Bracknell
Bracknell is covered by postcode districts RG12, RG40, RG42, RG45 and SL5. It is mostly in the Bracknell Forest council area: 1,623 of its 1,624 postcodes. The other is in Wokingham.
Every postcode in Bracknell, and which are new since 2020
- New since 2020: 80
- In use before 2020: 1,544
- Outline: where 5 or more new postcodes since 2020 lie together
Of the 1,624 postcodes in Bracknell that ONS places, 80 are new since 2020 and 1,544 were in use before 2020.
Each mark is a postcode's centre point as ONS gives it, not a building. Press one to see its postcode and open its page. New since 2020 means it came into use in January 2020 or later. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.
The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4120, longitude -0.7520. Open this area on OpenStreetMap
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode; when each came into use: the same directory; roads, rivers and built-up areas: Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Drawn by us. Street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them
The 5 newest postcodes
Where the new postcodes lie together
- 21 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG42 9YL, is the newest of them.
- 10 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG42 5AW, is the newest of them.
- 7 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG42 6FF, is the newest of them.
- 5 new postcodes since 2020, outlined on the map. RG12 1BL, is the newest of them.
What is it like to live in Bracknell?
Homes sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 1,488 of the 1,569 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 593 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 110 of its 1,624 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bracknell, 100 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line.
We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge.
Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says. See all our data sources
What do homes cost in Bracknell?
Homes in Bracknell sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 847 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.
- Detached £611,000 176 sales
- Semi-detached £440,000 137 sales
- Terraced £370,000 359 sales
- Flat or maisonette £220,000 175 sales
Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.
Across the whole RG12 district, Bracknell's main postcode district: a typical £375,000.
Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Bracknell: standard sales of homes at market value. A typical price is the median, the middle sale. Sales take weeks to be registered, so the last month or two are incomplete. Each postcode page gives the figure for its own postcode sector.
Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Are new homes being built in Bracknell?
80 of the 1,624 postcodes now in use in Bracknell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 75 of the 1,159 homes sold in Bracknell were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG12 district, 4%.
The newest postcodes
A new postcode is often a new street or estate, but Royal Mail also makes new postcodes when it reorganises old ones, so not every one means new homes. Only postcodes still in use are counted.
New homes among the homes sold
| Period | In Bracknell | Across the RG12 district |
|---|---|---|
| The 12 months to August 2026 | 4 of 847 (Under 1%) | 4 of 624 (Under 1%) |
| The 12 months to August 2025 | 75 of 1,159 (6%) | 34 of 812 (4%) |
Standard sales of homes at market value that HM Land Registry marks as newly built. New homes take longer to be registered than other sales, so the latest 12 months count fewer of them than were sold. A share is given from 5 sales or more.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2021, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
What broadband can you get in Bracknell?
Ofcom reports on 1,569 of the 1,624 postcodes in Bracknell. At 1,488 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s).
Ofcom gives each postcode's share of homes and businesses, not how many there are, so these count postcodes. Each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.
Check one address on Ofcom's checkerSource: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bracknell at risk of flooding?
110 of the 1,624 postcodes in Bracknell have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 593 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk.
High: 3.3% or more a year (1 in 30). Medium: 1% to 3.3% a year. Low: 0.1% to 1% a year. Very low: under 0.1% a year (1 in 1,000). Each band is the chance of flooding in any one year.
Homes and businesses in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, as the Environment Agency counts them, added up over the postcodes. It is for the land, not each building, and leaves out surface water, groundwater and sewers. Each postcode page has its own figures and its flood warning areas.
Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which schools are in Bracknell?
The open schools at the postcodes in Bracknell (the first 8 primaries by distance from its middle). A school for ages 4 to 18 is listed under both. Distances are straight lines from the middle of its postcodes. Distance is not a catchment: each council sets its own admission rules.
Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell850 m 210 pupils, 210 places
- Wildridings Primary School850 m 413 pupils, 460 places
- Fox Hill Primary School950 m 214 pupils, 210 places
- Sandy Lane Primary School1.2 km 422 pupils, 630 places
- St Michael's Easthampstead Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School1.2 km 184 pupils, 210 places
- Holly Spring Primary School1.4 km 603 pupils, 660 places
- Harmans Water Primary School1.5 km 445 pupils, 440 places
- King's Academy Meadow Vale1.7 km 562 pupils, 630 places
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. Each school opens its own record there. How we use it
How far is the station from Bracknell?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Bracknell is Bracknell Rail Station, 100 m away in a straight line.
- Bracknell Rail Station Railway station 100 mWalk
- Martins Heron Rail Station Railway station 2.0 kmCycle
- Ascot Rail Station Railway station 5.3 kmDrive
Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.
Straight-line distances from the middle of the postcodes, not routes. Each postcode page lists its own nearest stations and bus stops. The Department for Transport's register does not say how often services run.
Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Which GP surgeries are in Bracknell?
The GP practices at the postcodes in Bracknell, the first 5 by distance from its middle. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.
- Forest Health Group-Mount Lane Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report May 2022, over 3 years old · Phone 01344 421364 450 mWalk
- Evergreen Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report August 2024 · Phone 01344 306936 600 mWalk
- Easthampstead Surgery Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report July 2020, over 3 years old · Phone 01344 457535 750 mWalk
- The Waterfield Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2024 · Phone 01344 454626 1.3 kmCycle
- Great Hollands Practice Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report February 2017, over 3 years old · Phone 0844 477 3867 2.0 kmCycle
Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Is Bracknell safe? Crime recorded around it
Police.uk records 3,598 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Bracknell over the 12 months from September 2025 to August 2026. August 2026 is the latest month it has published. These are counts, not a rate: we hold no count of the people who live, work or pass through, so we do not say whether a place is safe.
Each month, September 2025 to August 2026
- 315 September 2025
- 278 October 2025
- 277 November 2025
- 227 December 2025
- 243 January 2026
- 270 February 2026
- 297 March 2026
- 306 April 2026
- 337 May 2026
- 329 June 2026
- 377 July 2026
- 342 August 2026
By kind, over the 12 months
Also: burglary 105, other crime 64, bicycle theft 56, robbery 39, theft from the person 27, possession of weapons 25.
Police.uk says its locations "always represent the approximate location of a crime". Each crime is moved to the nearest of a fixed list of map points, each over a street centre, a public place or a commercial premises, chosen so that every point covers at least eight addresses or none. A mile is a wide circle: in a town it takes in the centre and its shops, where much crime is recorded.
Crime around one postcodeSource: Police.uk (data.police.uk), data to August 2026, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it
Who runs Bracknell?
- Councils
- Bracknell Forest (1,623) and Wokingham (1)
- Parliamentary constituencies
- Bracknell (1,440), Maidenhead (183) and Wokingham (1)
- Police force area
- Thames Valley
- Region
- South East
- Country
- England
Where the place crosses a boundary, a row lists each side with its number of postcodes. Check a postcode for its own. What council am I in?
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources
Moving to Bracknell
Who to tell and what to sort out in your first week. Most of Bracknell is in Bracknell Forest; near its edge, check which council a postcode is in.
- Tell Bracknell Forest about council tax Council tax, on bracknell-forest.gov.uk
- Register to vote at the new address Register to vote on GOV.UK
- Register with a GP practice The GP practices in Bracknell
- Take meter readings on the day you move in
- Power cut? Call 105. It is free. About 105, the power cut number
- Find out your bin day Check your bin day on BinDayBuddy, which reads the council's own collection system
Bracknell postcodes
1,624 postcodes in use in Bracknell, by district:
Those districts are in the RG postcode area and SL postcode area.
Check a Bracknell postcode
Enter a full postcode to see its ward, its flood risk, house prices in its sector and its nearest schools.
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Places near Bracknell
With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Bracknell's £385,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.
Questions about Bracknell
- What is it like to live in Bracknell?
- Homes sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. At 1,488 of the 1,569 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. The Environment Agency counts 593 homes and businesses at high or medium risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, at 110 of its 1,624 postcodes. It has at least 8 primary schools and 4 secondary schools at its postcodes. At least 5 GP practices are at its postcodes. The nearest railway station is Bracknell, 100 metres from the middle of its postcodes in a straight line. We don't rate places; here are the figures so you can judge. Source: HM Land Registry, Ofcom, the Environment Agency, the Department for Education, NHS England and the Department for Transport, as each section of this page says.
- What is the postcode for Bracknell?
- Bracknell is covered by postcode districts RG12, RG40, RG42, RG45 and SL5, across 1,624 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
- How much are houses in Bracknell?
- Homes in Bracknell sold for a typical £385,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 847 sales, up 0.8% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
- What schools are in Bracknell?
- In Bracknell, primary schools at its postcodes include St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Bracknell, Wildridings Primary School and Fox Hill Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Ranelagh School, The Brakenhale School and Garth Hill College. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
- Does Bracknell have a railway station?
- Yes: Bracknell is 100 metres from the centre point of the postcodes in Bracknell, in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
- What broadband can you get in Bracknell?
- Ofcom reports on 1,569 of the 1,624 postcodes in Bracknell. At 1,488 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband, and at 1 some cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s). Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
- Is Bracknell at risk of flooding?
- 110 of the 1,624 postcodes in Bracknell have a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea, the Environment Agency says. At those, it puts 593 homes and businesses in an area at high or medium risk. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
- Are new homes being built in Bracknell?
- 80 of the 1,624 postcodes now in use in Bracknell came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 75 of the 1,159 homes sold in Bracknell were newly built (6%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG12 district, 4%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.
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