| West Reading | |
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  West Reading Location within Berkshire | |
| OS grid reference | SU698732 |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
West Reading is a suburb of the town of Reading in the county of Berkshire, England. It is in the Borough of Reading, and comprises Battle ward together with parts of Abbey, Coley, Norcot and Southcote wards of that borough. Whilst most of this area is in the Reading Central parliamentary constituency, the Norcot ward portion and a small part of Battle ward is in the Reading West and Mid Berkshire parliamentary constituency.[1]
The locality has no formal boundaries, but the name is generally used to refer to the area to the west of Reading's commercial centre, merging into or to the north of the suburbs of Coley and Southcote, to the east of the suburb of Tilehurst and to the south of the Reading to Bristol railway line. As such it includes the relatively densely populated area along and surrounding the Oxford Road as far as the foot of Norcot Hill, which is a typical example of the British town's rows of terraced houses, as well as the more affluent area between this road and the Bath Road and alongside Tilehurst Road as far as Prospect Park and its slopes.
- ^ Election Maps (Map). Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 23 January 2025.