Cold Ash

Cold Ash is covered by postcode district RG18. It is in the West Berkshire council area, England.

Typical price £820,000 Homes sold in Cold Ash, last 12 months. ▲ 12.2% on the year before Gigabit broadband 65 of 72 postcodes where every home and business can get it Flooding Not on the at-risk list No postcode here has a home or business in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Schools 3 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes

Every postcode in Cold Ash, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in Cold Ash, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cold Ash. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. RG18 9AE: not on the flood risk listRG18 9DG: not on the flood risk listRG18 9DH: not on the flood risk listRG18 9DJ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9DN: not on the flood risk listRG18 9DP: not on the flood risk listRG18 9DQ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9HT: not on the flood risk listRG18 9HU: not on the flood risk listRG18 9HX: not on the flood risk listRG18 9HY: not on the flood risk listRG18 9HZ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JA: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JB: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JD: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JE: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JF: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JG: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JH: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JJ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JL: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JN: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JP: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JQ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JR: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JS: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JW: not on the flood risk listRG18 9JX: not on the flood risk listRG18 9LD: not on the flood risk listRG18 9LU: not on the flood risk listRG18 9LX: not on the flood risk listRG18 9LY: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NA: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NB: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NG: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NH: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NJ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NL: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NN: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NP: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NX: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NY: not on the flood risk listRG18 9NZ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PA: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PB: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PD: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PE: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PF: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PG: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PH: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PJ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PL: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PN: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PP: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PQ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PR: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PS: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PT: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PU: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PW: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PX: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PY: not on the flood risk listRG18 9PZ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QG: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QH: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QJ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QL: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QP: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QQ: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QR: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QT: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QW: not on the flood risk listRG18 9QX: not on the flood risk list Cold Ash Map of every postcode in Cold Ash, by flood risk Of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. Places named: Cold Ash. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. Cold Ash
  • A home or business at high risk: 0
  • At medium risk at worst: 0
  • At low risk at worst: 0
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 73

Of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash that ONS places, 73 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list.

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. No boundary is drawn.

The middle of its postcodes: latitude 51.4318, longitude -1.2696. 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; flood risk: Environment Agency, published 6 July 2026; 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

What is it like to live in Cold Ash?

Homes sold for a typical £820,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.2% on the 12 months before. At 65 of the 72 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 73 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Thatcham Health Centre, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, 4.6 km 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 Cold Ash?

Homes in Cold Ash sold for a typical £820,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 10 sales, up 12.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£820,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£731,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 12.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £905,000 7 sales
  • Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced 1 sale, too few to price

Across the whole RG18 district, Cold Ash's main postcode district: a typical £397,975.

Sales at the postcodes ONS places in Cold Ash: 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 Cold Ash?

None of the 73 postcodes now in use in Cold Ash came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Cold Ash were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG18 district, 7%.

New homes among the homes sold

PeriodIn Cold AshAcross the RG18 district
The 12 months to August 2026 0 of 10 (0%) 2 of 190 (1%)
The 12 months to August 2025 0 of 31 (0%) 18 of 269 (7%)

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 Cold Ash?

Ofcom reports on 72 of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash. At 65 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband.

Postcodes where every home can get gigabit65 of 72
Postcodes where every home can get superfast70 of 72

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 checker

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Cold Ash at risk of flooding?

None of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea.

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 Cold Ash?

The open schools at the postcodes in Cold Ash. 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

Secondary

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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 Cold Ash?

The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cold Ash is Newbury Racecourse Rail Station, 4.6 km away in a straight line.

  • Newbury Racecourse Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Thatcham Rail Station Railway station 4.6 kmCycle
  • Newbury 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 Cold Ash?

There is no GP practice at the postcodes in Cold Ash. These are the nearest to its middle, in a straight line. Each practice sets the area it takes patients from, so check with it before registering.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Is Cold Ash safe? Crime recorded around it

Police.uk records 57 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the middle of the postcodes in Cold Ash 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

  1. 2 September 2025
  2. 6 October 2025
  3. 5 November 2025
  4. 2 December 2025
  5. 2 January 2026
  6. 1 February 2026
  7. 3 March 2026
  8. 6 April 2026
  9. 7 May 2026
  10. 10 June 2026
  11. 7 July 2026
  12. 6 August 2026

By kind, over the 12 months

Violence and sexual offences19 reports
Criminal damage and arson9 reports
Anti-social behaviour8 reports
Public order5 reports
Other theft5 reports
Other crime3 reports
Burglary2 reports
Vehicle crime2 reports

Also: drugs 2, shoplifting 1, theft from the person 1.

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 postcode

Source: 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 Cold Ash?

Council
West Berkshire
Parliamentary constituency
Newbury
Police force area
Thames Valley
Region
South East
Country
England
MP
Mr Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat)

All 73 postcodes here share these. Wards differ: check a postcode for yours. What council am I in?

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. The MP: UK Parliament. See all our data sources

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Cold Ash postcodes

73 postcodes in use in Cold Ash, by district:

RG18 postcode district,73 postcodes

That district is in the RG postcode area.

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Places near Cold Ash

With the typical price of a home in each, to set beside Cold Ash's £820,000. Distances are straight lines between the middles of each place's postcodes.

Hermitage2.7 km, £470,000Thatcham3.3 km, £350,000Newbury5.2 km, £350,000Compton9.4 km, £570,000Upper Basildon10.5 km, £662,500Woolton Hill and Highclere11.8 km, £715,000Kingsclere11.9 km, £390,688Tadley12.3 km, £375,000 All places A to Z

Questions about Cold Ash

What is it like to live in Cold Ash?
Homes sold for a typical £820,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, up 12.2% on the 12 months before. At 65 of the 72 postcodes Ofcom reports on, every home and business can get gigabit broadband. None of its 73 postcodes is on the Environment Agency's list of those with a home or business at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. It has 2 primary schools and 1 secondary school at its postcodes. The nearest GP practice is Thatcham Health Centre, 3.1 km from the middle. The nearest railway station is Newbury Racecourse, 4.6 km 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 Cold Ash?
Cold Ash is covered by postcode district RG18, across 73 postcodes in use. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Which council is Cold Ash in?
Cold Ash is in the West Berkshire council area. Source: ONS Postcode Directory.
Who is the MP for Cold Ash?
Cold Ash is in the Newbury parliamentary constituency. Its MP is Mr Lee Dillon (Liberal Democrat), as UK Parliament listed them on 14 October 2026. Constituency: ONS Postcode Directory.
How much are houses in Cold Ash?
Homes in Cold Ash sold for a typical £820,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 10 sales, up 12.2% on the 12 months before. Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, files dated 28 September 2026.
What schools are in Cold Ash?
In Cold Ash, primary schools at its postcodes include Cold Ash St Mark's CE Primary School and St Finian's Catholic Primary School; secondary schools at its postcodes include Downe House. Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools, read 17 October 2026.
Does Cold Ash have a railway station?
The nearest railway station to the centre point of the postcodes in Cold Ash is Newbury Racecourse, 4.6 km away in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026.
What broadband can you get in Cold Ash?
Ofcom reports on 72 of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash. At 65 of them every home and business can get gigabit broadband. Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026.
Is Cold Ash at risk of flooding?
None of the 73 postcodes in Cold Ash is on the Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea. This is long-term risk for the land, and leaves out surface water. Source: Environment Agency.
Are new homes being built in Cold Ash?
None of the 73 postcodes now in use in Cold Ash came into use in January 2020 or later, ONS says. In the 12 months to August 2025, 0 of the 31 homes sold in Cold Ash were newly built (0%), HM Land Registry's records show; across the RG18 district, 7%. Source: ONS Postcode Directory and HM Land Registry Price Paid Data.

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