Latitude: 51.4263 / 51°25'34"N
Longitude: -0.947 / 0°56'49"W
OS Eastings: 473303
OS Northings: 170225
OS Grid: SU733702
Mapcode National: GBR QSS.B4
Mapcode Global: VHDX0.JDPY
Plus Code: 9C3XC3G3+G5
Maidenhead Locator System: IO91mk62
What Three Birds: swan.swamphen.magpie
Marker point and cooordinate accuracy: Within the building of the matched address closest to the postcode mean.
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RG2 8EY is a mixed residential and non-residential postcode in Whitley Wood, Reading. It was first introduced in January 1980.
The most common council tax band is B.
Residential buildings are primarily terraced (including end-terrace). Domestic properties are primarily flats.
Estimated residential property values, based on historical transactions and adjusted for inflation, range from £20,629 to £353,453 with an average of £214,955.
Domestic properties are mostly a mix of owner occupied and privately rented.
The most common Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) rating is G.
Commercial rateable values range from £15,250 to £18,750 with an average of £16,750. The most common recorded business types are Shop and Offices.
Reading is a town, which had a population of 218,705 in the 2011 census.
In the 2011 census, there were 9 people resident in RG2 8EY, of which 5 were male and 4 were female. This also includes overnight visitors at domestic properties, and residents of non-domestic properties such as hotels, prisons and halls of residence.
RG2 8EY is in the Reading travel to work area. NHS services are provided by the Berkshire West Primary Care Trust.
RG2 8EY is approximately 80m (262ft) above sea level.
See recent residential property sales in RG2 8EY
Office of National Statistics Output Area Classification for the area containing RG2 8EY
4a1: Multicultural Metropolitans - Rented Family Living - Social Renting Young Families
Office of National Statistics Rural/Urban classification for RG2 8EY
England C1: a town or city, surrounded by populated countryside
Healthy Living Index
4/10 (Low)
Neighbourhood Retail Diversity Index
7/10 (High)
Area Retail Diversity Index
6/10 (Moderate)
Supermarkets near RG2 8EY 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 RG2 8EY 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
Church
Councillors
Ruth McEwan (Labour)
Andrew Hornsby-Smith (Labour)
Paul Woodward (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 RG2 8EY.
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 RG2 8EY.
Whiteknights Primary School
Fairlawn Green, Shinfield Rise, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8EP
Community School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Hillside Primary School
Rushey Way, Lower Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 4HQ
Community School
Ages 4 - 11
Good
Christ The King Catholic Primary School
Lulworth Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8LX
Voluntary Aided School
Ages 3 - 11
Good
Geoffrey Field Junior School
Exbourne Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8RH
Community School
Ages 7 - 11
Good
John Madejski Academy
125 Hartland Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 8AF
Academy Sponsor Led
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
Reading Girls' School
Northumberland Avenue, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7PY
Foundation School
Ages 11 - 18
Inadequate
Maiden Erlegh School
Silverdale Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 7HS
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
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
The Forest School
Robin Hood Lane, Winnersh, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 5NE
Academy Converter
Ages 11 - 18
Needs improvement
The overall school grade in this area is high.