Whitley Wood

Whitley Wood

Whitley Wood fire station
Whitley Wood
Whitley Wood shown within Berkshire
OS grid reference SU723691
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United 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 Parliament

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.


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