Whitley Wood

Whitley Wood

Whitley Wood fire station
Whitley Wood
 Whitley Wood shown within Berkshire
OS grid referenceSU723691
Unitary authorityReading
Ceremonial countyBerkshire
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town Reading
Postcode district RG2
Dialling code 0118
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK ParliamentReading East
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire

Coordinates: 51°24′59″N 0°57′42″W / 51.41632°N 0.96171°W / 51.41632; -0.96171

Whitley Wood is a suburb to the south of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.[1]

Geography

Whitley Wood is bounded to the north by an ill-defined boundary with the suburb of Whitley, to the east by a ridge of high ground carrying the road to Shinfield, to the west by the valleys of the River Kennet and the Foudry Brook, and to the south by the M4 motorway.

Government

Whitley Wood lies within the Borough of Reading and all local government responsibility lies with the borough council. Whitley is within the Reading West parliamentary constituency.

References

  1. ↑ "Number 9 Reading bus attacked in Whitley Wood". www.getreading.co.uk. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whitley Wood.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, May 02, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.