RG2 6DL postcode in Reading, England

RG2 6DL is a postcode in Reading, in the Whitley ward. It is in the Earley and Woodley parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since June 2024.

Flooding Not on the at-risk list The Environment Agency lists no home or business here in an area at risk from rivers or the sea Gigabit broadband 100% of homes and businesses can get it. Reading: 96% Typical price £460,000 Homes sold in RG2 6, last 12 months. ▲ 5.2% on the year before Nearest station Reading Green Park 200 m in a straight line

Where RG2 6DL is, and what is near it

Map of RG2 6DL and what is near it Map of RG2 6DL: its centre point, with the 54 other postcodes in the RG2 6 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 100 m. RG2 6AE: also in RG2 6RG2 6AF: also in RG2 6RG2 6AG: also in RG2 6RG2 6AH: also in RG2 6RG2 6AR: also in RG2 6RG2 6AU: also in RG2 6RG2 6AW: also in RG2 6RG2 6AX: also in RG2 6RG2 6AY: also in RG2 6RG2 6BT: also in RG2 6RG2 6BU: also in RG2 6RG2 6BW: also in RG2 6RG2 6BX: also in RG2 6RG2 6BY: also in RG2 6RG2 6BZ: also in RG2 6RG2 6DJ: also in RG2 6RG2 6DN: also in RG2 6 2 schools, 1.7–1.9 kmLong Barn Lane Surgery 2.4 kmGP 2.8 kmWhitley RG2 6DL Map of RG2 6DL and what is near it Map of RG2 6DL: its centre point, with the 54 other postcodes in the RG2 6 sector, 4 schools (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (1 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 200 m. 3 schools, 1.7–2.1 kmLong Barn Lane Surgery 2.4 kmWhitley RG2 6DL
  • RG2 6DL
  • Other postcodes in RG2 6: press one for its page
  • 4 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 3 bus stops
  • Further out, with the distance

Points are centre points, not buildings, and nothing drawn is a boundary. Names in italics are council wards: we hold no town or village names here. Open this area on OpenStreetMap (latitude 51.4277, longitude -0.9987)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026; schools: Department for Education; stations and bus stops: Department for Transport; GP practices: NHS England; street map: Ordnance Survey, OS Open Zoomstack, Open Government Licence v3.0, drawn with MapLibre. How we use them

Who looks after RG2 6DL?

ONS places a whole postcode in one council, one ward and one constituency, from a single point. A few postcodes cross a boundary, so an address at the edge can belong to the one next door. Your council tax bill or your poll card settles it for your address.

Council, police force area and constituency: ONS Postcode Directory, August 2026. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at RG2 6DL?

Every home and business at RG2 6DL can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)100% can get it

Reading: 96%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)100% can get it

Reading: Over 99%

The line marks the figure across Reading.

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

When are the bins collected at RG2 6DL?

BinDayBuddy has not read Reading Borough Council's days for RG2 6DL today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

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Source: BinDayBuddy, built from councils' own collection systems and public data. BinDayBuddy is run by Towpath Digital, which also runs this site. How we use it

Is RG2 6DL at risk of flooding?

From rivers and the sea, long term

The Environment Agency's list of postcodes with a home or business in an area at risk of flooding from rivers or the sea does not include RG2 6DL.

Rivers and the sea only, for the land around buildings, not each building. GOV.UK's checker answers for one address, surface water included.

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea (postcodes in areas at risk), published 6 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

From surface water, across Reading

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for RG2 6DL: 1,468 properties in Reading are at high risk (1.8% of all its properties). All the figures for Reading

Source: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Surface Water, properties at risk by local authority, version 2025-09, listed 18 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Flood warnings

The centre of RG2 6DL is in 2 of the Environment Agency's flood warning areas. No warning or alert was in force for them at 10:26 on 22 October 2026.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026; warnings in force checked at 10:26 on 22 October 2026, using Environment Agency flood and river level data from the real-time data API (Beta). Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near RG2 6DL?

Homes in RG2 6 sold for a typical £460,000 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 27 sales, up 5.2% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£460,000 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£437,470 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 5.2% on the 12 months before
  • Detached 1 sale, too few to price
  • Semi-detached 3 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £528,475 10 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £395,000 13 sales

Each bar is that kind's typical price, against the most expensive kind here.

Across the whole RG2 district: a typical £385,000 from 421 sales.

How we work this out: house prices by postcode

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

Homes sold in RG2 6DL

HM Land Registry records 46 standard sales of homes in RG2 6DL from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 31 October 2025. The middle price was £465,400, from £242,500 to £562,600. Across RG2 6, the typical price in the 12 months to August 2026 was £460,000. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of it.

Show the other 38 sales

Sales at market value to a private buyer; the latest months are not complete. Own or live in a home listed here and would rather it were not? Ask us to take it off.

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

What council tax band are homes near RG2 6DL?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 1,670 homes in the neighbourhood around RG2 6DL. Over half of them (61%) are in council tax band C. More were built in 2020 or later than in any other period (47%). A home's own band is set for that home: check it on GOV.UK.

Council tax bands, and a year's council tax

Council tax bands of the homes around RG2 6DL

Band D in Reading for 2026‑27: £2,613. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £2,032 (band B) to £4,355 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,322.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Awithheld£1,742
Band Babout 10 (1%)£2,032
Band Cabout 1,020 (61%)£2,322
Band Dabout 410 (25%)£2,613
Band Eabout 210 (13%)£3,193
Band Fabout 10 (1%)£3,774
Band Gabout 10 (1%)£4,355
Band Hfewer than 5£5,226

When the homes were built

  1. Withheld Before 1900
  2. None 1900 to 1918
  3. None 1919 to 1939
  4. None 1945 to 1964
  5. None 1965 to 1982
  6. None 1983 to 1999
  7. 8% 2000 to 2009
  8. 45% 2010 to 2019
  9. 47% 2020 or later

1900 to 1918, 1919 to 1939, 1945 to 1964, 1965 to 1982, 1983 to 1999: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for Reading before discounts, not any one home's bill.

Council tax: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, Table 10, published 25 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Counts for the neighbourhood the centre of RG2 6DL is in (ONS area E01033858), rounded by the VOA.

Check one home's band on GOV.UK

Source: Valuation Office Agency, Council Tax: stock of properties, at 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which schools are near RG2 6DL?

The nearest open schools to RG2 6DL, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near RG2 6DL, and how we find them

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

Where is the nearest station to RG2 6DL?

The nearest railway station to the centre of RG2 6DL is Reading Green Park, 200 metres away in a straight line.

  • Reading Green Park Railway station 200 mWalk
  • Reading West Rail Station Railway station 3.1 kmCycle

Straight-line distances from the centre point, not routes. Walk: under 1.2 km. Cycle: 1.2 to 5 km. Drive: further.

3 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Reading Green Park Station, 201 m away.

More stations near RG2 6DL, and how we find them

Source: Department for Transport, NaPTAN, read 17 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which GP surgeries are near RG2 6DL?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of RG2 6DL, in a straight line. Each sets the area it takes patients from. In England, each opens its page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects and rates it.

Find a GP on the NHS website

Source: NHS England, Organisation Data Service (GP practices), read 17 October 2026; ratings: Care Quality Commission, 1 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Where can I charge an electric car near RG2 6DL?

0 within 1 km 19 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of RG2 6DL, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Reading Supercharger Charging point · 4 chargers · CCS, Tesla · up to 150 kW 1.1 kmWalk
  • ChargeNow Charging point · 2 chargers 1.4 kmCycle
  • Pod Point Charging point · 4 chargers · up to 7 kW 2.1 kmCycle

OpenStreetMap is mapped by volunteers. It does not have every charger, and not every one it has gives its speed or plugs. Check a charger's own app before you set off.

See more chargers on Open Charge Map

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Which dentists are near RG2 6DL?

The nearest to the centre of RG2 6DL, in a straight line. Those in England open their page at the Care Quality Commission, which inspects them. It gives few dentists a rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which hospitals are nearest to RG2 6DL?

The nearest NHS and private hospitals and clinics in England, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating. One in Wales or Scotland may be nearer.

Not every hospital has an accident and emergency department. In an emergency, call 999.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which care homes are near RG2 6DL?

The nearest care homes to the centre of RG2 6DL, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

Source: Care Quality Commission (directory of 14 October 2026, ratings of 1 October 2026), Open Government Licence v3.0. This uses Care Quality Commission information. How we use it

Which pharmacies are near RG2 6DL?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of RG2 6DL, in a straight line. Those in England show the opening hours they gave the NHS (list published July 2026) and open their page on the NHS website. A few work online or by post only: check before you go.

Hours can change on bank holidays. For urgent help when a pharmacy is closed, call NHS 111.

Source: NHS Business Services Authority (phone numbers: NHS Organisation Data Service), Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Which vets are near RG2 6DL?

The nearest vets to the centre of RG2 6DL on OpenStreetMap, in a straight line. Each opens its entry on the map, with its opening hours and website where they are mapped.

OpenStreetMap may not have every vet. Out of hours, ring your own vet’s number first: the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons says vets in practice must arrange round-the-clock emergency first aid and pain relief, themselves or through another service.

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence, map as of 20 October 2026. How we use it

Is RG2 6DL in a conservation area?

The centre of RG2 6DL is not in any conservation area, listed building, tree preservation area, green belt or protected landscape that planning.data.gov.uk holds. Not every council has sent all its data, so check with the council before relying on it.

Source: planning.data.gov.uk, asked at the postcode's centre point. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much crime is there near RG2 6DL?

Police.uk records 30 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of RG2 6DL in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences12 reports
Other theft5 reports
Public order3 reports
Criminal damage and arson3 reports
Shoplifting3 reports
Anti-social behaviour2 reports

Also: vehicle crime 1, bicycle theft 1.

Police.uk places each report at a nearby point, so this is an area, not a street.

Your local policing team on Police.uk How we work this out: crime by postcode, with the last 12 months

Source: data.police.uk, from its download of 30 September 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

The official record for RG2 6DL

Ward
Whitley
Parish
Not in a parish
Region
South East
Country
England
Rural or urban
Urban, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
June 2024

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

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The nearest postcodes in use, measured in a straight line between centre points.

RG2 6DJ50 mRG2 6BY80 mRG2 6BZ100 mRG2 6DF100 mRG2 6BX110 mRG2 6BW150 m
All of RG2

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026, the centre point of each postcode. How we use it

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