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The Old Forge, RG8

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

Median sold price
£235,000
all recorded sales
£ per m²
£4,583
from EPC floor areas
Recorded sales
12
Distinct homes
7
Price range
£155,000£372,500
Sales recorded
2000 → 2025
first to latest sale
The street in brief

The Old Forge is almost entirely flats. Homes here typically change hands around £235,000 — roughly 60% below the RG8 norm. On floor area that works out near £4,583 per square metre, below the district's £4,752. Recent sales are too thin to call a trend for the street itself; RG8 prices as a whole have been easing. HM Land Registry records 12 sales across 7 homes since 2000 — homes here come up rarely.

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The Old Forge prices over time

Median sold price on the street by year, from 12 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: £155,000 median · 1 sale2001: £177,500 median · 1 sale2003: £213,750 median · 2 sales2006: £240,000 median · 1 sale2010: £230,000 median · 1 sale2012: £205,000 median · 1 sale2019: £337,500 median · 1 sale2020: £315,000 median · 1 sale2021: £360,000 median · 1 sale2025: £354,250 median · 2 sales

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 The Old Forge compares

The Old Forge 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
The Old Forge£235k · 12*

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
£235,000
median · all recorded sales
RG8 district
£585,000
median · last 8 years · street -60%
England
£291,445
average price (UK House Price Index), Apr 2026 · +3.9% in 12 months

The Old Forge's £235,000 median sits about 60% below RG8's £585,000; on floor space it runs £4,583/m² against the district's £4,752/m² (-4%).

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.

Every recorded sale on The Old Forge

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

DateAddressTypeNew buildPrice
19 Mar 20256 · RG8 9JWFlat£336,000
19 Feb 20258 · RG8 9JWFlat£372,500
3 Jun 20213 · RG8 9JWFlat£360,000
27 Nov 20208 · RG8 9JWFlat£315,000
17 May 20195 · RG8 9JWFlat£337,500
10 Sept 20126 · RG8 9JWFlat£205,000
8 Feb 20102 · RG8 9JWFlat£230,000
30 Aug 20068 · RG8 9JWFlat£240,000
30 Oct 20038 · RG8 9JWFlat£218,000
30 Jan 20037 · RG8 9JWFlat£209,500
15 Jun 20017 · RG8 9JWFlat£177,500
17 Apr 20004 · RG8 9JWFlat£155,000
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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
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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.