DIY InventoryReading: neighbourhoods, postcodes and homes
The areas of Reading, their postcodes and the kind of homes you’ll find, with what to record at check-in.
Postcode districts: RG1, RG2, RG4, RG6, RG30, RG31
Town centre RG1
Converted offices, new apartment towers near the station and flats over shops.
Redlands and the University area RG1, RG6
Victorian and Edwardian terraces and villas, many let as student and shared houses.
Katesgrove RG1, RG2
Dense Victorian terraced streets south of the centre.
Oxford Road and Battle RG1, RG30
Victorian terraces, many privately rented and shared, west of the centre.
Caversham RG4
Victorian and Edwardian houses and inter-war semis north of the Thames.
Earley RG6
Post-war and 1970s estates near the University of Reading's Whiteknights campus.
Whitley RG2
Large inter-war and post-war council-built estates in the south.
Tilehurst RG30, RG31
Inter-war and post-war semis and bungalows on the western hills.
Coley and Southcote RG1, RG30
Victorian terraces near the centre and post-war estates further out.
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Reading postcodes: questions
Which postcodes are in Reading?
Reading covers all or part of these postcode districts: RG1, RG2, RG4, RG6, RG30, RG31. Some districts cross into neighbouring areas.
Can I get a report for one postcode?
Yes. The free property report shows the EPC, sold prices nearby, crime, flood risk and a rental yield calculator for any UK postcode.