Driveway bollards in Woodley
We fit driveway bollards across Woodley, from Woodley Green to the Airfields estate. Get a fixed, fitted price online in 60 seconds and book your date.
- RG5
Where we cover
Woodley, Woodley Green, Bulmershe, Sandford, Loddon Bridge and the Airfields estate. That's the RG5 postcode. Earley, next door, is on our Reading page.
Homes and cars in Woodley
Woodley has the highest share of semi-detached homes we cover, 44%, well ahead of anywhere else. Half of households run two or more cars.
Figures for the Woodley built-up area, 11,087 households. ONS Census 2021, tables TS045 and TS044.
Semis and the old aerodrome
Woodley grew fast between the wars. The Bulmershe estate was sold off in 107 lots in 1926, and houses went up along Loddon Bridge Road and Reading Road through the 1930s.
Around 6,000 aircraft were built at Woodley aerodrome between 1933 and 1962. The site was redeveloped for housing in the 1980s, and that's the Airfields estate today.
On a single-car drive, one telescopic post in front of the car is enough. On a wider drive, two posts close the gap, and the second is £50 less.
Keyless car theft
Thames Valley Police has warned residents in the Wokingham and Bracknell areas that thieves relay keyless fob signals, sometimes through a house wall. Our keyless theft guide covers the cheap fixes that help alongside a bollard.
Getting to Woodley
Woodley is about 35 minutes from our base in Basingstoke, 18 miles by road, outside rush hour, up the A33 and across Lower Earley.
Parking and your drive in Woodley
Most people think of Woodley as Reading, but it's in Wokingham Borough, so that's the council for planning, parking enforcement and H-bars. Wokingham charges a £100 application fee for an H-bar, then £75 a metre to paint it if it's approved. The line is advisory and can't be enforced.
In the town centre, Headley Road car park, outside Woodley Library, has 205 spaces, four of them with EV charging. (source)
- H-bar markingsWokingham Borough Council
- Conservation areasWokingham Borough Council
- Report illegal parkingWokingham Borough Council
Prices in Woodley
A galvanised telescopic post is £629 fitted, and a fold-down post is £279. Two telescopic posts on one visit come to £1,208.
Every price is in our cost guide, and the steps from quote to fitting are on our homepage.
Questions from Woodley
Do you cover Earley and Lower Earley too? Yes. They're on our Reading page, and the price is the same.
Do you fit on the Airfields estate? Yes, on a drive you own. If your deeds include covenants about the front of the house, check them first.
Can one post protect two cars? Not usually. A post stops the car parked in front of it, so two cars side by side need two posts.
Who do I call when someone blocks my drive in Woodley? Wokingham Borough Council, not Reading. Its enforcement officers can deal with a car blocking your dropped kerb from the road. If the car is parked on your drive itself, the police treat it as a civil matter. Our parking guide explains, and a fold-down post is £279 fitted.
Nearby areas we cover: Reading, Wokingham, Bracknell and Henley-on-Thames.
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