Latitude: 51.4609 / 51°27'39"N
Longitude: -0.9759 / 0°58'33"W
OS Eastings: 471242
OS Northings: 174040
OS Grid: SU712740
Mapcode National: GBR QKC.WR
Mapcode Global: VHDWT.1JFY
Plus Code: 9C3XF26F+8J
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91ml20
What Three Birds: hawk-owl.gull.redwing
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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RG1 8JA is a large user postcode in Caversham Road, Reading. It was first introduced in January 1980.
'Large User' postcodes are allocated to organisations which receive large amounts of post. Unlike standard geographic postcodes, which cover up to 80 addresses, a large user postcode is unique to a single address.
To the best of our knowledge, the current address of this postcode is:
Drews Ltd, 71-73, Caversham Road, Reading RG1 8JA.
The geographic coordinates assigned to a large user postcode may not necessarily be the actual coordinates of the location to which mail is delivered. If the address is a PO Box, then the coordinates will usually be the Royal Mail sorting office which handles mail for that postcode. In other cases, the coordinates of the postcode may be the headquarters, or registered office, of an organisation rather than the building which receives mail.
The average commercial rateable value is £69,500. The most common recorded business type is Showroom.
Reading is a town, which had a population of 218,705 in the 2011 census.
RG1 8JA is in the Reading travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.
RG1 8JA is approximately 38m (125ft) above sea level.
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing RG1 8JA
3d1: Ethnicity Central - Aspirational Techies - New EU Tech Workers
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for RG1 8JA
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
8/10 (High)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
10/10 (Very high)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near RG1 8JA 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 RG1 8JA 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
Abbey
Councillors
Karen Rowland (Labour)
Tony Page (Labour)
Mohammed Ayub (Labour)
United Kingdom Parliament
Constituency
Reading East
MP
Matt Rodda (Labour)
Ofcom publishes annual statistics for Broadband availability. This is the most recent data for RG1 8JA.
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 RG1 8JA.
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