RG1 8 postcode sector in the RG1 district

RG1 8 is a sector of the RG1 district: every postcode that starts RG1 8. It has 115 postcodes in use, 11 of them large-user postcodes. A large-user postcode is one Royal Mail gives to a single address that gets a lot of mail.

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Every postcode in the RG1 8 sector, by flood risk

Map of every postcode in the RG1 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 115 postcodes in the RG1 8 sector that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 64 are at low risk at worst and 26 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 15 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Reading. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A33A327A329 RG1 8DA: not on the flood risk listRG1 8ED: not on the flood risk listRG1 8EL: not on the flood risk listRG1 8EW: not on the flood risk listRG1 8FY: not on the flood risk listRG1 8FZ: not on the flood risk listRG1 8GB: not on the flood risk listRG1 8GF: not on the flood risk listRG1 8GN: not on the flood risk listRG1 8GP: not on the flood risk listRG1 8GQ: not on the flood risk listRG1 8GS: not on the flood risk listRG1 8HH: not on the flood risk listRG1 8HW: not on the flood risk listRG1 8JP: not on the flood risk listRG1 8JS: not on the flood risk listRG1 8LX: not on the flood risk listRG1 8NQ: not on the flood risk listRG1 8PA: not on the flood risk listRG1 8XL: not on the flood risk listRG1 8AA: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AD: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AE: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AG: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AH: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AJ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AL: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AN: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AQ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AS: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AT: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AU: low flood risk at worstRG1 8BB: low flood risk at worstRG1 8BN: low flood risk at worstRG1 8BT: low flood risk at worstRG1 8BW: low flood risk at worstRG1 8BY: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DF: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DH: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DN: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DQ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DU: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DX: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DY: low flood risk at worstRG1 8DZ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EA: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EB: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EF: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EG: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EH: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EJ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EN: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EP: low flood risk at worstRG1 8ER: low flood risk at worstRG1 8ES: low flood risk at worstRG1 8ET: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EU: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EY: low flood risk at worstRG1 8EZ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8FJ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8FP: low flood risk at worstRG1 8FS: low flood risk at worstRG1 8GA: low flood risk at worstRG1 8HA: low flood risk at worstRG1 8HD: low flood risk at worstRG1 8HS: low flood risk at worstRG1 8HT: low flood risk at worstRG1 8JF: low flood risk at worstRG1 8JG: low flood risk at worstRG1 8JR: low flood risk at worstRG1 8LB: low flood risk at worstRG1 8LG: low flood risk at worstRG1 8LJ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8LL: low flood risk at worstRG1 8LS: low flood risk at worstRG1 8PQ: low flood risk at worstRG1 8QE: low flood risk at worstRG1 8QT: low flood risk at worstRG1 8AX: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8AY: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8BP: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8BQ: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DB: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DD: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DE: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DJ: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DL: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DS: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8DT: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8EQ: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8GG: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8NA: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8QS: medium flood risk at worstRG1 8AB: high flood riskRG1 8AF: high flood riskRG1 8AZ: high flood riskRG1 8BD: high flood riskRG1 8DG: high flood riskRG1 8DP: high flood riskRG1 8DR: high flood riskRG1 8DW: high flood riskRG1 8FN: high flood riskRG1 8FR: high flood risk Reading 15 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to RG1 8DG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk15 postcodes at high or medium risk Map of every postcode in the RG1 8 sector, by flood risk Of the 115 postcodes in the RG1 8 sector that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 64 are at low risk at worst and 26 are not on the Environment Agency's at-risk list. One group of postcodes at high or medium risk is outlined: 15 postcodes at high or medium risk. Places named: Reading. Drawn over roads, rivers and built-up areas. North is up; the scale bar is 500 m. A33A4155A327 Reading 15 postcodes at high or medium risk, outlined: this goes to RG1 8DG, the one with most homes and businesses at high risk15 postcodes at high or medium risk
  • A home or business at high risk: 10
  • At medium risk at worst: 15
  • At low risk at worst: 64
  • At very low risk only: 0
  • Not on the at-risk list: 26
  • Outline: where 5 or more postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

Of the 115 postcodes in the RG1 8 sector that ONS places, 10 have a home or business at high risk, 15 are at medium risk at worst, 64 are at low risk at worst and 26 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. A dashed outline shows where 5 or more lie within 150 metres of each other. It is not a boundary, and no boundary is drawn. Where marks overlap, the one first in the key is drawn; the counts include every postcode.

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

Where the postcodes at high or medium risk lie together

What do homes sell for in RG1 8?

Homes in RG1 8 sold for a typical £372,750 in the 12 months to August 2026, across 24 sales, up 7.7% on the 12 months before, HM Land Registry's figures show.

£372,750 typical price, the 12 months to August 2026
£346,000 12 months to August 2025
▲ up 7.7% on the 12 months before
  • Semi-detached 2 sales, too few to price
  • Terraced £388,250 12 sales
  • Flat or maisonette £283,750 10 sales

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

Standard sales of homes at market value at the postcodes that start RG1 8. A typical price is the median, the middle sale, given from 5 sales or more.

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

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