Gardeners Green
Hamlet · 202 residents
80Very good
Very good · better than 9 in 10 hamlets
Check Local Score out of 100 · 60 is typical for the country
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What’s good
- Less recorded crime than is typical: 54 per 1,000 people a year against 100
- Environment scores 82, well above the typical 60
- Schools scores 80, well above the typical 60
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- Prices are high for local incomes: affordability scores 39, where 60 is typical
- Health scores 29, below the typical 60
The essentials
Everyday life
The area
Around Gardeners Green
Map outline: Official built-up area
Is Gardeners Green a good place to live?
Gardeners Green scores 80/100 overall, which the scorecard rates as very good — 60 is typical for the country.
It stands out for safety (87) and environment (82).
It scores lowest on health (29) and affordability (39).
Scores come from official data on safety, schools, transport, prices, health, food & drink and the local environment, for Gardeners Green in South East, each measured against the national average.
Summary of Gardeners Green
Gardeners Green doesn't really announce itself as a village so much as feel like the countryside around Wokingham thinning out into gaps between substantial houses. There's no real high street to speak of, no cluster of shops to loiter around — this is the kind of place people move to for the address on the deeds, not the walk to a café. Detached houses on generous plots set the tone, and with a population that barely fills a large hamlet, you're more likely to know your neighbours by their cars than by a nod on the pavement.
The property picture backs this up: nine recorded sales skew terraced and detached in equal measure, every single one freehold, and a median price around £410,000 — about 11% below what you'd pay across Wokingham as a whole, though still comfortably above the national median. There's no new-build here at all, which tells you this is settled housing stock, not a place being built out. On schooling, the names in the area are independent rather than state-sector default — Holme Grange School and Ludgrove School both sit here, the kind of institutions that draw families willing to pay for education rather than rely on the local catchment, alongside a small Church of England primary academy for those who aren't. There's no rail station listed for the immediate area, so this reads as a driving village — you're placing yourself near Wokingham's road network more than any train line.