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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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Newbury · Berkshire
The living room is the dry room that is seen most, which is why it is where the engineered oak and the parquet in the range go; the choice is width, finish and pattern rather than material. 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.
Living Room in Newbury
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 living room floor is specified here.
Detached houses are 33% of the homes in West Berkshire, and a large living room is the one place the widest boards in the range belong: the 190 mm Weybridge and the 220 mm Victorian Antique planks fill it calmly, and a Versailles panel makes it formal. A large room is also a large batch, ordered in one go so the shade holds across the floor.
Owner-occupation is 69% in West Berkshire, and the living room is the room an owner-occupier in Newbury spends on: engineered oak with a 3 mm or thicker wear layer, or a herringbone, laid once and refinished when the time comes. The finish decides the care, oil patched by the room, lacquer recoated across it.

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All 48 living room floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, West Berkshire (E06000037) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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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The engineered boards from the 125 mm Ascot Natural Brushed Oak through the 150 mm Cobham Natural Brushed Oak to the 190 mm Weybridge Golden Wheat Oak and the 220 mm Victorian Antique Natural Oak; the Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak and the Knightsbridge Chevron for a pattern; the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel for a formal room. All engineered, all with a 3 mm or thicker wear layer, all listed for underfloor heating.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled 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 |
| Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Invisible Oiled Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Ascot Whisky Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Smoked Grey Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
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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Engineered oak in the width the room can carry is the floor most living rooms in Newbury end up with: it looks like the solid timber it is on top, takes underfloor heating and can be sanded. A herringbone suits a room with length, laminate suits a budget, and rigid vinyl suits a living room that opens onto the kitchen.
Wide boards calm a large room and dominate a small one; narrow boards suit a terraced front room. The range runs from 90 mm solid boards to 220 mm engineered planks, and the plank-width guide linked below weighs it up.
The rigid-vinyl range can run through both, because it is listed as waterproof. An oak floor stops at the kitchen door or accepts the risk of a leak; many Newbury homes run the oak to the threshold and the vinyl beyond it in a matching tone.
Wear is settled at the front door, not in the sitting room. Where a Speen or Evingar order covers rooms of very different traffic, buy to the busiest: in an engineered board that means the depth of the top layer, and in LVT the wear class.
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.
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.
All ranges
Every range and room for Newbury, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Newbury33 floors
Solid Woodin Newbury15 floors
Parquetin Newbury15 floors
LVT Vinylin Newbury36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Newbury36 floors
Laminatein Newbury12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Newbury
Bathroomin Newbury
Bedroomin Newbury
Hallwayin Newbury
Conservatoryin Newbury
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