RG8 7RE postcode in South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire

RG8 7RE is a postcode in South Oxfordshire, in the Kidmore End & Whitchurch ward. It is in the Henley and Thame parliamentary constituency and the Thames Valley police force area, and has been in use since January 1980.

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 0% of homes and businesses at RG8 7RE can get it Across South Oxfordshire: 83% Typical price £480,563 Homes sold in RG8 7, last 12 months. ▼ 30.9% on the year before Nearest station Pangbourne 2.7 km in a straight line

Where RG8 7RE is, and what is near it

Map of RG8 7RE and what is near it Map of RG8 7RE: its centre point, with the 214 other postcodes in the RG8 7 sector, 4 schools (3 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 500 m. RG8 7DB: also in RG8 7RG8 7DD: also in RG8 7RG8 7DE: also in RG8 7RG8 7DF: also in RG8 7RG8 7EJ: also in RG8 7RG8 7EL: also in RG8 7RG8 7EN: also in RG8 7RG8 7ER: also in RG8 7RG8 7HJ: also in RG8 7RG8 7HL: also in RG8 7RG8 7HN: also in RG8 7RG8 7HP: also in RG8 7RG8 7HW: also in RG8 7RG8 7NP: also in RG8 7RG8 7NR: also in RG8 7RG8 7NU: also in RG8 7RG8 7NX: also in RG8 7RG8 7NY: also in RG8 7RG8 7PA: also in RG8 7RG8 7PE: also in RG8 7RG8 7PF: also in RG8 7RG8 7PG: also in RG8 7RG8 7PH: also in RG8 7RG8 7PJ: also in RG8 7RG8 7PL: also in RG8 7RG8 7PN: also in RG8 7RG8 7PP: also in RG8 7RG8 7PQ: also in RG8 7RG8 7PR: also in RG8 7RG8 7PS: also in RG8 7RG8 7PT: also in RG8 7RG8 7PU: also in RG8 7RG8 7PW: also in RG8 7RG8 7PX: also in RG8 7RG8 7PY: also in RG8 7RG8 7PZ: also in RG8 7RG8 7QL: also in RG8 7RG8 7QP: also in RG8 7RG8 7QR: also in RG8 7RG8 7QS: also in RG8 7RG8 7QY: also in RG8 7RG8 7RA: also in RG8 7RG8 7RB: also in RG8 7RG8 7RD: also in RG8 7RG8 7RF: also in RG8 7RG8 7RG: also in RG8 7RG8 7RH: also in RG8 7RG8 7RJ: also in RG8 7RG8 7RL: also in RG8 7RG8 7RN: also in RG8 7RG8 7RQ: also in RG8 7RG8 7RR: also in RG8 7RG8 7RS: also in RG8 7RG8 7RT: also in RG8 7RG8 7RU: also in RG8 7RG8 7RW: also in RG8 7RG8 7RX: also in RG8 7RG8 7RZ: also in RG8 7RG8 7SA: also in RG8 7 School 2.1 kmThe Boat House Surgery 2.4 km2 places, 3.2–4.6 kmGP 3.9 kmKidmore End & Whitchurch RG8 7RE Map of RG8 7RE and what is near it Map of RG8 7RE: its centre point, with the 214 other postcodes in the RG8 7 sector, 4 schools (3 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 1 km. 3 places, 3.2–4.6 kmGP 3.9 kmKidmore End & Whitchurch RG8 7RE
  • RG8 7RE
  • Other postcodes in RG8 7: press one for its page
  • 4 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 51.5011, longitude -1.0602)

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 RG8 7RE?

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. What each council does: GOV.UK. The MP: UK Parliament, read 14 October 2026.

What broadband can you get at RG8 7RE?

63% of the homes and businesses at RG8 7RE can get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s or more) from a line, and none gigabit, Ofcom says.

Share of homes and businesses that can get it

Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)

RG8 7RE 0% South Oxfordshire 83%

Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)

RG8 7RE 63% South Oxfordshire 98%
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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 RG8 7RE?

BinDayBuddy has not read South Oxfordshire District Council's days for RG8 7RE today. It reads them from the council's own system when you ask.

Check the bin days for RG8 7RE 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 RG8 7RE 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 RG8 7RE.

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 South Oxfordshire

The Environment Agency publishes this for the whole council, not for RG8 7RE: 1,863 properties in South Oxfordshire are at high risk (2.2% of all its properties). All the figures for South Oxfordshire

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 RG8 7RE 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 RG8 7RE?

Homes in RG8 7 sold for a typical £480,563 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 56 sales, down 30.9% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£480,563 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£695,000 12 months to August 2025
▼ down 30.9% on the 12 months before
  • Detached £985,000 19 sales
  • Semi-detached £648,000 12 sales
  • Terraced £372,500 8 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £287,500 17 sales

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

Across the whole RG8 district: a typical £525,000 from 167 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 RG8 7RE

HM Land Registry records no standard sales of homes in RG8 7RE 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 RG8 7RE

The Food Standards Agency lists 3 food businesses at RG8 7RE. 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 RG8 7RE?

The Valuation Office Agency counts about 590 homes in the neighbourhood around RG8 7RE. The largest share of them, 24%, are in council tax band F. More were built before 1900 than in any other period (38%). 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 RG8 7RE

Band D in South Oxfordshire for 2026‑27: £2,598. For the bands the homes here are in, a year's council tax runs from £1,732 (band A) to £5,195 (band H); band F, the most common, is £3,752.

BandHomes around hereA year
Band Aabout 10 (2%)£1,732
Band Babout 30 (5%)£2,020
Band Cabout 30 (5%)£2,309
Band Dabout 100 (17%)£2,598
Band Eabout 110 (19%)£3,175
Band Fabout 140 (24%)£3,752
Band Gabout 140 (24%)£4,329
Band Habout 30 (5%)£5,195

When the homes were built

  1. 38% Before 1900
  2. 4% 1900 to 1918
  3. 5% 1919 to 1939
  4. 29% 1945 to 1964
  5. 18% 1965 to 1982
  6. 4% 1983 to 1999
  7. 2% 2000 to 2009
  8. None 2010 to 2019
  9. None 2020 or later

2010 to 2019, 2020 or later: none of the homes the VOA counts here.

Averages for South Oxfordshire 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 RG8 7RE is in (ONS area E01028643), 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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest open schools to RG8 7RE, in a straight line. Distance is not a catchment.

Primary

Secondary

Find and compare schools in England, on GOV.UK More schools near RG8 7RE, 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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest railway station to the centre of RG8 7RE is Pangbourne Rail Station, 2.7 km away in a straight line.

  • Pangbourne Rail Station Railway station 2.7 kmCycle
  • Tilehurst Rail Station Railway station 3.9 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 RG8 7RE, 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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest GP practices to the centre of RG8 7RE, 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 RG8 7RE?

0 within 1 km 1 within 3 km

The nearest charging points to the centre of RG8 7RE, as OpenStreetMap had them on 20 October 2026:

  • Station Road Car Park charging point Charging point · 2 chargers 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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest to the centre of RG8 7RE, 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 RG8 7RE?

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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest care homes to the centre of RG8 7RE, 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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest NHS pharmacies to the centre of RG8 7RE, 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 RG8 7RE?

The nearest vets to the centre of RG8 7RE 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 RG8 7RE in a conservation area?

The centre of RG8 7RE is in one area with planning rules of its own, as planning.data.gov.uk holds them:

Work on a home here, and on its trees, may need permission that it would not need elsewhere. The council's planning team has the rules for one address. Not every council has sent all its data.

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 RG8 7RE?

Police.uk records 4 crimes and reports of anti-social behaviour within a mile of the centre of RG8 7RE in August 2026, the latest month it has published.

Violence and sexual offences2 reports
Criminal damage and arson1 report
Burglary1 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 RG8 7RE

Ward
Kidmore End & Whitchurch
Parish
Goring Heath
Region
South East
Country
England
Rural or urban
Smaller rural, nearer to a major town or city
In use since
January 1980

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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