5 Observer Drive
Last sold
£315,000
March 2017
Previous sales
Every sale of this address since 1995, newest first.
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What is around it
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Broadband
Every home in this postcode can get gigabit broadband (full fibre or cable): 1,000 Mb or more.
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Schools nearby
The nearest primary and secondary schools, as the crow flies, with their latest Ofsted inspection.
Primary schools
Spurcroft Primary School Ages 3 to 11 · 408 pupils
Good, 2022
0.2 miles
Francis Baily Primary School Ages 4 to 11 · 491 pupils
Report card, 2026
0.5 miles
Thatcham Park CofE Primary Ages 2 to 11 · 399 pupils · Church of England
Good, 2024
0.9 miles
Secondary schools
Kennet School Ages 11 to 18 · 1,824 pupils
Good, 2024
0.4 miles
Trinity School Ages 11 to 18 · 1,349 pupils
No grade
3.1 miles
St Bartholomew's School Ages 11 to 18 · 1,905 pupils
Report card, 2026
3.5 miles
Distance is a straight line, not the walk. Being close is not a promise of a place: each school has its own admissions rules.
What’s nearby
Shops, places to eat, things to do and getting about.
Supermarkets
Within a 15-minute walk
1
Restaurants
Mandarin Court
3
Cafés
Cornerstones Community Cafe, Kingsland Cafe, Costa
6
Pubs and bars
The Swan, Old Chequers, The Plough, Paggies Bar…
4
Takeaways
Station Breakfast, Domino's, Four Seasons, Caprinos Pizza
Everyday
Things to do
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Nature · 1.1 miBowdown Woods
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Attraction · 1.0 miThatcham Nature Discovery Centre
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Cinema · 3.1 miVue
Getting about
Distances are as the crow flies; walking times are rough, by the streets.
Recently sold nearby
Sold prices, from the area on the map, last two years.
Move or zoom the map to change what is listed below. Dots show the middle of a postcode, not a front door, and a sale counts as on the map by that middle — so one near the edge may fall either side of it.
16 Rotary Way
September 2026
£365,000
10 Longcroft Road
August 2026
£421,500
19 Quarrington Close
August 2026
£365,000
24 Longcroft Road
July 2026
£312,500
20 Longbridge Road
July 2026
£310,000
10 Quarrington Close
June 2026
£345,000
2 Mallards Reach
May 2026
£415,000
20 Battalion Way
May 2026
£445,000
8 Horne Road
May 2026
£450,000
5 Horne Road
March 2026
£495,000
56 Rotary Way
March 2026
£435,000
25 Longcroft Road
March 2026
£360,000
10 Quarrington Close
March 2026
£370,000
1 Flagstaff Square
March 2026
£550,000
46 Urquhart Road
March 2026
£435,000
38 Horne Road
February 2026
£175,000
10 Imperial Way
February 2026
£331,500
47 Battalion Way
February 2026
£390,000
7 Sargood Close
February 2026
£521,000
6 Blyth Avenue
January 2026
£373,500
9 Grenadier Gardens
December 2025
£405,000
24 Grenadier Gardens
December 2025
£305,000
3 Flagstaff Square
December 2025
£495,000
29 Quarrington Close
November 2025
£485,000
40 Longcroft Road
October 2025
£322,500
33 Rotary Way
October 2025
£450,000
85 Battalion Way
October 2025
£380,000
33 Grenadier Gardens
October 2025
£415,000
8 Rotary Way
September 2025
£435,000
57 Battalion Way
August 2025
£315,000
197 Urquhart Road
August 2025
£400,500
Flat, 5 The Burdwood Centre
July 2025
£193,000
69 Battalion Way
July 2025
£180,000
28 Longcroft Road
July 2025
£331,500
5 Beech Walk
June 2025
£435,000
72 Rotary Way
May 2025
£215,000
27 Battalion Way
April 2025
£175,000
165 Urquhart Road
March 2025
£180,000
26 Horne Road
March 2025
£315,000
41 Battalion Way
March 2025
£315,000
57 Longcroft Road
March 2025
£360,000
71 Battalion Way
March 2025
£295,000
23 Artillery Drive
March 2025
£320,000
1 Paddison Court
March 2025
£395,000
71 Urquhart Road
March 2025
£315,000
5 Sargood Close
March 2025
£515,000
4 Imperial Way
February 2025
£375,000
5 Horse Guards Way
February 2025
£500,000
46 Imperial Way
February 2025
£500,000
45 Horne Road
February 2025
£320,000
5 Beech Walk
February 2025
£435,000
20 Imperial Way
February 2025
£307,500
17 Quarrington Close
February 2025
£370,000
21 Horse Guards Way
February 2025
£398,000
21 Battalion Way
January 2025
£175,000
9 Imperial Way
January 2025
£341,500
1 Quarrington Close
December 2024
£380,000
117 Battalion Way
December 2024
£312,500
23 Artillery Drive
December 2024
£310,000
6 Grenadier Gardens
December 2024
£360,000
46 Imperial Way
December 2024
£350,000
20 Imperial Way
December 2024
£525,000
19 Yeomanry Close
November 2024
£200,000
5 Longbridge Road
November 2024
£215,000
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Places on the map that were bought, done up and sold on.
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A gap between two sale prices does not prove work was done, and a planning application near a sale does not prove the two are connected. Map OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles, data from OpenStreetMap.
How this area has changed
Typical prices for semi-detached houses, now and in years gone by. The twelve months to September 2026 against the same twelve months back then.
| Area | Now | 5 years ago | 10 years ago | 15 years ago | 20 years ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Observer Drive | – | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales | Not enough sales |
| Postcode sector RG19 4 | £360,000 | £325,000 +11% since | £288,500 +25% since | £198,000 +82% since | £205,000 +76% since |
| West Berkshire | £400,000 | £366,000 +9% since | £330,000 +21% since | £237,250 +69% since | £213,495 +87% since |
The typical price is the middle sale of the twelve months, not the average, so one very dear or very cheap sale cannot pull it about. Standard sales only. A figure needs at least 15 sales behind it; with fewer, it says so.
How homes change hands in RG19 4, over the last five years (612 sales):
- What sells: 32% flats, 26% semi-detached, 21% terraced, 19% detached, 3% other.
- 33% sold leasehold, and 14% were new builds.
- 89 sales in the last twelve months, against 157 in the same twelve months five years ago.
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