Ashville Way is a fairly new estate, built on a bit of land that used to have warehouses/office buildings which were demolished a long time ago and lay unused for several years. Then they built a Lidl on one side if the site and the Ashville Way houses/flats on the other - the rest of that side of the road (Molly Millar's) that Ashville Way turns off is still industrial - storage places, a Screwfix, offices etc. The other side of the road has offices at the Finchampstead Road end and residential(30's houses and bungalows) at the other end. As well as the Lidl opposite the houses, there's a big Tesco on Finchampstead Road about 5 minutes walk away and the Carnival pool is quite close.
The railway runs fairly close behind the estate and there's a stream that runs through from Barkham Road to Finchampstead Road that used to flood a lot, but the developers had to put flood prevention works in place when they built, so it's probably OK now - you might want to check. There are plans for a new development of houses south of the railway on the other side of the Finchampstead which will include a new road and a new school, but I'm not sure when.
I think the houses would be Wescott/Westende catchment, the other side of Molly Millar's is, but I'm not totally sure as there weren't any houses there before - if not it would be Walter County/St Paul's Junior on the other side of the Barkham Road, both good schools, but generally oversubscribed. Evendons is very new, but it seems to be being set up by a very efficient group and I've heard good reports so far - I'm not sure which year groups they are opening with. It's on the site of a private school that went bust a few years ago.
Wescott is generally oversubscribed and Westende was too this year. There's usually a little movement (1-2 places)at the end of year, but places often fill up during the summer when people move in.
Wescott Road's an older area, Edwardian houses, some have off road parking but generally parking is difficult, especially at school run times (as well as Wescott and Westende there's St Crispin's secondary nearby) I think residents have permits, but I'm not sure. It's much nearer the town centre and there's a Co-Op at the end of the next road.
There's a biggish estate being built just south of London Road which will have a new school, again I'm not sure of the timescale, but it will probably have an effect on Wescott/Westende catchment.
I don't really know much at all about Durham Close, just that the Woosehill area generally is very varied socially, and that the Hawthorns School is very well thought of (used to be outstabpnding under the old HT, but don't know what it's like now)