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We deliver across Newbury and Berkshire (RG postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Herringbone Flooring in Newbury
Herringbone is laid from rectangular blocks with square-cut ends, set at right angles and staggered so the end of one block meets the side of the next; in this range it comes in engineered oak, which is glued, and in rigid vinyl, which clicks. In Newbury 84% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Herringbone in Newbury
Herringbone flooring in Newbury: what the housing says
The West Berkshire district counts 66,659 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a herringbone floor is specified here.
Detached houses are 33% of the West Berkshire stock, and their larger rooms carry the bigger 125 x 600 mm block without the pattern going busy. A large herringbone is planned around a border, and the setting-out drawing decides the quantity, so it comes before the order. The larger the room, the more the batch matters, and the whole floor is ordered at once.
Owner-occupation is 69% in West Berkshire, and herringbone is a floor people put into a house they intend to stay in: it is planned around the room, glued, and refinished rather than replaced. The 3 mm wear layer on the Oxford blocks keeps that refinishing cycle in reserve for a floor laid in Newbury now.
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All 18 herringbone floors- of households rent privately (13.7% in 2011)
- 17.1%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 16.3%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- RG14, RG20
- herringbone floors in our range
- 18
Source: ONS, Census 2021, West Berkshire (E06000037) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
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The herringbone range for Newbury homes
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In oak, the Oxford Herringbone blocks in 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed faces: Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak and Oxford Herringbone Light Oak are the two most often set against each other. In rigid vinyl, the BML Herringbone European Oak SPC and BML Herringbone Grey Oak SPC click floors, listed as waterproof, with a 0.55 mm wear layer.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Fumed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Vintage Fumed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Smoked Limed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Newbury's homes, by the numbers
West Berkshire in the 2021 census: 66,659 households, 83% houses, 16% flats.
Newbury covers RG14 and RG20 — Newbury Central, Clay Hill, Greenham, Speen and Wash Common, with Chieveley and Cold Ash, Hungerford and Kintbury around them. It sits in West Berkshire, a unitary authority. Ownership was 67.6% at the 2021 census and private renting 17.1%. Newbury has a dense historic core — the town was a cloth-making centre from the medieval period — and a ring of much later development around it. That gives two entirely different subfloors within a mile: timber joists in the centre, slab and screed on the newer estates. If the property is listed or in a conservation area, confirm what you may remove before you plan what to lay.
Every figure on this page is West Berkshire's, and the authority counts Newbury alongside Thatcham, Hungerford and Kintbury. About one home in six in that count is a flat, and four in five of them purpose-built rather than divided out of houses. An RG14 order is settled by the building at the address, not by the average.
A Wash Common ground floor crossing four or five rooms is not heated evenly across them, and the room used least swings furthest. Let the packs settle where they will be laid, and leave expansion room at every wall and doorway along the run.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Newbury
- Oak or rigid vinyl Oak is glued, sandable and for dry rooms; rigid vinyl clicks, floats and is listed as waterproof. The room decides.
- The setting-out drawing A herringbone is laid from a centre line with a planned border. The drawing decides the quantity, so it comes before the order.
- 15 to 20 percent over The waste allowance for a pattern floor, on the manufacturers' guidance. Order it in one batch.
- A border for the big room A large room takes a full border and a centred field. The setting-out drawing decides the border, and the border decides the order.
- Glued oak keeps, click vinyl lifts For a floor to keep, the glued oak herringbone can be refinished in place. Keep the invoice, batch number and adhesive name with the house papers.
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Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Fumed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Light Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Questions
Herringbone flooring in Newbury: questions, answered
Which rooms in a Newbury home suit herringbone?
The hallway and the living room above all: the pattern reads best along a length. In a kitchen the rigid-vinyl herringbone is the version to use, because it is listed as waterproof and the oak blocks are not.
Does herringbone cost more to fit than a plank?
A glued pattern floor takes longer to lay than a floating plank and uses more material, 15 to 20 percent waste against 8 to 12. The cost guide linked below cites the published fitting figures rather than guessing them.
Can I lay herringbone over underfloor heating?
The engineered Oxford blocks and the rigid-vinyl herringbone are both listed for underfloor heating. The screed has to be dry and the system commissioned before either goes down.
Can I order flooring samples to my Newbury address?
We post samples to any RG14 or RG20 address, and with an order this size, take several. Lay them out along the whole run before you commit, because a board that looks right in the hall can go flat in a north-facing back room.
Do you deliver herringbone flooring to Newbury?
Yes. We deliver across Newbury and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the RG14 and RG20 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Can I see a herringbone sample before ordering in Newbury?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Newbury address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
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Every range and room for Newbury, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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