Latitude: 51.4527 / 51°27'9"N
Longitude: -0.9483 / 0°56'53"W
OS Eastings: 473176
OS Northings: 173161
OS Grid: SU731731
Mapcode National: GBR QSG.2P
Mapcode Global: VHDWT.JR16
Plus Code: 9C3XF332+3M
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91mk68
What Three Birds: shoveler.buzzard.rook
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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RG6 1JG is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Palmer Park, Reading. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax bands are A, C and B.
Domestic properties are primarily flats.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £269,554 to £289,947 with an average of £279,750.
Residential buildings were typically constructed between 1900 and 1929.
None of the residential properties sold since 1995 have been new builds or newly converted.
Domestic properties are predominantly privately rented.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) ratings are F and E.
Commercial rateable values range from £600 to £15,000 with an average of £7,971. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Cafe.
Reading is a town, which had a population of 218,705 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 13 people resident in RG6 1JG, of which 11 were male and 2 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
RG6 1JG is in the Reading travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.
RG6 1JG is approximately 44m (144ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in RG6 1JG
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing RG6 1JG
2a3: Cosmopolitans - Students Around Campus - Students and Professionals
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for RG6 1JG
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
9/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near RG6 1JG include Aldi, Asda, Budgens, Co-Operative Food, Iceland, Lidl, M&S Simply Food, Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Tesco and Waitrose. (Source: OpenStreetMap)
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Residents of RG6 1JG 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
Redlands
Councillors
David Absolom (Labour)
Jamie Whitham (Green)
Dave McElroy (Green)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Reading East
MP
Matt Rodda (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for RG6 1JG.
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 RG6 1JG.
St John's Church of England Primary School
121-147 Orts Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3JN
Academy Converter
Ages 3 - 11
Outstanding
Alfred Sutton Primary School
148 Wokingham Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1JR
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Earley St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School
Church Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1EY
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
New Christ Church Church of England (VA) Primary School
Milman Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 0AY
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
UTC Reading
Crescent Road, East Reading, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 5RQ
University Technical College
Ages 14 - 19
Outstanding
Reading Girls' School
Northumberland Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PY
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
The Bulmershe School
Woodlands Avenue, Woodley, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3EU
Community School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Maiden Erlegh School
Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
John Madejski Academy
125 Hartland Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8AF
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
Highdown School and Sixth Form Centre
Surley Row, Emmer Green, Reading, Berkshire, RG4 8LR
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Good
Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School
Fawley Road, Southcote, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 3EP
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 11 - 18
Good
The overall school grade in this area is high.