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Railway Cottages, RG8

Sold prices, £/m² and street profile from HM Land Registry records.

Median sold price
£290,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£3,817
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
7
Distinct homes
4
Price range
£133,000£417,500
Sales recorded
2000 → 2024
first to latest sale
The street in brief

Railway Cottages is mostly semi-detached houses. The median sale price is £290,000, about 50% below the typical RG8 sale. Per square metre of floor space it comes to about £3,817, below the district's £4,752. Too few recent sales to read a street-level trend, but across RG8 prices have been easing over the last few years. With 7 sales across 4 homes since 2000, homes here come to market only rarely.

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Railway Cottages prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 7 HM Land Registry records. Years with no recorded sales are left blank rather than joined up.

This street — yearly medianRG8 district trend
£0£200k£400k£600k£800k2000200520102015202020252000: £133,000 median · 1 sale2002: £180,000 median · 1 sale2004: £198,000 median · 1 sale2011: £290,000 median · 1 sale2019: £345,000 median · 2 sales2024: £417,500 median · 1 sale

Median sold price by year vs the RG8 district trend. Street medians on thin years reflect few sales — hover a dot for the exact figure.

How Railway Cottages compares

Railway Cottages against the RG8 district's busiest streets, the district itself, and the official UK House Price Index for the wider area.

Sheffield Close£815k · 30
High Street£768k · 32
Horseshoe Road£630k · 30
Beech Lane£603k · 24
Shooters Hill£575k · 29
Wallingford Road£550k · 41
Elvendon Road£550k · 28
Whitehouse Road£540k · 25
Reading Road£475k · 60
Railway Cottages£290k · 7*

Median sold price and sale count over the last 8years for the district's busiest streets. *This street's figures cover all recorded sales (fewer than 3 in the last 8 years).

This street
£290,000
median · all recorded sales
RG8 district
£585,000
median · last 8 years · street -50%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

Railway Cottages's £290,000 median sits about 50% below RG8's £585,000; on floor space it runs £3,817/m² against the district's £4,752/m² (-20%).

Street and RG8 figures are medians of HM Land Registry sales; the England figures are the UK House Price Index mix-adjusted average — a different basis, so compare direction rather than levels between the two.

Prices by property type

Median sold price by property type on Railway Cottages.

Semi-detached
£312,500
6 sales
Terraced
£198,000
1 sale

Every recorded sale on Railway Cottages

Individual transactions as recorded by HM Land Registry, newest first.

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
1 Oct 20242 · RG8 7BXSemi-detached£417,500
22 Nov 20191 · RG8 7BXSemi-detached£355,000
15 Nov 20192 · RG8 7BXSemi-detached£335,000
19 Aug 20112 · RG8 7BXSemi-detached£290,000
14 Apr 20045 · RG8 0ESTerraced£198,000
23 Dec 20028 · RG8 0ESSemi-detached£180,000
1 Feb 20008 · RG8 0ESSemi-detached£133,000
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More streets in RG8

Sold-price profiles for nearby streets, and the wider RG8 area guide.

Reading RoadHigh StreetWallingford RoadHorseshoe RoadElvendon RoadKennedy DriveShooters HillWayside GreenCleeve RoadManor RoadWhitehouse RoadHardwick Road
RG8 house prices & area guide →

Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, including the UK House Price Index. EPC data © Crown copyright. Licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures summarise recorded sales on the street and are not a valuation of any individual home.