East Reading

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Human settlement in England

East Reading

Elevated view of London Street and further parts of the locality.

East Reading

Location within Berkshire

OS grid reference| SU729732
Unitary authority|

* Reading

Ceremonial county|

* Berkshire

Region|

* South East

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Police| Thames Valley
Fire| Royal Berkshire
Ambulance| South Central
UK Parliament|

* Reading Central

List of places

England
Berkshire

51°27′11″N 0°56′59″W﻿ / ﻿51.453020°N 0.949790°W﻿ / 51.453020; -0.949790

East Reading is a main locality (or informal subdivision) of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. Its centre is known as Cemetery Junction, after Reading Old Cemetery.

## Extent

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The locality has no formal boundaries; the name is generally used to refer to the area within the borough boundaries to the east of the commercial centre, next to and to the south of the canalised River Kennet, north of Whitley, west of Earley and east of Katesgrove. As such it includes the relatively densely populated area of Newtown, as well as the areas around London Road and Earley Road, Cemetery Junction and Wokingham Road as far as the borough boundary at The Three Tuns.

The locality is in the borough of Reading, including all of Park ward together with parts of Abbey, and Redlands wards. East Reading is currently in the Reading Central parliamentary constituency.

## Education

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The University of Reading's London Road Campus are narrowly within the locality's western boundary, whilst the university's main Whiteknights Campus is on the southern boundary. Both Reading College and the Thames Valley University are squarely within the informal confines, as is Reading School.

## Architecture

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Main article: Reading, Berkshire

The oldest building in the area is Watlington House, whilst the area includes other non-ecclesiastical buildings set among the rarest 0.1% nationally by listing at grade II* or above, such as Royal Berkshire Hospital and Albion Terrace.

## Transport

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Reading Buses operate frequent bus services along the London Road which transforms to Wokingham Road, including to the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

### East Reading MRT

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East Reading Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) is a proposed elevated bus, cycle and pedestrian route. If built, it will link a new park and ride site at Thames Valley Park, in Wokingham District, to Napier Road in Reading.[1] There has been much local opposition to the plan[2] and planning permission for it was refused by Wokingham District Council for a second time on 12 December 2018.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Reading Borough Council". www.reading.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 18 July 2016.
2. ^ https://saveourancientriverside.co.uk/
3. ^ "Town loses £19m funding as East Reading MRT refused again". 13 December 2018.

## External links

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* Media related to East Reading at Wikimedia Commons

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Reading, Berkshire

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* Reading Central
* Reading West and Mid Berkshire
* Earley and Woodley

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Places|

| Suburbs and areas
within the borough|

* Caversham
* Caversham Heights
* Caversham Park Village
* Coley
* Coley Park
* East Reading
* Emmer Green
* Green Park
* Horncastle
* Katesgrove
* Lower Caversham
* Newtown
* Norcot
* Southcote
* Tilehurst
* West Reading
* Whitley
* Whitley Wood

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Electoral wards
within the borough|

* Abbey
* Battle
* Caversham
* Caversham Heights
* Church
* Coley
* Emmer Green
* Katesgrove
* Kentwood
* Norcot
* Park
* Redlands
* Southcote
* Thames
* Tilehurst
* Whitley

Suburbs and areas
outside the borough|

* Beansheaf Farm
* Calcot
* Earley
* Fords Farm
* Holybrook
* Little Heath
* Lower Earley
* Maiden Erlegh
* Purley on Thames
* Tilehurst Without
* Woodley

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