272ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in RG4 8LJ
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing RG4 8LJ
4a2: Multicultural Metropolitans - Rented Family Living - Private Renting New Arrivals
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for RG4 8LJ
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
4/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near RG4 8LJ include Aldi, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of RG4 8LJ 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
Reading Borough Council
Ward
Peppard
Councillors
Jane Stanford-Beale (Conservative)
Simon Robinson (Conservative)
Clarence Mitchell (Conservative)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Reading East
MP
Matt Rodda (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for RG4 8LJ.
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 RG4 8LJ.
Emmer Green Primary School
Grove Road, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LN
Community School
Ages 5 - 11
Outstanding
The Hill Primary School
Peppard Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8TU
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Caversham Park Primary School
Queensway, Caversham Park Village, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 6RP
Community School
Ages 5 - 11
Good
Caversham Primary School
Hemdean Road, Caversham, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 7RA
Community School
Ages 5 - 11
Outstanding
St Martin's Catholic Primary School
Pendennis Avenue, Caversham Park Village, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 6SS
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
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
UTC Reading
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5RQ
University Technical College
Ages 14 - 19
Outstanding
The Bulmershe School
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3EP
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Reading Girls' School
Northumberland Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PY
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
Prospect School
Cockney Hill, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 4EX
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
Gillotts School
Gillotts Lane, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, RG9 1PS
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 16
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.