West Berkshire
RG18 house prices in West Berkshire
Sold prices, council tax, schools, deprivation and planning for West Berkshire, from official UK data in one place.
Typical sold price
£400,000
Range £234,350–£735,750 · 250 real sales
- Real sales
- 250
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 11 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Summary
House prices in RG18: the typical (median) sold price is £400,000, well above the UK average (£272,611) (UK House Price Index, July 2026). RG18 is an active market, with about 19 recorded sales a month. By property type, 39% were detached homes (typically £600,000) and 33% were semi-detached homes (typically £380,000).
Data from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, up to 28 August 2026.
Council tax on a Band D home there is £2,505 a year: West Berkshire's published charge for 2026-27.
Source: Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, West Berkshire, 2026-27.
Our take · opinion, not advice
Our take on RG18: a steady market, so let the sold prices lead
Roughly 19 homes a month change hands in RG18, so there is a fair body of evidence, but not enough of it for a trustworthy twelve-month trend.
For sellers, the spread in RG18 is wide, with most sales between £234,350 and £735,750, so the closest sold homes of your type say much more than the middle; buyers can compare homes at this pace but are not spoilt for choice.
Sell houseWhen buying here, typical prices in RG18 sit well above the UK average, so a premium over the average needs a reason you can see in the sold homes of the same type.
Do your own homework first: planning history nearby (242 applications on record within 500 m), flood risk over the long term and council tax (Band D is £2,505 a year), then hand the title to your conveyancer.
The sold prices leave a lot open; the free RG18 OfferCheck closes some of the gap with flood, crime, planning and council tax.
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At a glance
RG18 in four numbers
The headline figures from the records below, each one real and dated.
Typical price
£400,000
HM Land Registry
Sales a month
18.7
Across 250 sales
Council tax, Band D
£2,505
A year
The data, honestly
House prices in RG18
These 250 sales are what every figure here rests on. The typical price is the middle sale.
By property type
Average house price in RG18 by property type
Detached homes have the highest typical price at £600,000, and flat / maisonette the lowest at £207,000.
See the figures
| Type | Sales | Typical | Range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached | 95 | £600,000 | £420,000–£973,400 |
| Semi-detached | 80 | £380,000 | £314,250–£501,500 |
| Terraced | 46 | £320,500 | £240,000–£398,000 |
| Flat / maisonette | 21 | £207,000 | £145,000–£249,000 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 11 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
24-month trend
Typical price by quarter in RG18
The quarterly typical price fell 1.4%, from £435,000 in Q3 2025 (70 sales) to £428,750 in Q3 2026 (36 sales).
See the figures
| Quarter | Typical price | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | £435,000 | 70 |
| Q4 2025 | £443,500 | 68 |
| Q1 2026 | £376,250 | 40 |
| Q2 2026 | £379,000 | 36 |
| Q3 2026 | £428,750 | 36 |
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 11 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026. Median of each quarter's recorded sales.
Range and mix
The spread of RG18 prices
How far prices run either side of the typical one, who owns what, and homes that have sold twice.
Price range
Where most RG18 homes sold
Eight in ten sales fell between £234,350 and £735,750, around a typical £400,000.
Lower and upper end are the 10th and 90th percentile of recorded sales.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 11 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Mix of homes
Who is selling in RG18
Detached homes were 39% of recorded sales (95 of 242). 91% of sales were freehold and 9% leasehold.
Property type
- Detached39%
- Semi-detached33%
- Terraced19%
- Flat / maisonette9%
Tenure
- Freehold91%
- Leasehold9%
See the figures
228 freehold (91%) and 22 leasehold (9%) across the 250 most recent recorded sales in RG18, including 4 new-build sales. Leasehold is normal for flats; check the remaining lease term before you offer.
HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, between 11 Jul 2025 and 21 Aug 2026.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Real transactions, never estimates. All sales.
On the map
Where RG18 sits in West Berkshire
The pins are the 5 most recent recorded sales: real prices on real streets, not a valuation.
Latest sales
The most recent sales in RG18
4, CHARLOCK CLOSE, THATCHAM
Detached · Freehold · 21 Aug 2026
£595,000
10, PRANCING HORSE CLOSE, THATCHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£366,000
SUNNYSIDE, ORCHARD CLOSE, THATCHAM
Detached · Freehold · 12 Aug 2026
£368,000
6, CROCUS MEAD, THATCHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£315,000
4, THE FRANCES, THATCHAM
Semi-detached · Freehold · 11 Aug 2026
£340,000
Sources: HM Land Registry · postcodes.io / ONS · OpenStreetMap (© contributors). RG18 includes the Basildon ward.
In plain English
What the West Berkshire (RG18) numbers mean
- The headline number blends very different homes: detached homes sold for a typical £600,000 against £207,000 for flats: about 2.9 times as much. Use the figure for your type of home, not the mix.
- Prices here are widely spread: most sales fell between £234,350 and £735,750, so the median says little about any one home.
- Nearly all of these sales (91%) were freehold, which points to mostly houses.
- This is an active district: about 19 recorded sales a month.
Based on 250 recorded sales between 11 July 2025 and 21 August 2026. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, to 28 August 2026; page data refreshed 7 October 2026. Compared with the UK House Price Index. Written by Your Property Check (Check Labs Ltd, Birmingham) from this data. How we read the data · spotted a mistake? Tell us. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right. UK House Price Index licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Area data
What else the records hold on RG18
Council tax and schools, each from the body that publishes it, with the sample it rests on stated beside it.
Council tax
What council tax costs in RG18
£2,505
Band D a year in West Berkshire, 2026-27: the benchmark band every English authority is compared on.
All bands
| Band | 1991 value | A year |
|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,670 |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,949 |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,227 |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,505 |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,062 |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,619 |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,176 |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,011 |
These are West Berkshire's charges for 2026-27, the authority RG18 falls in, not an estimate for any individual home. A property's band is set by the Valuation Office Agency and we never guess it; look up a band on GOV.UK and read your row. Bands reflect what a home was worth on 1 April 1991, not today.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · 8 of 8 bands published for West Berkshire · data to 2026-27 financial year
Schools
Schools near RG18
7
open schools within 3 km, nearest Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School.
All schools
Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RG18 9PT
619 m
Good · 2014
St Finian's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RG18 9HU
960 m
Good · 2011
Downe House
Independent schools · RG18 9JJ
1.1 km
Not graded
Brockhurst and Marlston House Schools
Independent schools · RG18 9UL
2.0 km
Not graded
Whitelands Park Primary School
Primary · Academies · RG18 3FH
2.5 km
Good · 2022
Thatcham Park CofE Primary
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RG18 4NP
2.7 km
Good · 2024
Curridge Primary School
Primary · Local authority maintained schools · RG18 9DZ
2.8 km
Good · 2013
School data from the Department for Education “Get Information about Schools” (GIAS) and Ofsted inspection outcomes. Open Government Licence v3.0. The Ofsted grade shown is the last single overall grade on record (single grades were withdrawn in September 2024). Shows nearest schools by distance, not legal catchment areas. Distances are from the RG18 district centroid, not from any address.
Source: Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · 7 open schools within 3 km, 5 with a grade on record
Area context
Planning and deprivation near RG18
What is being built nearby and how the area ranks, as context for the neighbourhood and never a judgement on a home.
Planning applications
Planning activity around RG18
242
applications within 500 m of the district centre, as last checked 23 July 2026.
Recent applications
WestBerkshire/26/00835/NONMATPermitted
311 m
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 25/01614/HOUSE. Amendments: Amendment from first floor external treatment from render and cladding, to render only
Received 2026-04-16 · decided 2026-05-14
WestBerkshire/26/00618/NONMATPermitted
436 m
Non-Material Amendment to planning permission 23/02973/HOUSE: Two-storey side and rear extension to the existing residential dwelling and the construction of an outbuilding following the demolition of the existing outbuilding. Amendment: Reduce the size of the approved outbuilding keeping the appearance and characteristics very similar to the approved scheme and includes the retention of the existing shed.
Received 2026-03-17 · decided 2026-04-14
WestBerkshire/26/00410/NONMATPermitted
498 m
Application for a Non-Material Amendment Following a Grant of Planning Permission 25/01384/HOUSE - Amendments: Re-dimensioned windows to front elevation and addition of a dormer window and 2 rooflights
Received 2026-02-20 · decided 2026-03-03
WestBerkshire/26/00362/CERTEPermitted
287 m
Car Port building with attached decked area - please refer to cover letter and Statutory Declaration for further information
Received 2026-02-18 · decided 2026-05-01
WestBerkshire/26/00132/TELE28Permitted
449 m
Notification under Regulation 5 of the Electronic Communications Code (Conditions and Restrictions) Regulations 2003 (as amended) to utilise permitted development rights (Part 16 of Schedule 2 of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended)). The proposal consists of the placement of a 9 Metre Light Wooden Pole opposite Lorien, The Ridge, Cold Ash, Thatcham, RG18 9HZ.
Received 2026-01-20 · decided 2026-01-21
WestBerkshire/25/02785/CONDPermitted
316 m
Application for approval of details reserved by Condition 4-Tree protection plan and condition 5-Materials of application 25/01614/HOUSE
Received 2025-12-01 · decided 2026-01-26
Applications are matched within 500 m of the RG18 district centroid, so this is activity in the area, not at any one address. Register wording and status are reproduced as the local planning authority published them. Showing 6 of 20 held; run a live planning search for RG18 for the current picture.
Source: Local planning authority records via PlanIt · 242 applications matched within 500 m of the district centre · data to 23 July 2026
Deprivation (IMD)
Area profile for RG18
Decile 7 of 10
Median across 12 sampled postcodes; 1 is the most deprived 10% of England, 10 the least.
Read the detail
Across the 12 sampled RG18 postcodes, deprivation runs decile 3 to decile 10, with a median of decile 7 of 10: where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived.
RG18 4DJ, the sampled postcode sitting at that median: On the English Indices of Deprivation 2025, this postcode falls in decile 7 of 10, where 1 is among the most deprived 10% of England and 10 the least deprived. It's area context for the wider neighbourhood, not a judgement on any individual home.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (English Indices of Deprivation 2025, MHCLG). Deprivation is published for small areas (LSOAs), not for postcode districts, so RG18 spans several. We sampled 12 postcodes in RG18: the ones with the most recent recorded sales, up to a limit of 12. That is a convenience sample, not a random one, so it leans toward streets where homes are changing hands. 12 returned a row. It is context for the neighbourhood, never a judgement on any individual home. How we choose the sample.
Source: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · 12 postcodes sampled of 12 checked · data to 2025 indices
Cost to run
Two sources, one table
What it costs to run a home in RG18, band by band
West Berkshire's council tax for 2026-27 set against the RG18 median sold price of £400,000 across 250 recorded sales: the annual running cost beside the purchase price, which neither source shows on its own.
| Band | 1991 valueVOA basis | A yearWest Berkshire | A month÷ 12 | Of the median÷ £400,000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | up to £40,000 | £1,670 | £139 | 0.42% |
| B | £40,001–£52,000 | £1,949 | £162 | 0.49% |
| C | £52,001–£68,000 | £2,227 | £186 | 0.56% |
| D | £68,001–£88,000 | £2,505 | £209 | 0.63% |
| E | £88,001–£120,000 | £3,062 | £255 | 0.77% |
| F | £120,001–£160,000 | £3,619 | £302 | 0.90% |
| G | £160,001–£320,000 | £4,176 | £348 | 1.04% |
| H | over £320,000 | £5,011 | £418 | 1.25% |
The last column is the band's annual charge divided by the RG18 median sold price. A comparison of two published figures, not a rate anyone charges. It is not a mapping from price to band: a band records what a home was worth on 1 April 1991 and is set by the Valuation Office Agency, so it cannot be worked out from a 2020s sale price. Look up a specific band on GOV.UK. Instalment counts vary by authority, so the monthly column is simply the year over twelve.
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Median across 250 recorded sales. · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities, West Berkshire, 2026-27.
Address by address
Address by address
What individual homes in RG18 sold for
The 24 most recently sold doors of the 247 distinct addresses in the records we hold for RG18. Real recorded transactions: never estimates.
4, CHARLOCK CLOSE, THATCHAM
RG18 4DD · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£595,000
2026-08-21
10, PRANCING HORSE CLOSE, THATCHAM
RG18 4JU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£366,000
2026-08-12
SUNNYSIDE, ORCHARD CLOSE, THATCHAM
RG18 9RU · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£368,000
2026-08-12
6, CROCUS MEAD, THATCHAM
RG18 4DJ · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£315,000
2026-08-11
4, THE FRANCES, THATCHAM
RG18 4LT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-08-11
152, BATH ROAD, THATCHAM
RG18 3HJ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£510,000
2026-08-10
28, THE FRANCES, THATCHAM
RG18 4LT · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£340,000
2026-08-10
18, WESTFIELD CRESCENT, THATCHAM
RG18 3EH · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£190,000
2026-08-07
67, FOXGLOVE WAY, THATCHAM
RG18 4DL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£692,500
2026-08-07
44, HERMITAGE GREEN, THATCHAM
RG18 9SL · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£652,000
2026-08-07
7, BLAKE ROAD, THATCHAM
RG18 9WN · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£407,500
2026-08-07
3, SEVERN CLOSE, THATCHAM
RG18 3DW · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£500,000
2026-07-31
26, LOUNDYES CLOSE, THATCHAM
RG18 3EB · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£385,000
2026-07-31
6, ASH GATE, THATCHAM
RG18 4EH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£580,000
2026-07-31
4, SAGECROFT ROAD, THATCHAM
RG18 3DZ · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£532,555
2026-07-30
12, COOPERS CRESCENT, THATCHAM
RG18 3GA · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£400,000
2026-07-30
4, LILY GARDENS, THATCHAM
RG18 3GU · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£360,000
2026-07-28
42, NORTHFIELD ROAD, THATCHAM
RG18 3ES · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£650,000
2026-07-27
24, BARFIELD ROAD, THATCHAM
RG18 3BL · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£375,000
2026-07-24
VELA HOUSE, FRANCIS CLOSE, THATCHAM
RG18 3GS · Flat / maisonette · Leasehold · 1 recorded sale
£228,500
2026-07-23
1, BURNS WALK, THATCHAM
RG18 3FU · Terraced · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£260,000
2026-07-21
75, HENWICK LANE, THATCHAM
RG18 3BX · Semi-detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£535,000
2026-07-20
65, HENWICK LANE, THATCHAM
RG18 3BX · Other · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£595,000
2026-07-20
23, FOXGLOVE WAY, THATCHAM
RG18 4DH · Detached · Freehold · 1 recorded sale
£395,000
2026-07-17
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. Addresses come from recorded sales since 1995, so homes that have never sold do not appear. 0 of these 24 doors resolve to a confident property record and link through; the rest are listed without a link. We match a door to a property record only where the match is certain, never by guessing.
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Postcode districts near RG18
The closest districts to RG18 by straight-line distance between district centres.
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- House prices in RG14 (Newbury) 3.5 miles
- House prices in RG20 (Newbury) 3.8 miles
- House prices in RG7 (Reading) 8.2 miles
- House prices in RG8 (Reading) 8.4 miles
- House prices in RG26 (Tadley) 8.5 miles
- House prices in RG31 (Reading) 9.4 miles
- House prices in RG17 (Hungerford) 10 miles
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Data sources
Every RG18 figure is official and dated
Real recorded data from the UK's official registers, never an estimated valuation.
- HM Land RegistrySold prices
- MHCLGCouncil tax & deprivation
- Department for Education · OfstedSchools
- Local planning authoritiesPlanning applications
- Police.UKStreet-level crime
- Environment AgencyFlood risk
- postcodes.io · ONSGeography
Sources: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. Council Tax levels set by local authorities · Department for Education: Get Information about Schools, with Ofsted grades · Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government. English Indices of Deprivation 2025 · Local planning authority records via PlanIt · Police.UK · Environment Agency · postcodes.io / ONS. HM Land Registry Price Paid Data to 28 August 2026. Updated monthly. All figures are real, attributed and carry the sample they rest on: never estimates, never a valuation. All sales · Get Free Valuation · About Your Property Check.