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Retirement
£124,950
Flat · 2 beds · 1 bath · 743 sq ft
Hardings Lane, Gillingham, SP8
Leasehold
Added on 30/09/2026 
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1 bed flat for sale Newbury, Gillingham, SP8
Asking price
£90,000
Reduced on 01/10/2026
Reduced on 01/10/2026
Retirement home
- Type
- Flat
- Bedrooms
- 1
- Bathrooms
- 1
- Size
- £181 per sq ft
- Tenure
- Leasehold
- 110 years left(from the agent's description)
Service charge £3,199 a year(from the agent's description)Ground rent £846 a year(from the agent's description) Council tax Band B £2,000 a year EPC Energy rating band B 82
* From the agent's description. Check it with them before you rely on it.
Key features
- One bedroom first floor apartment
- South West facing
- Lodge manager available 5 days a week
- Owners’ lounge & kitchen with regular social events
- 24 hours Careline system for safety and security
- Great location close to the town centre & excellent transport links
- Owners’ private car park
- Owners Buggy Store
- A Guest Suite is available for your friends and family to stay in. In addition, you are entitled to use the Guest Suites at all Churchill Living developments across the country
About this property
Located in the town of Gillingham in the Blackmore Vale countryside, Royal Lodge is a delightful development of 35 one and two bedroom apartments. It is named after the Royal Hotel which formerly stood on the site.
Royal Lodge is ideally located at the end of the High Street within easy reach of the local shops and essential amenities including a doctors, supermarket, dentist, post office and library. It is also well located for the Riversmeet, a community, sports and fitness centre with facilities which include a fitness suite, sports hall, swimming pool, dance studio and therapy room and the town’s bowling club. Gillingham is ideally placed for exploring the surrounding area of North Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire with a great road network. The town is on the Exeter to London railway line making rail travel across the UK easy.
Floorplan
Energy performance
Energy rating band B 82
Current
Potential
92+
A
81-91
B
Current rating: 82 B
Potential rating: 87 B
69-80
C
55-68
D
39-54
E
21-38
F
1-20
G
This home is rated band B, scoring 82 out of 100. The average British home is band D. Its certificate says it could reach band B (87) if the improvements it recommends were carried out.
Read from the certificate published with this listing, so it may not be the latest one. Check the government EPC register for the full certificate and its recommendations.
Council tax
Band B £2,000 a year
Per year
- Band A£1,715
- Band BThis home: £2,000
- Band C£2,286
- Band D£2,572
- Band E£3,143
- Band F£3,715
- Band G£4,286
- Band H£5,144
This home is in band B, which costs £2,000 a year in Wiltshire for 2026/27.
Figures from MHCLG (Open Government Licence v3): the average bill for each band across Wiltshire, including the typical parish precept, so a parish's own bill can differ a little. Discounts lower the bill, such as 25% off for an adult living alone. Check a home's band on GOV.UK.
Property timeline
- ReducedOctober 2026 £90,000
Was £100,000
- ListedSeptember 2026 £100,000
1 bed · 1 bath · this listing
Past sales can't be shown: the agent hasn't given the flat number.
Price guide
This home
£181 / sq ft
Area average (sold)
£304 / sq ft
Price per area, sold homes nearby
£211 / sq ft
£181 / sq ft
£391 / sq ft
Lowest
This home
Highest
£181 per sq ft, below almost all recent sales in SP8 (£211–£391, 10th–90th percentile, 487 sales over 24 months).
Lowest and highest are the 10th and 90th percentiles of 487 homes sold in SP8 over the last 24 months. This home's figure uses its asking price. All sold £/sq ft in SP8 →
Location
Newbury, Gillingham, SP8
Mortgage and stamp duty
Property price £90,000
£45k £135k
Deposit10% £9,000
£0 £90k
Interest rate 4.5%
0.5% 15%
Repayment period 25 years
5 years 40 years
A £81,000 mortgage. Most lenders would want a household income of about £18,000 to support it.
A guide only, for a capital repayment mortgage. The rate you are offered and what you can borrow depend on your circumstances and a full application with a lender or broker. Your home may be repossessed if you do not keep up repayments on your mortgage.
Properties sold nearby
HM Land Registry sales nearby. Floor areas from Energy Performance Certificates where matched.
| Address | Type | Sold | Size | Size | £/sq ft | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Jul 2026 | 850 sq ft £129/sq ft | 850 sq ft | £129 | £110,000 |
| 27, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Apr 2026 | 527 sq ft £133/sq ft | 527 sq ft | £133 | £70,000 |
| 26, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Sept 2025 | 883 sq ft £108/sq ft | 883 sq ft | £108 | £95,000 |
| 5, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Aug 2025 | 527 sq ft £199/sq ft | 527 sq ft | £199 | £105,000 |
| 32, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Aug 2025 | 797 sq ft £151/sq ft | 797 sq ft | £151 | £120,000 |
| 33, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Jul 2025 | 807 sq ft £124/sq ft | 807 sq ft | £124 | £100,000 |
| 23, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Mar 2025 | 506 sq ft £221/sq ft | 506 sq ft | £221 | £112,000 |
| 30, Royal Lodge, Newbury Flat / maisonette | Flat / maisonette | Mar 2025 | 431 sq ft £180/sq ft | 431 sq ft | £180 | £77,500 |
Area insights
The neighbourhood around this property.
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