Property market | £508,776 for a semi-detached property | |
Airport access | Closest airport is London Heathrow (21.3 miles) | |
Broadband | 80.2mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Ethnic diversity | White: 79.9% residents (vs 81.7% England & Wales) Other: 20.0% residents (vs 18.3% England & Wales) | |
Socio-economic status | Ranked 12 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 563 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Wokingham level) | |
Community | Median age is 41.6 | Happiness is Above Average for Berkshire, High for UK | |
Crime | 2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wokingham) | |
Commute (approx) | - Reading (6 mins) - Paddington (46 mins) - Vauxhall (67 mins) - London Waterloo (72 mins) - Bristol Temple Meads (84 mins) - East Croydon (86 mins) | |
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£508,776 for a semi-detached property | |
Closest airport is London Heathrow (21.3 miles) | |
80.2mbps average broadband speeds (very fast broadband for UK) | |
Median age is 41.6 | Happiness is Above Average for Berkshire, High for UK | |
Ranked 12 out of 573 in England & Wales for % of residents in higher managerial positions and 563 out of 573 for residents who are long-term unemployed (Wokingham level) | |
2.0 burglaries per 1k people (Wokingham) | |
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Farley Hill has a range of train stations and schools nearby, as shown in the map below.
The property market in Farley Hill has had a steep increase over the last few years but slowing growth. Based on data published on 15 November 2023, on average a detached house costs £814,349, which is up 4.7% on last year. A semi-detached house on average costs £508,776 (up 4.4% on last year) , a terraced house £386,508 (up 2.7% on last year) and a flat £259,532. Renting a two bedroom flat will cost you approximately £1,042 per month. Property prices in Farley Hill are similar to the average property prices across Berkshire and are much higher compared to other locations with a similar density in England. When looking at the annual change in property prices in Farley Hill, prices have risen much more quickly than the annual average price change seen across the Berkshire region.
Property data is based on Wokingham level pricing data and is as at September 2023 (publicised 15 November 2023)
Detached and Semi-detached House Trend (£) to September 2023
County | Avg Detached Price | Annual Change | Avg Semi-Detached Price | Annual Change |
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Rutland | £557,774 | +11.3% | £341,529 | +11.7% |
Northumberland | £333,743 | +7.3% | £183,403 | +6.1% |
Lancashire | £326,887 | +4.3% | £195,848 | +3.4% |
Leicestershire | £432,076 | +3.9% | £262,308 | +3.0% |
Derbyshire | £340,545 | +3.7% | £209,276 | +2.9% |
Oxfordshire | £706,629 | +3.5% | £450,305 | +3.5% |
Merseyside | £340,051 | +3.4% | £214,398 | +2.4% |
Gloucestershire | £536,963 | +3.4% | £330,457 | +3.4% |
Nottinghamshire | £334,429 | +2.8% | £206,257 | +2.8% |
Wiltshire | £521,688 | +2.7% | £328,877 | +3.0% |
Greater Manchester | £396,806 | +2.7% | £254,125 | +2.3% |
West Yorkshire | £351,673 | +2.5% | £210,889 | +2.0% |
West Midlands | £407,684 | +2.2% | £245,250 | +2.4% |
East Riding of Yorkshire | £326,098 | +2.2% | £203,163 | +2.1% |
Staffordshire | £364,884 | +2.1% | £221,783 | +2.1% |
Herefordshire | £434,518 | +2.1% | £276,148 | +2.2% |
South Yorkshire | £284,409 | +2.0% | £182,869 | +1.9% |
West Sussex | £686,980 | +1.9% | £441,716 | +2.3% |
Kent | £619,795 | +1.8% | £386,201 | +1.4% |
Shropshire | £404,408 | +1.8% | £252,891 | +1.8% |
Warwickshire | £515,326 | +1.8% | £299,238 | +1.3% |
Devon | £503,963 | +1.6% | £337,624 | +2.3% |
North Yorkshire | £422,027 | +1.5% | £265,231 | +1.2% |
Norfolk | £406,137 | +1.4% | £267,820 | +1.2% |
North Northamptonshire | £426,370 | +1.3% | £254,947 | +1.2% |
Buckinghamshire | £853,940 | +1.2% | £460,891 | +1.2% |
West Northamptonshire | £478,844 | +0.9% | £279,006 | +0.7% |
Hampshire | £628,455 | +0.6% | £386,140 | +1.0% |
Lincolnshire | £307,354 | +0.6% | £205,466 | +1.4% |
Worcestershire | £455,558 | +0.6% | £276,201 | +0.9% |
Essex | £586,972 | +0.4% | £379,804 | 0.0% |
Somerset | £465,131 | +0.3% | £296,160 | +0.7% |
Suffolk | £454,636 | +0.2% | £283,920 | +0.6% |
East Sussex | £595,763 | +0.1% | £385,074 | +0.4% |
Cambridgeshire | £486,349 | 0.0% | £330,028 | +0.2% |
Surrey | £957,680 | -0.2% | £546,201 | +0.7% |
Isle of Wight | £435,441 | -0.4% | £298,787 | 0.0% |
Hertfordshire | £939,983 | -0.7% | £542,021 | -0.2% |
Cornwall | £453,159 | -1.1% | £300,170 | -0.6% |
Dorset | £528,863 | -1.3% | £348,080 | -0.8% |
Recent property transactions in the area
Listed below are some recent property purchases in the area, to give you an idea of the market. Click on a postcode if you would like to see data on that specific area of Farley Hill, or click here to browse the longer list of Farley Hill property transactions from 2023.
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Farley Hill has a few schools nearby to choose from. We did not find any secondary schools, but there are some primary school options, including The Coombes Church of England Primary School (Academy) which is a primary school based in School Road, Reading. Example schools in the area are listed below, with some information on their rating and access criteria.
School | Type | Latest Rating | Parent View Reviews (if available) | Ofsted Report (if available) | Address |
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Farley Hill Primary School Save school | Primary Community school - Mixed | 2: Good (5/12/2016) | Ofsted Report Link | Reading | |
Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School Save school | Primary Voluntary aided school - Mixed | 2: Good (12/13/2013) | Ofsted Report Link | Reading | |
Shinfield Infant and Nursery School Save school | Primary Academy converter - Mixed | 2: Good (2/5/2015) | Ofsted Report Link | Reading | |
The Coombes Church of England Primary School Save school | Primary Academy sponsor led - Mixed | 3: Requires Improvement (1/26/2022) | 86 submissions 87.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy | Ofsted Report Link | Reading |
School | Type |
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Farley Hill Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (5/12/2016) |
Shinfield St Mary's CofE Junior School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (12/13/2013) |
Shinfield Infant and Nursery School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 2: Good (2/5/2015) |
The Coombes Church of England Primary School Ofsted report Save school | Primary Latest rating - 3: Requires Improvement (1/26/2022) 86 submissions 87.0% agree or strongly agree that their child is happy |
Station | Distance from Farley Hill | Commute options |
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Earley A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -6% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Reading (6 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 46 mins - Great Western Railway - £454 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (86 mins - South Western Railway - £454 monthly fare) View details - London Waterloo (90 mins - South Western Railway - £454 monthly fare) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 84 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - East Croydon (1 change(s) - 90 mins - Thameslink - £454 monthly fare) View details - London Bridge (1 change(s) - 105 mins - Thameslink - £454 monthly fare) View details - Victoria (1 change(s) - 110 mins - Southern - £454 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 114 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 120 mins - Southern) View details - London St Pancras (1 change(s) - 121 mins - Thameslink - £454 monthly fare) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 123 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Winnersh Triangle A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -10% from the previous year. | 5 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 23 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Vauxhall (83 mins - South Western Railway - £454 monthly fare) View details - London Waterloo (87 mins - South Western Railway - £454 monthly fare) View details |
Reading A very busy station. Station footfall changed -1% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Paddington (39 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (3 change(s) - 72 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (98 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (125 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Reading West A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -9% from the previous year. | 8 miles |
- Reading (4 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Paddington (1 change(s) - 44 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 82 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - London Waterloo (1 change(s) - 85 mins - South Western Railway) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 112 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Cardiff Central (1 change(s) - 121 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Winchfield A relatively quiet station. Station footfall changed -9% from the previous year. | 9 miles |
- Reading (1 change(s) - 44 mins - CrossCountry) View details - London Waterloo (65 mins - South Western Railway - £412 monthly fare) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 77 mins - South Western Railway - £412 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 145 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 166 mins - Southern) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 171 mins - Great Western Railway) View details |
Fleet A relatively busy station. Station footfall changed -9% from the previous year. | 10 miles |
- London Waterloo (51 mins - South Western Railway - £400 monthly fare) View details - Reading (1 change(s) - 45 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Vauxhall (1 change(s) - 56 mins - South Western Railway - £400 monthly fare) View details - Birmingham New Street (1 change(s) - 146 mins - CrossCountry) View details - Bristol Temple Meads (1 change(s) - 166 mins - Great Western Railway) View details - Brighton (1 change(s) - 172 mins - Southern) View details |
The table below lists ethnicities living in the local authority (Wokingham) as per the data published in December 2022. Source: ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk
Ethnicity | % of Wokingham residents | Benchmark:% of England & Wales residents |
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White | 79.9% | 81.7% |
Asian | 12.9% | 9.3% |
Mixed | 3.1% | 2.9% |
Black | 2.4% | 4.0% |
Other | 1.6% | 2.1% |
The table below lists the types of occupations that residents have, at the Wokingham consituency level. Source: commonslibrary.parliament.uk
Type of occupation | % of residents (over 16 years old) | Rank within England & Wales |
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Intermediate occupations | 12.4% | |
Small employers and own account workers | 9.5% | |
Higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 24.3% | 12 out of 573 |
Lower managerial, administrative and professional occupations | 24.8% | |
Lower supervisory and technical occupations | 3.8% | |
Semi-routine occupations | 7.8% | |
Routine occupations | 6.0% | |
Never worked / long-term unemployed | 4.4% | 563 out of 573 |
Full-time students | 7.1% |
Relative to the UK average, the average broadband download speed in Berkshire is fast (77mbps). Farley Hill is consistent with this, with average download speeds of 80.2mbps. You can also view really detailed broadband information at the Wokingham level, via data.parliament.uk, here.
Average speed | 80.2 mbps |
% households with superfast broadband access | 94.6% |
% households unable to access decent broadband | 1.5% |
Crime stats were found at the Wokingham level:
Type | Wokingham | UK |
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Total Crimes (per thousand people) | 44 | 93 |
Burglaries (per thousand people) | 2 | 5 |
Public Order Offences (per thousand people) | 5 | 10 |
Bicycle Thefts (per thousand people) | 1 | 1 |
Violence Against People (per thousand people) | 16 | 36 |
We use an API provided by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to identify any live flood warnings to be aware of and we also provide insight into whether flooding could occur from rivers, sea and groundwater within 1km of Farley Hill.
The DEFRA API is currently reporting at least one flood warning in this area - please refer to the UK Government website for information on this.
The areas in the table below have been identified by the DEFRA API as areas where it is possible for flooding to occur from rivers, sea and in some locations, groundwater. Some of these areas will have measures in place to minimise the risk of flooding and they may be monitored by the Flood Warning Service.
Area | Cause | Description |
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Thames | River Blackwater, Cove Brook | River Blackwater including Badshot Lea, Aldershot, Farnborough, Camberley, Sandhurst, Eversley, Bramshill and Swallowfield, and the Cove Brook at Farnborough and Cove |
Thames | River Loddon | Lower River Loddon including Swallowfield, Arborfield, Shinfield, Barkham, Lower Earley, Sindlesham, Winnersh, Woodley, Hurst and Waltham-St-Lawrence |
Thames | River Loddon, River Blackwater | River Loddon and River Blackwater at Swallowfield including Swallowfield Park, Berkshire |
Name | Property market | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby | Socio Economic |
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Farley Hill, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 4Secondary: | 24.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Hurley, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Maidenhead, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 16Secondary: 5 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Cookham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 7Secondary: 2 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Windsor, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 14Secondary: 10 | N/A |
Wokingham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 15Secondary: 8 | 24.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Twyford, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Wargrave, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 | 23.2% residents in higher managerial positions 5.8% residents long-term unemployed |
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: | 24.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.4% residents long-term unemployed |
Hungerford, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 | 19.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Pangbourne, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 | 14.9% residents in higher managerial positions 7.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Bucklebury, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: | 19.3% residents in higher managerial positions 4.9% residents long-term unemployed |
Caversham, Berkshire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £422,667 Detached: £684,866 | 118 | Primary: 27Secondary: 11 | 19.0% residents in higher managerial positions 6.7% residents long-term unemployed |
Name | Property | Crimes per 1,000 | Schools nearby |
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Farley Hill, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 4Secondary: |
Hurley, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Maidenhead, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 16Secondary: 5 |
Cookham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Affluent Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 7Secondary: 2 |
Windsor, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Outstanding schools Affluent Slowing property market Local Waitrose Local M&S | Semi-detached: £575,249 Detached: £1,022,978 | 68 | Primary: 14Secondary: 10 |
Wokingham, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 15Secondary: 8 |
Twyford, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 8Secondary: 3 |
Wargrave, Berkshire Affordability: Expensive Low Crime Happiness High for UK Slowing property market | Semi-detached: £508,776 Detached: £814,349 | 44 | Primary: 6Secondary: 1 |
Stratfield Mortimer, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: |
Hungerford, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: 1 |
Pangbourne, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Very fast broadband Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 2Secondary: 1 |
Bucklebury, Berkshire Affordability: Average Happiness High for UK Hot property market | Semi-detached: £424,953 Detached: £713,773 | 61 | Primary: 1Secondary: |
Caversham, Berkshire Affordability: Average Very fast broadband Slowing property market Local Waitrose | Semi-detached: £422,667 Detached: £684,866 | 118 | Primary: 27Secondary: 11 |
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