Old Battle Hospital Site, Reading, RG30
- Land size
- 0.51 acres
Key Features
- Site size 0.519 acres of land
- Walking Distance to Reading West Train Station
- 100 meters from large super market
- Surrounded by Newbuild residential
Description
The steris site is the last remaining parcel of the former battle hospital with the surroundings having been redeveloped largely for residential. Nearby is a new Tesco supermarket and is adjacent to portman road business district The site is 0.519 acres of land and existing building potentially suitable for redevelopment subject to planning consent being sought.
Location
The site is located right next to a huge Tesco's and is only a 10 minute walk to Reading West train station that can provide access into Reading town centre and then on to London Paddington and Oxford.
There is also great bus routes near by with a bus stop 100 meters away with regular busses into central Reading
AML
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VAT
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Legal Costs
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-04-28
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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- Water
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- Heating
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- Broadband
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
- Public Rights of Way
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.
Property Features
- Accessibility
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- Parking
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- Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; indoor signal depends on building materials.
Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.
Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Wilson Primary School676 metresOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 452
- Type
- Community school
- Battle Primary Academy711 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 456
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Oxford Road Community School741 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 244
- Type
- Community school
- Civitas Academy0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 374
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- All Saints Junior School0.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 99
- Type
- Free schools
Secondary
- River Academy746 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 373
- Type
- Free schools
- The WREN School0.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Pupils
- 931
- Type
- Free schools
- Blessed Hugh Faringdon Catholic School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,082
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- King's Academy Prospect1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,157
- Type
- Academy converter
- Kendrick School1.5 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 939
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.
Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.
Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Walking trail
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.
Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.
Flood Risk
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 2.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Listing agent
Vail Williams, Reading
550 Thames Valley Park, Reading, RG6 1RA
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