RG40 3BH postcode in Gardeners Green, Wokingham

RG40 3BH is a postcode in Gardeners Green, in the Wokingham Without ward of Wokingham. It is in the Wokingham parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since July 1995. It is a large-user postcode, which Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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 Typical price £631,500 Homes sold in RG40 3, last 12 months. ▼ 6.4% on the year before Nearest school Holme Grange School 750 m in a straight line Nearest station Crowthorne 2.8 km in a straight line

Where RG40 3BH is, and what is near it

Map of RG40 3BH and what is near it Map of RG40 3BH: its centre point, with the 224 other postcodes in the RG40 3 sector, 3 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. RG40 3AJ: also in RG40 3RG40 3AL: also in RG40 3RG40 3AN: also in RG40 3RG40 3AP: also in RG40 3RG40 3AR: also in RG40 3RG40 3AS: also in RG40 3RG40 3AW: also in RG40 3RG40 3AY: also in RG40 3RG40 3AZ: also in RG40 3RG40 3BA: also in RG40 3RG40 3BB: also in RG40 3RG40 3BD: also in RG40 3RG40 3BE: also in RG40 3RG40 3BF: also in RG40 3RG40 3BG: also in RG40 3RG40 3BJ: also in RG40 3RG40 3BL: also in RG40 3RG40 3BP: also in RG40 3RG40 3BQ: also in RG40 3RG40 3BS: also in RG40 3RG40 3BW: also in RG40 3RG40 3EA: also in RG40 3RG40 3EW: also in RG40 3 School 1.1 kmHawthorn Academy 1.2 kmGP 2.4 kmGP 2.7 kmGP 2.9 kmFinchampstead RG40 3BH Map of RG40 3BH and what is near it Map of RG40 3BH: its centre point, with the 224 other postcodes in the RG40 3 sector, 3 schools (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 3 GP practices (3 beyond the edge, shown by arrows). North is up; the scale bar is 250 m. School 1.1 kmGP 2.4 kmGP 2.9 kmFinchampstead RG40 3BH
  • RG40 3BH
  • Other postcodes in RG40 3: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 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 51.3913, longitude -0.8110)

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 RG40 3BH?

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 RG40 3BH?

Ofcom gives no broadband figures for RG40 3BH. It reports postcodes with homes or businesses it can match to its data, so a new postcode, or one with no premises on its list, has none.

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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 RG40 3BH?

Wokingham Borough Council gives bin days for each home rather than each postcode. BinDayBuddy finds yours from your house number, from the council's own system.

Find the bin days for your home on BinDayBuddy

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 RG40 3BH 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 RG40 3BH.

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 Wokingham

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for RG40 3BH: 2,289 properties in Wokingham are at high risk (2.6% of all its properties). All the figures for Wokingham

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 RG40 3BH is not in any of the Environment Agency's flood warning or alert areas. Part of the postcode may still be, so check your own address when you sign up.

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Source: Environment Agency, flood warning areas read 17 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use these

What do homes sell for near RG40 3BH?

Homes in RG40 3 sold for a typical £631,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 48 sales, down 6.4% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£631,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£675,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 6.4% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £825,000 31 sales
  • Semi-detached £535,000 8 sales
  • Terraced £400,000 6 sales
  • Flat or maisonette Not enough sales to price (3)

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

Across the whole RG40 district: a typical £491,000 from 382 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 RG40 3BH

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in RG40 3BH from January 2024 to August 2026. The prices above are for the homes around it.

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

Food hygiene ratings at RG40 3BH

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at RG40 3BH. Each opens the agency's own page for it, with what the council's inspector found.

Ratings run from 5, very good, to 0, urgent improvement necessary. A rating comes from the business's last inspection, and can change at the next.

Food hygiene ratings, from the Food Standards Agency

Source: Food Standards Agency, food hygiene ratings as published on 22 October 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

What council tax band are homes near RG40 3BH?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 660 homes in the neighbourhood around RG40 3BH. The largest share of them, 26%, are in council tax band A. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (41%). 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 RG40 3BH

Band D in Wokingham for 2026‑27: £2,498. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,665 (band A) to £4,995 (band H); band A, the most common, is £1,665.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 170 (26%)£1,665
Band Babout 20 (3%)£1,943
Band Cabout 50 (8%)£2,220
Band Dabout 150 (23%)£2,498
Band Eabout 50 (8%)£3,053
Band Fabout 120 (18%)£3,608
Band Gabout 90 (14%)£4,163
Band Habout 10 (2%)£4,995

When the homes were built

  1. 7% Before 1900
  2. 2% 1900 to 1918
  3. 8% 1919 to 1939
  4. 10% 1945 to 1964
  5. 5% 1965 to 1982
  6. 41% 1983 to 1999
  7. 10% 2000 to 2009
  8. 13% 2010 to 2019
  9. 5% 2020 or later

Averages for Wokingham 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 RG40 3BH is in (ONS area E01016705), 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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest open schools to RG40 3BH, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near RG40 3BH, 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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest railway station to the centre of RG40 3BH is Crowthorne Rail Station, 2.8 km away in a straight line.

  • Crowthorne Rail Station Railway station 2.8 kmCycle
  • Wokingham 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.

No bus stop within 400 metres in the Department for Transport's register.

More stations near RG40 3BH, 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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of RG40 3BH, 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 RG40 3BH?

0 within 1 km 6 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of RG40 3BH, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · 14 chargers 2.6 kmCycle
  • Flowbird Charging point · 2 chargers · Type 2 · up to 7 kW 2.7 kmCycle
  • Pod Point Charging point · No details mapped 2.7 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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest to the centre of RG40 3BH, 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 RG40 3BH?

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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest care homes to the centre of RG40 3BH, in a straight line, with the Care Quality Commission's latest overall rating.

  • Copper Beech Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report December 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01344 755645 1.7 kmCycle
  • Eretz Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report November 2018, over 3 years old · Phone 01344 755613 1.7 kmCycle
  • Kadimah Care Quality Commission rating: Good CQC report January 2019, over 3 years old · Phone 01344 755574 1.7 kmCycle

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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of RG40 3BH, 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 RG40 3BH?

The nearest vets to the centre of RG40 3BH 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 RG40 3BH in a conservation area?

The centre of RG40 3BH 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 RG40 3BH?

Police.uk records 12 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of RG40 3BH in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences7 reports
Anti-social behaviour4 reports
Other theft1 report

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 RG40 3BH

Ward
Wokingham Without
Parish
Wokingham Without
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Gardeners Green
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
July 1995

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

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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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