RG42 5HS postcode in Binfield, Bracknell Forest

RG42 5HS is a postcode in Binfield, in the Binfield North & Warfield West ward of Bracknell Forest. It is in the Maidenhead parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since July 1995.

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 at RG42 5HS can get it Across Bracknell Forest: 97% Typical price £552,500 Homes sold in RG42 5, last 12 months. ▼ 7.5% on the year before Nearest station Bracknell 3.4 km in a straight line

Where RG42 5HS is, and what is near it

Map of RG42 5HS and what is near it Map of RG42 5HS: its centre point, with the 133 other postcodes in the RG42 5 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. RG42 5BG: also in RG42 5RG42 5BH: also in RG42 5RG42 5BJ: also in RG42 5RG42 5BL: also in RG42 5RG42 5HP: also in RG42 5RG42 5HQ: also in RG42 5RG42 5HR: also in RG42 5RG42 5HT: also in RG42 5RG42 5HW: also in RG42 5RG42 5HX: also in RG42 5RG42 5HY: also in RG42 5RG42 5HZ: also in RG42 5RG42 5JA: also in RG42 5RG42 5JB: also in RG42 5RG42 5JD: also in RG42 5RG42 5JE: also in RG42 5RG42 5JF: also in RG42 5RG42 5JG: also in RG42 5RG42 5JH: also in RG42 5RG42 5JJ: also in RG42 5RG42 5JL: also in RG42 5RG42 5JN: also in RG42 5RG42 5JP: also in RG42 5RG42 5JQ: also in RG42 5RG42 5JR: also in RG42 5RG42 5JS: also in RG42 5RG42 5JT: also in RG42 5RG42 5JU: also in RG42 5RG42 5JW: also in RG42 5RG42 5JX: also in RG42 5RG42 5JY: also in RG42 5RG42 5JZ: also in RG42 5RG42 5LA: also in RG42 5RG42 5LB: also in RG42 5RG42 5LD: also in RG42 5RG42 5LG: also in RG42 5RG42 5LH: also in RG42 5RG42 5LJ: also in RG42 5RG42 5LN: also in RG42 5RG42 5LQ: also in RG42 5RG42 5LT: also in RG42 5RG42 5LZ: also in RG42 5RG42 5NG: also in RG42 5RG42 5NH: also in RG42 5RG42 5NL: also in RG42 5RG42 5NN: also in RG42 5RG42 5NP: also in RG42 5RG42 5NS: also in RG42 5RG42 5NT: also in RG42 5RG42 5NX: also in RG42 5RG42 5NY: also in RG42 5RG42 5PA: also in RG42 5RG42 5PB: also in RG42 5RG42 5PD: also in RG42 5RG42 5PE: also in RG42 5RG42 5PF: also in RG42 5RG42 5PG: also in RG42 5RG42 5PH: also in RG42 5RG42 5PJ: also in RG42 5RG42 5PL: also in RG42 5RG42 5TA: also in RG42 5RG42 5TB: also in RG42 5RG42 5TD: also in RG42 5RG42 5TE: also in RG42 5RG42 5TF: also in RG42 5RG42 5TG: also in RG42 5 Evergreen Practice 3.0 kmGP 3.6 kmWokingham station 4.3 kmBinfield RG42 5HS Map of RG42 5HS and what is near it Map of RG42 5HS: its centre point, with the 133 other postcodes in the RG42 5 sector, 3 schools, 2 railway stations (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows), 3 GP practices (2 beyond the edge, shown by arrows) and 6 bus stops. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. 2 places, 3.0–3.4 km2 places, 3.6–4.3 kmBinfield North & Warfield West RG42 5HS
  • RG42 5HS
  • Other postcodes in RG42 5: press one for its page
  • 3 schools
  • 2 railway stations
  • 3 GP practices
  • 6 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 51.4317, longitude -0.7901)

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 RG42 5HS?

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 RG42 5HS?

Every home and business at RG42 5HS can get gigabit broadband from a line, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

RG42 5HS 100% Bracknell Forest 97%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

RG42 5HS 100% Bracknell Forest 99%
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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 RG42 5HS?

Bracknell Forest 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 RG42 5HS 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 RG42 5HS.

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 Bracknell Forest

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for RG42 5HS: 1,943 properties in Bracknell Forest are at high risk (3.2% of all its properties). All the figures for Bracknell Forest

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 RG42 5HS 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 RG42 5HS?

Homes in RG42 5 sold for a typical £552,500 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 36 sales, down 7.5% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£552,500 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£597,500 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 7.5% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £827,500 14 sales
  • Semi-detached £552,500 12 sales
  • Terraced £475,000 7 sales
  • Flat or maisonette 3 sales, too few to price

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

Across the whole RG42 district: a typical £470,000 from 354 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 RG42 5HS

HM Land Registry records one standard sale of homes in RG42 5HS from January 2024 to August 2026, the latest on 15 January 2025. Each sale below opens Land Registry's own record of 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 RG42 5HS

The Food Standards Agency lists one food business at RG42 5HS. 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 RG42 5HS?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 680 homes in the neighbourhood around RG42 5HS. The largest share of them, 35%, are in council tax band C. More were built from 1983 to 1999 than in any other period (62%). 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 RG42 5HS

Band D in Bracknell Forest for 2026‑27: £2,265. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,510 (band A) to £3,775 (band G); band C, the most common, is £2,013.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (1%)£1,510
Band Babout 130 (19%)£1,762
Band Cabout 240 (35%)£2,013
Band Dabout 120 (18%)£2,265
Band Eabout 80 (12%)£2,768
Band Fabout 50 (7%)£3,271
Band Gabout 50 (7%)£3,775
Band Hwithheld£4,530

When the homes were built

  1. 9% Before 1900
  2. Withheld 1900 to 1918
  3. 3% 1919 to 1939
  4. 5% 1945 to 1964
  5. 5% 1965 to 1982
  6. 62% 1983 to 1999
  7. 6% 2000 to 2009
  8. 2% 2010 to 2019
  9. 9% 2020 or later

Averages for Bracknell Forest 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 RG42 5HS is in (ONS area E01016185), 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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest open schools to RG42 5HS, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near RG42 5HS, 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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest railway station to the centre of RG42 5HS is Bracknell Rail Station, 3.4 km away in a straight line.

  • Bracknell Rail Station Railway station 3.4 kmCycle
  • Wokingham Rail Station Railway station 4.3 kmCycle

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

6 bus stops within 400 metres, the nearest Binfield Crossroads, 24 m away.

More stations near RG42 5HS, 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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of RG42 5HS, 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 RG42 5HS?

0 within 1 km 5 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of RG42 5HS, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • A charging point Charging point · 14 chargers 2.2 kmCycle
  • InstaVolt Charging point · 4 chargers · CCS, CHAdeMO · up to 160 kW 2.4 kmCycle
  • Blink Charging Charging point · 18 chargers · Type 2 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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest to the centre of RG42 5HS, 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 RG42 5HS?

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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest care homes to the centre of RG42 5HS, 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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of RG42 5HS, 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 RG42 5HS?

The nearest vets to the centre of RG42 5HS 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 RG42 5HS in a conservation area?

The centre of RG42 5HS 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 RG42 5HS?

Police.uk records 26 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of RG42 5HS in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences10 reports
Anti-social behaviour5 reports
Vehicle crime4 reports
Other theft4 reports
Criminal damage and arson1 report
Bicycle theft1 report

Also: other crime 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 RG42 5HS

Ward
Binfield North & Warfield West
Parish
Binfield
Region
South East
Country
England
Built-up area
Binfield
Rural or urban
Urban, 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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