[Closed] Where to live if you work in Reading?

I live in Thatcham which I am sure is very comparable to Paris, although I have never been to paris. It has trains into Reading. My drive to work in Reading can take from 40 mins to an hour and 40 on the odd occasion. Its a bloody nightmare. Hopefully my leg will be repaired on monday so I can get back on the motorbike soon. If you work in Reading and dont need to worry about schools and kids and all that stuff just get a place in Reading. Its alright.

Another Wokingham resident here - there are about 5 trains an hour (during peak) to Reading although TVP is just over 2 miles from station. Caversham seems to be well regarded by others albeit more expensive. I know some people are contemplating buying in Maidenhead - thinking that in terms of a long term investment they will capitalise on uplift in property values once Crossrail comes to fruition (due to Maidenhead in 2019).

I've worked and lived in reading for 12 years. Lived in

Twyford - easy ride or train in to reading and tvp. But don't live near the station, gets a bit rough a night.

Whitchurch - easy train to reading or better still bike to tvp.

Central reading - some nice places near the university. Walk to work. But takes longer to get out biking somewhere.

Cholsey - train to reading (23mins) or bike (45mins). Where I live now!

Depends how long a commute you want but I'd say pangbourne, goring or cholsey. Train station if you want it, you can bike in if you want, nice villages, nice biking nearby. Personally I wouldn't go south area of reading as it'll be a bugger to get to tvp.

Ignoring things like schools, nightlife, etc for TVP you want to be somewhere along the A329M or the A4. Depending upon budget you should consider Wokingham, Twyford, Sonning, Wargrave, Maidenhead or some of the smaller villages along the way. Even Windsor if you don't mind a bit more of a drive.

Don't go north of the river if you value your sanity - places like Henley and Caversham are lovely, but the bridges are not for crossing, just for queuing at.

Pangbourne has a Bentley and Lamborghini dealer. Which is nice.

Pangbourne has a Bentley and Lamborghini dealer. Which is nice.

But you will also need a boat to get to and from work...

Personally I wouldn't go south area of reading as it'll be a bugger to get to tvp.

Live in Thatcham and if it was me, I would stay east of Reading if working where you do. Getting there from the west consists of jammed M4/ A329m or crawling A4 in the mornings and not much better in the evenings. If you decide to live on the West, then the kennet rolls straight into the business park by biking in. You can follow the Thames path from Tilehurst, past Cav and Reading bridge to Cav lock and onto the kennet bridge and to the park. Nice enough ride in the nice days. Bit dodgy in the winter. Or like people say, Wokingham, finchampstead ,back of Twyford etc

Tony - that's why I said pangbourne etc. you can train it in, if you drive you don't need to go over the bridge but better still it's faster to bike in! Off road and on road options.

Basingstoke etc would be a bugger and I wouldn't live north ( like sonning common) as you'll have the bridges etc.

Or live near Mandela house 😉

Agree Pangbourne area nice Rob, but train doesn't get you very close to TV and for two thirds of the year commuting by bike is miserable.

The more I think about it the more likely I would be to live in Windsor if moving to the area now.

I used to work on TVP. Free courtesy bus from the station, if not mentioned above. Relatively frequent service. I used to drive from Haslemere, relatively early in the morning, but traffic can be kak. Used to be 1hr at best. Trains are hellish busy coming into reading, took a bike on the train once (to see if cycle commuting was feasible), had to miss a train as it was so busy.

Would look at Oxford area maybe, but whatever somewhere away from Reading personally. I am not a lover of big towns, so not a slight on Reading itself, but just prefer the green fields.