Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross

8°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 10° / 6° · 29% rain
• Tomorrow: 10° / 5° · Overcast

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 07:02Sunset 16:32

9h 30m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

17US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

• 7.1 µg/m³ average fine-particle (PM2.5) concentration
• 5.3% of adult (30+) deaths estimated attributable to fine-particle pollution

Lower is better for both figures.

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2024

94 reported · August 2026

• Violence & sexual offences38
• Shoplifting12
• Anti-social behaviour9
• Criminal damage & arson9

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Whitley and Church · Thames Valley

Source: data.police.uk (within ~1 mile)

250 reported road collisions (2025)

46 killed or seriously injured · 281 casualties · 14.3 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

194 food businesses within 2 miles

• 154 rated 4–5 ★ (121 top)
• 8 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency

• Nearest station: Reading Green Park (2.6 km)
• 18 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£350,501 average▼ 0.4% YoY

Across Reading · to 2026-08

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,574 average monthly rent▲ 1.4% YoY

• 1 bed £1,116
• 2 bed £1,393
• 3 bed £1,671

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-08

7.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 7.1 times median annual pay (8.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

1,833 property sales in the last 12 months

12 months to May 2026

A busier or quieter market is not by itself good or bad. Monthly counts are small and volatile, so only the annual total is shown.

Source: HM Land Registry UK HPI, 12 months to 2026-05

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · BP (6 km)

10 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

111 charging locations within ~8 km

• 29 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 360 kW
• Nearest: Mereoak Park and Ride (0.7 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Gyms1
• Swimming pools1
• Sports pitches16
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

174,224 residents in Reading · 4,313/km²

• Under 16: 19%
• 16–64: 69%
• 65+: 12%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

• Moves in from elsewhere in the UK16,941
• Moves out to elsewhere in the UK18,803
• Net moves−1,862

Residential moves between local authorities (counts of moves, not people) · ONS Internal migration, YE Jun 2025

Around the average in England

Ranked 147 of 296 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025

£2,613 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band C (41% of 77,290)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

72 schools · 26,837 pupils

41 primary · 11 secondary · 20 other

Ofsted: 24 of 26 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (92%)

62 inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reading

190 CQC-registered services

• Care homes32
• GP practices33
• Dentists34
• Homecare agencies61
• Hospitals & hospices8

CQC ratings: 88% of rated services Good or Outstanding

Source: Care Quality Commission · Reading

• Not in the Green Belt
• 22 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

184 applications decided

88.6% granted · 163 granted, 21 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q2

Yuan Yang

Labour

Earley and Woodley

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 29
• Con 5
• LD 3
• Grn 11

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools8
• GPs & clinics2
• Pharmacies1
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens4
• Restaurants & cafés14

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

8,230 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2026)

£805 median full-time weekly pay

4.2% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£25,812 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

48% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: D · 89,722 certificates

10.4% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

40% low-carbon electricity

Gas 58% · Wind 23% · Biomass 9% · Nuclear 8%

240 gCO₂/kWh · very high intensity

Latest estimate for South England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 83.5 yrs women · 78.9 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 63 women · 61.7 men

63% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.4
• Feeling worthwhile7.8
• Happiness yesterday7.4
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.2

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

5 GP surgeries · 4 pharmacies in RG7

• Swallowfield Medical Practice
• Mortimer Surgery
• Theale Medical Centre

Source: NHS Organisation Data Service

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Earley and Woodley:

• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015307 local signatures · 3,919 nationwide
• Ensure fair and transparent faith security funding for all faith communities220 local signatures · 20,440 nationwide
• Protect legal right to support for children with SEND199 local signatures · 111,357 nationwide
• Remove sentence reductions for guilty pleas in controlling and coercive cases181 local signatures · 105,832 nationwide
• Hold a UK-wide briefing on climate and nature risks164 local signatures · 127,144 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-10-05

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  Three Mile Cross · 0.3 km

  Three Mile Cross is a village in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. It's around 3 miles (4.8 km) to the south of Reading town centre, giving it its name. Along with the adjoining village of Spencers Wood to…

• Oakbank School, Ryeish Green · 1.0 km

  Oakbank Secondary Free School is a coeducational secondary school located in the hamlet of Ryeish Green in Berkshire, England.

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  Whitley Wood · 1.1 km

  Whitley Wood is a suburb to the south of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

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  Ryeish Green · 1.2 km

  Ryeish Green is a small hamlet in the civil parish of Shinfield, Berkshire, England, 4 miles (6 km) south of Reading. It is located next to Spencers Wood and sometimes considered a part of that village.

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  L'Ortolan · 1.4 km

  L'Ortolan was a gourmet restaurant in the village of Shinfield, 6 km (4 mi) south of the centre of Reading, Berkshire, England. The restaurant closed its doors for the final time in August 2024. It was located in the…

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  Shire Hall, Shinfield Park · 1.5 km

  The Shire Hall was a former municipal building at Shinfield Park just south of Reading, Berkshire. It was the headquarters of Berkshire County Council from 1981 to 1998.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)