Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross

22°CPatchy rain nearby

• Today: 25° / 16° · 57% rain
• Tomorrow: 21° / 13° · Sunny

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:35Sunset 19:23

12h 47m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

9US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Reading New Town, United Kingdom

111 reported · July 2026▲ 2% YoY

• Violence & sexual offences45
• Shoplifting19
• Criminal damage & arson10
• Anti-social behaviour8

2 stop & searches · mostly controlled drugs

Neighbourhood team: Whitley and Church · Thames Valley

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

251 reported road collisions (2024)

31 killed or seriously injured · 277 casualties · 14.4 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

198 food businesses within 2 miles

• 161 rated 4–5 ★ (127 top)
• 11 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

£361,243 average▲ 0.9% YoY

Across Reading · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,573 average monthly rent▲ 1.9% YoY

• 1 bed £1,115
• 2 bed £1,392
• 3 bed £1,670

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

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

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · BP (6 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 189.9p · Asda (10.9 km)

19 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

108 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)

Around the average in England

Ranked 141 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

5% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£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%)

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

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Reading

189 CQC-registered services

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

CQC ratings: 86% 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)

148 applications decided

87.8% granted · 130 granted, 18 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

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)

8,195 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£805 median full-time weekly pay

4.3% 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

27% low-carbon electricity

Gas 54% · Imports 20% · Wind 9% · Solar 7%

229 gCO₂/kWh · 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

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Earley and Woodley:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s392 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership358 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Offer MenB vaccine to under 22s born before 2015307 local signatures · 3,696 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office231 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Hold a referendum to bring the water industry into public ownership227 local signatures · 163,883 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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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)