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✦ For Your Information 9 ✦ Earley Map & Street Guide 22/23 ✦ Local Government in Earley 10 ✦ A Brief History 30 ✦ Earley Town Councillors 11 ✦ Useful Telephone Numbers 35 ✦ About Earley 13 ✦ Contacts 36 ✦ Business Parks 14 ✦ Services Directory 40 ✦ Out and About 15

PAGE 6 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 7 THE SOMERVILLE GLASS FOR YOUR INFORMATION Window Doctors & WINDOWS LTD. • We want to keep our residents informed about what is going on locally. THAMES VALLEY 209, SHINFIELD ROAD, • We have a Help Shop at the Town Council Offices in Radstock Lane, Earley. It ALUMINIUM & UPVC READING, RG2 8HA. stocks a wide selection of literature – including booklets, leaflets, posters, reports Tel: 0118 986 8866 REPAIR SPECIALISTS and other publications which give details of the Council and its services. WINDOWS - DOORS Fax: 0118 986 1276 CONSERVATORIES - GLASS & GLAZING www.somervilleglass.co.uk • There is an extensive and informative website which e-mail: [email protected] SERVICE - TRADE SUPPLY can be reached on www.earley-tc.gov.uk FREE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE YOUR LOCAL WINDOW FREE ESTIMATES AND GLAZING COMPANY • Further information can be obtained by e-mailing us LOCKSMITHS WE CAN SUPPLY OR SUPPLY AND FIT TO at [email protected] NON DESTRUCTIVE ENTRY - LOCK RETAIL OR TRADE CUSTOMERS • The Town Council supports the Mobile SERVICE & UPGRADE - INSURANCE WINDOWS, DOORS, IN PVCu, WORK - LOCK SUPPLIED & FITTED - UPVC ALUMINIUM, TIMBER & STEEL Information Centre which regularly provides a SPECIALIST - ALL TYPES OF WINDOWS & COMMERCIAL WINDOWS & SHOPFRONTS, service from the District Centre near to the Asda DOORS - SAFES SUPPLIED & FITTED CONSERVATORIES ALL TYPES OF GLAZING INCLUDING Supermarket. www.windowdoctorsthamesvalley.co.uk SEALED UNITS, SINGLE GLASS, MIRRORS, PICTURE FRAME GLASS, TABLE TOPS, SHELVING, PUTTY GLAZING AND TEL/FAX: 0118 989 4563 SPLASHBACKS Correspondence for Earley Town Council should be addressed to: MOBILE: 07876 450 063 LOCKS, HINGES, HANDLES, LETTERBOXES Town Clerk – Philip Truppin, Earley Town Council, Council Offices, Radstock Lane, EARLEY, RG6 5UL Telephone: 0118 986 8995 Facsimile: 0118 975 6681

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PAGE 8 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 9 LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN EARLEY EARLEY TOWN COUNCILLORS Earley Town Council is your local community attractive lake, ancient woodlands, wildflower WHITEGATES based council. The Council Offices are situated and butterfly areas and the Interpretation in Radstock Lane. Most meetings of the Town Centre. Munir Ahmed, 59 Chiltern Crescent, Earley, RG6 1AL (Tel: 926 6889) Council and its committees are held on Other facilities include the secluded Lawn Sheena Matthews, 27 The Drive, Earley, RG6 1EG (Tel: 966 2702) Wednesday evenings, (Planning meetings are Cemetery at Mays Lane which is some 12 Alison Swaddle, 179 Church Road, Earley, RG6 1HN (Tel: 07792 104221) held on Tuesdays), full details including all acres in extent and is a very peaceful haven in agendas and minutes being displayed on the the middle of local residential development, CUTBUSH regularly updated Council Website. and enhanced with the provision of the Garden Tim Chambers, Sharmel, Cutbush Lane, Earley, RG6 4UU (Tel: 986 9117) Wokingham Borough Council is the Unitary of Remembrance. There is a large and well Pauline Jorgensen, Planters Lodge, Cutbush Lane, Lower Earley, RG6 4UU (Tel: 986 8732) Authority for this area, providing the great maintained allotment site at Culver Lane that majority of services including schools, social backs on to Milton Road, which benefits from a Judith Clark, 35 Kensington Close, Lower Earley, RG6 4EY (Tel: 986 6492) services, council housing, refuse collection and resident Horticultural Society. Any residents management of sports centres. The Town has interested in a plot should contact the Council HAWKEDON eight schools, one of which, Maiden Erlegh Offices. Also, there are two large Community Pamela Dunn, 3 Whitton Close, Earley, RG6 3UQ (Tel: 935 3194) School, is a secondary school. Contact Centres both available for private hire. One is numbers are provided in the general at Radstock Lane and the other at Maiden Michael Firmager, 46 Chilcombe Way, Lower Earley, RG6 3DA (Tel: 926 9340) information section. Place. Both have resident Social Clubs with Timothy Holton, 23 Toseland Way, Lower Earley, RG6 7YA (Tel: 966 8254) The Town Council provides a wide variety their own comfortable bar/lounge areas. And, of local services. Parks are provided at Sol Joel lastly, the Town Council now runs two HILLSIDE situated in Church Road (which has football Community & Youth Centres at Centrepoint Linda Chambers, Sharmel, Cutbush Lane, Earley, RG6 4UU (Tel: 986 9117) and cricket pitches, sports courts, a skate park and Silverdale, having taken these over from Norman Jorgensen, Planters Lodge, Cutbush Lane, Lower Earley, RG6 4UU (Tel: 986 8732) Wokingham Borough Council in 2013. and children’s play equipment), Meadow Park (a Ralph Houlbrooke, 55 Falstaff Avenue, Earley, RG6 5TG (Tel: 987 4233) more traditional park with open space, play Town Council responsibilities also include areas, formal flower beds and a wild flower street furniture, the construction of linking meadow), Marefield Pond and Bulmershe Park footpaths, the provision and maintenance of MAIDEN ERLEGH which is jointly managed with Woodley Town some of Earley’s street lighting and consultation Andrew Bradley, 3 Whitton Close, Lower Earley, RG6 3UQ (Tel: 935 3194) Council. Additionally, the Town Council has on highways and all local planning applications. John Russell, 33 Allendale Road, Earley, RG6 7PD (Tel: 961 6638) recently taken over the management of the Although the Town Council is an entirely Christopher Smith, 19 Elm Lane, Earley, RG6 5UE (Tel: 07880 902322) sports pavilion in Laurel Park, which has been separate entity there are direct links to most extensively refurbished. The Council also owns of the services provided by Wokingham RADSTOCK and maintains a Local Nature Reserve at Borough Council. There are currently 25 Town Instow Road. The Reserve is some 12 hectares Councillors representing eight Wards. Melanie De Jong, 6 Conygree Close, Lower Earley, RG6 4XE (Tel: 987 1419) in extent and within its boundaries is a very Jackie Rance JP, 27 Conygree Close, Lower Earley, RG6 4XE (Tel: 921 2232) Peter Willis, 25 Clevedon Drive, Earley, RG6 5XF (Tel: 987 3656)

Earley Town Council offices. REDHATCH John Armstrong, 9 Reeds Avenue, Earley, RG6 5SP (Tel: 986 0819) David Chopping, 13 Luckmore Drive, Earley, RG6 7RP (Tel: 926 7260) Bill Luck, 32 Easby Way, Lower Earley, RG6 3XA (Tel: 07801 061493) Brian Wedge, 13 Reeds Avenue, Earley, RG6 5SP (Tel: 931 0153)

ST NICOLAS Guy Grandison, 2 Gabriels Square, Lower Earley, RG6 3WP (Tel: 986 8585) Laura Blumenthal, 17 Radstock Lane, Earley, RG6 5RX (Tel: 07947 974464) Nicola Brock, 43 Strand Way, Earley, RG6 4BU (Tel: 07880 500372)

PAGE 10 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 11 AlliedAllied SchoolsSchools ofof DanceDance ABOUT EARLEY “excellent training with Earley is situated in the historic Royal experienced professional teachers” County of Berkshire, on the outskirts • Small friendly classes • Ballet, tap, modern, fitness, of Reading, and has tended to jazz, drama, singing become integrated into its urban • Free trial class sprawl, a common happening with • Fully registered: RAD, ISTD, & communities on the boundaries of BBO grades & majors most towns. In fact, Earley is within • Excellent exam results • Special beginners classes • Shows, festivals and Awards the Wokingham Borough area, and Come along not Reading. It has an elongated and join the fun! shape which stretches from the River Thames in the north to the M4 in the south. The population of the Town is currently estimated to be in excess of 33,000. Geographically Earley is almost divided into three parts. It is also Bridge over the Loddon. quite interesting to note the variations of the name of Earley present in the Earley’s long history dates back to Roman area, Erleigh, Erlegh and Earley. In the north, times. In the 11th Century, the area was from the River Thames to the railway line we known as Herlei when the population was have North Earley and part of Central Earley thought to be in the region of some 100 ☎ 0118 967 1600 and Maiden Erlegh (so called because it is built residents. There was a gradual increase over [email protected] www.livetodance.co.uk on the site of a large estate of that name). the centuries, but the first large increase RECOMMENDEDHIGHLY Stretching southwards to the M4 motorway is occurred during the housing boom of the Kilnsea Pre-School DRAIN & ABLE South Earley where the green fields area has 1930s and 1940s by which time the population Independent Drainage Service now almost entirely given way to the new had grown to in excess of 5,000. Friendly, experienced, qualified staff 24/7 EMERGENCY SERVICE roads and houses constructed as part of the Ofsted GOOD. Flexible hours GUARANTEED ARRIVAL The origin of the name of the Town is open Large indoor and outdoor play areas. ALL TELEPHONE CALLS ANSWERED Lower Earley development. to interpretation. There are many place names Any catchment area. PERSONALLY The main shopping area, which includes an which have either ley or leigh within them. 1 Children accepted from 2 ⁄2 to 5 years Call anytime on 0118 957 6244/ Asda Superstore, can be found at the District This is an Anglo Saxon word for a wood or Maiden Place Community Centre 07795 598207 Centre by Chalfont Way. There are also clearing. This could apply to any of the several Lower Earley, Reading RG6 3HE www.drainandable.co.uk smaller shopping parades at Silverdale Road, spellings of the name Earley which include 07754 847 967 Maiden Place and in Wokingham Road near to Erlegh, Erleigh and Earley. Er or Ear could refer [email protected] the Three Tuns crossroads. to either eagles or gravel pits. Both are www.kilnseapreschool.co.uk possible, but birds of prey were a common sight. family friendly pub Earley Town Council was the successor to the previous The Three Tuns homemade food Parish Council and came into sky sports, pool, darts being in 1974. The logo was live music conceived and drawn originally brilliant cask marque approved ales and by Paul Devonald (one of craft beers Earley’s Town Councillors in the function room available 1980s). It is a representative depiction of the sun rising over phone: 01189 262170 the Earley skyline. The tower of website: www.threetunsreading.com the Earley St Peter’s Church is Swans facebook: @ThreeTunsReading prominent.

PAGE 12 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 13 BUSINESS PARKS AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS OUT AND ABOUT IN EARLEY Earley is a popular location for Meadow Park business due to its excellent road The Park is some four acres plus in extent and rail communications coupled and situated between Roman Way and with an attractive living and working Meadow Road, with pathways leading in from environment. A prosperous and both roads. There are extensive cultivated economically vibrant area, the Town beds, mainly with shrubs, a wildflower meadow is home to service sector and leading section, a central grassed area, an aromatic high-tech companies including Oracle garden and two areas of children’s play and Microsoft. equipment. The Park has been extensively THAMES VALLEY PARK upgraded in an attempt to try to meet local needs. This exciting business park has Thames Valley Park. become well-established on an attractive 47 hectare development site overlooking the Thames in north Earley. It has direct Maiden Erlegh Park access from the A329(M) via a flyover across the A4. An adjoining 33 hectare country park, The Park is some twelve hectares in extent, including a nature reserve, complements the parkland setting of the ultra-modern offices. and has been classified as a Local Nature Existing facilities at the business park include a day nursery and a health and fitness club. Reserve. It is managed on the Town Council’s Occupiers include BG Group, Oracle Corporation, Microsoft, Xansa and ING Direct. behalf by its Park Ranger Service with the help of the Head Water Bailiff and up to ten seasonally appointed Water Bailiffs. SUTTONS BUSINESS PARK Suttons Business Park. The Park is in several “parcels” which are Slough Estates has developed over described on the Interpretation Boards around 71,500 square metres of the site. The Lake area, between Instow Road employment space at this prime and Lakeside is managed under the Reservoirs location east of Reading at the Bulmershe Park Act and is inspected by a Consultant Engineer junction of the A4 and the A329(M) each year. Records have to be kept on water The Park is situated off Woodlands Avenue on in north Earley. It comprises a mix levels, and the condition of the Weir, etc., the boundary between Woodley and Earley of modern, mostly office, premises aspects which are inspected by the Engineer. and is jointly managed by the two Town in landscaped grounds fronting the Councils. Entrance is usually gained from Pitts A4 at its entrance and slightly The Lake is bounded by ancient woodland Lane. More of its area is within Woodley and, older industrial and warehousing and again the Council has had a hard balancing historically, Woodley Town Council has units, typically of around 400 act to reconcile the needs of the population undertaken routine grass cutting and other square metres in size, at its living all around the Park, many of whom use maintenance, with our Council meeting a western end. A key occupier is the main pathway as a thoroughfare, and the proportion of the costs each year. We now Rockwell Collins, high-tech need to conserve a valuable habitat. have a greater degree of responsibility since suppliers to the aerospace industry. There have been many improvements the development of our Park Ranger Service, undertaken in recent years including desilting, but largely the old arrangement remains in bankworks, pathworks and water/fish quality place and works well. controls. These initiatives are ongoing, and anyone interested in becoming involved in the Paddick Drive Open Space conservation work would be welcome to join This area of land consists of a large one of the local volunteer groups. Fishing recreational area of grass and trees, and is permits can be obtained from the Council popular with walkers, particularly dog Offices. walkers. There is a dirt based BMX Track The Interpretation Centre at Instow Road located in the corner part of the field, which provides a base for managing the Reserve and has been planted out with a variety of trees a well appointed field study centre for local and shrubs. Recently, a Community Orchard students and school children. It was erected as has been established here in one corner of a Millennium project, and is available for hire. the field.

PAGE 14 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 15 Sol Joel Park The 18 acre Sol Joel Park is entirely within the Earley Town Council area, but for historical reasons, it was conveyed to Reading Borough Council by Sol Joel, and is now Centrepoint Community & Youth Centre Silverdale Community & Youth Centre leased to Earley Sol Joel Park The Centrepoint Community & Youth Centre is Together with Centrepoint, this facility was Town Council. located in the ASDA complex, adjacent to the taken over by Earley Town Council from The Park has three football pitches, mini Maiden Place Community Centre Lower Earley Library and opposite the Trinity Wokingham Borough Council in October soccer pitches, a cricket square and a pavilion. Rebuilt and extended in the1980s, the Centre Church. This Centre provides accommodation 2013. As well as being “home” to a number Several skate ramps have been provided provides a bar/lounge which is the home of for a number of daytime community groups, for of local organisations, including Maiden which are suitable for rollerblading, Maiden Place Social Club. The Community example an After School Club, the Chalfont Erlegh Pre-School, and a Parent & Toddler skateboarding and BMX bikes. The equipment Centre is a very popular venue for parties and Toddlers Group; and is also available for private Group. has recently been upgraded and added to and, hire. The Earley Volunteer Drivers’ Bureau meetings and again benefits from the presence The Centre is also home to the very more recently a Street Running (Parkour) Office is located within the centre. of a nursery group, Kilnsea Pre School which successful Bike Workshop which is run as a facility has been installed. The most recent provides places for the under fives. In In February 2015, the Town Council, with youth activity on Thursday evenings and phase of improvements providing more play addition to the main hall and meeting room, the collaboration of the Just Around the daytime Saturdays and the Fusion Music equipment for children, to include items for the Centre also has a second medium size Corner Organisation, has reinstated a Youth Project which inclusive play has just been installed, and a hall, the Function Room which is extremely Club which takes place on a Saturday evening takes place on a major project to rebuild the pavilion to popular with hirers. Again, bookings can be between 7 pm and 9 pm. As well as in-club Wednesday modern standards was completed in 2013. made at the Council Offices. The Centre has activities, the Centre has access to the adjacent evening, The Park has been awarded Queen been much improved recently with the Loddon Valley Leisure Centre for use of one of aimed at Elizabeth II Field status by Fields in Trust in the installation of an air conditioning system. its sports halls. young Queen’s Diamond Jubilee year. people who wish to play Radstock Lane Community Centre music or, The Centre is provided on a site adjacent to indeed, who Radstock Primary School and immediately are opposite the Town Council Offices. It beginners comprises a main hall and a meeting room. and wish to The Earley Radstock Social Club manages the learn to bar/lounge. On weekdays the popular play a Wendyhouse Pre School Group operates musical from the Centre. instrument. The main hall is particularly well appointed The Centre is and has a friendly atmosphere, which has also available for made it an extremely popular venue for private hire and functions such as weddings, birthday and information about anniversary parties. It is also a favourite bookings can be meeting point for several local organisations. obtained from the Information about bookings can be obtained Town Council Silverdale Centre from the Town Council Offices. Offices.

PAGE 16 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 17 Waterside Centre Maiden Erlegh Visual Arts Centre Based at Maiden Erlegh School, this is an adaptable space with facilities for learning and teaching Visual Arts, with sculpture and exhibition options. It also houses a dedicated exhibition area including a virtual reality exhibition kiosk funded by Earley Town Council. The aim of this Centre is to increase participation in the Visual Arts within the local community through access to courses and workshops during twilight and evening hours, weekends and school holidays. Courses are published, with application forms, on the school’s website and are also CResCent Community Resource Centre Waterside Centre Laurel Park available at local libraries and other public The Community Resource Centre is now Many visitors to the Town do not realise that Adjacent to the Local Nature Reserve is outlets. well established. The building was designed part of Earley fronts the Thames. Beyond the Laurel Park, which is owned and managed by Artists who would to allow for flexible use to respond to the A3290, is Thames Valley Park, and an excellent Wokingham Borough Council. Access is like to use the space to requirements of the community and to water facility has been provided by gained from Rushey Way via Marefield. The run classes or support its development. The success of Wokingham Borough Council overlooking the entrance road leads to a pavilion, recently workshops work with the centre has grown through many Thames primarily for rowing and canoeing. It acquired by the Town Council, with several the school or exhibit partnerships and now provides a focal is already well used both for local and national football pitches beyond. The Park also has a work either in the point for the community. events. Below is a cavernous area for the well designed and maintained children’s play exhibition area or on If you have not yet visited the Centre storage of boats and upstairs are meeting area and a large general recreational area. the virtual reality please do call in, its volunteers and staff rooms, conference facilities and a medical/first exhibition kiosk may will give you a warm welcome. aid room which was equipped by the Town Loddon Valley Leisure Centre contact the School. Council. On the opposite bank of the Training is a key activity at the centre Already a very well equipped sports centre, Thames, easily viewed from the balcony is a with a diverse programme of courses Wokingham Borough Council managed lovely sanctuary for birds, which is very including foreign languages, IT, crafts and Loddon Valley Sports Centre has recently popular with ornithologists. art. These are open to all local residents. benefited from a major refit. Two well Courses to support voluntary & Public Houses appointed swimming pools have been added community groups such as first aid, food Earley has a number of very popular public to the list of available activities. Other hygiene & disability & diversity are houses. The Earley Retreat and the Toby improvements include a magnificent fitness available. Carvery are in the District Centre area. suite. The entrance to the Centre fronts Rushey Way, near to the entrance to Asda Regular weekly groups are hosted by the There are two Public Houses, well frequented Superstore. CResCent, ranging from line dancing and and very popular at lunchtimes, both on the yoga to blood-donation and quilting. eastern side of Town at The George in Loddon CResCent also provides much needed Bridge Road and The Poachers at Sindlesham READING TaeKwonDo ACADEMY Mill. A more recent facility is the Seven Red accommodation for a variety of voluntary • TIGERS 4 years to 6 years • JUNIORS 7 years plus Roses at the Maiden Place Shopping Centre. and community groups such as Earley Bus, • ADULTS pay as you go fitness classes Wokingham Resource & Opportunity Chalfont Park SELF DEFENCE, DISCIPLINE, CONFIDENCE, FITNESS Centre and the Church of Christ. The second of the two Wokingham Borough The CResCent Moon Café is open from owned parks within the Earley area is MON & THU: Radstock School RG6 3HE 9:00-5:00pm weekdays and on Wednesdays opposite the District Centre at Chalfont Way. WED: Shinfield St. Marys’ School RG2 9EJ lunches are served between 12:30-1:30pm. The neat and well appointed park has a FRI: David Lloyd Sports Centre RG6 1PT The Centre can be contacted on Tel: modern pavilion, floodlit sports courts, www.reading-tkd.com E: [email protected] 0118 921 0555 or look at the website on football pitches and a variety of play Call: 01344 777 522 or 07766 125 735 www.earleycrescent.org. equipment.

PAGE 18 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 19 MAIDEN ERLEIGH Silverdale Parade DRYCLEANING CENTRE • Launderette • Duvets • Service Washes • Curtains, Upholstery • Alterations and Repairs and much more All with a friendly service Tel: 0118 926 7728 15 The Parade, Silverdale Rd, Earley RG6 7NZ • When it comes to choice of flooring, expert advice and competitive prices Ashby Carpets & Flooring is the place to go. The family business • The Maiden Erleigh Drycleaning Centre will run by Chris and Debbie Ashby started in 1978 take care of the cleaning of your Duvets, and they opened the Silverdale Parade shop in Curtains and upholstery. This family-run 1988.All work is guaranteed and carried out by business has a launderette and carries out their son Mark and Kieron who both excel in the alterations and repairs. All with a friendly fitting of Karndean, wood, and carpets. The shop service. is now the leading Karndean show room for the area. Michael who is the shop Manager is able to • FinnHair has occupied the parade since 1973. In Offering the local community a offer a high standard of help and advise having these years they have had much fun improving worked for Ashby carpets for the past 10years. their services and training their highly dedicated convenient variety of shops and The same attention to detail is applied both to team to provide a professional high quality domestic and contract work. Choose from, standard of hairdressing. They offer wedding hair, services with free parking. Karndean Wood, Laminates, Linoleum, Flotex, hair extensions and keratin blow dries. Finnhair is Safety flooring, Vinyl and of course Carpets. a recognised Master colour salon enabling them to advise you the best in colour. The salon benefits from free parking, air-conditioning and a training Est 1973 school. They are very excited about the FINNHAIR refurbishment in Aug 2015. 14 The Parade Local family business established in 1978 Silverdale Road Earley • Martin & Pole is an experienced firm of Reading residential & commercial estate and letting agents, property & chattel auctioneers and Chartered RG6 7NZ Surveyors. They have been practicing in the area for over 160 years and their offices at The Parade 0118 9264058 have served the immediate community since 2000. For professional advice telephone 0118 926 4422 or call in to see them.

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PAGE 22 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 23 STREET INDEX STREET INDEX

Adams Way B3 22 Chive Road B4 22 Gabriels Square F5 23 Lutton Close B5 22 Regent Close D5 22 Sibley Park Road B4 22 Tamworth Close E4 23 Whiteknights Road C1 22 Adwell Drive E5 23 Church Road C1 22 Gardner Place C4 26 Repton Road E2 23 Sibson D3 22 Tarragon Close B4 22 Whitestone Close F3 23 Mace Close B5 22 Rhodes Close F2 23 Sidmouth Grange Close C3 26 Thames Valley Park Drive B2 26 Whitton Close E4 23 Aldbourne Avenue C1 22 Church Road C4 26 Gelder Close E5 23 Maiden Erlegh Drive C1 22 Alder Close F5 23 Cinnamon Close B4 22 Gipsy Lane E3 23 Ribbleton Close F3 23 Sidmouth Grange Road C3 26 Thannington Way D4 22 Wickford Way B5 22 Maiden Lane E4 23 Richborough Close C4 22 Silverbrook Close E3 23 The Drive C3 26 Wickham Road F5 23 Allendale Road C2 22 Clevedon Drive C4 22 Gladridge Close D1 22 Maiden Place E4 23 Allonby close E3 23 Clove Close B4 22 Goddard Close D2 22 Richman Close D2 23 Silverdale Road D3 22 Thistleton Way G4 23 Wield Court F5 23 Mallard Close B3 22 Ridlington Close G4 23 Simmonds Crescent F5 23 Thorney Close G3 23 Wild Close D6 22 Amber Close E2 23 Collins DriveC422Goldthorpe Gardens B6 22 Maltby Way B5 22 Robindale Avenue E2 23 Skeffling Close F4 23 Thurnscoe Close B6 22 Wilderness Court B2 22 Anderson Avenue C4 26 Colmworth Close C5 22 Gosforth Close E3 23 Manea Close D6 22 Robinson Court B4 22 Skelmerdale Way F2 23 Thyme Close B5 22 Wilderness Road B3 22 Andrews Road C2 22 Compton Close E1 23 Graffham Close C5 22 Marefield D3 22 Roman Way E2 23 Soham Close D5 22 Tickhill Close B6 22 Wimblington Drive D6 22 Anston Close B6 22 Conygree Close C5 22 Gregory Close D6 22 Marfleet Close G4 23 Rosedale Crescent C2 26 Somerton Gardens C4 22 Tiggall Close F2 23 Wispington Close F3 23 Ashley Close D4 22 Copperdale Close A3 22 Hambledon Close F5 23 Markby Way F3 23 Rosemary Avenue B5 22 Southwold Close F5 23 Tilney Way B5 22 Witcham Close E6 23 Avalon Road D2 22 Coriander Way B5 22 Harcourt Drive A3 22 Matthews Close E2 22 Rowland Way B3 22 Springdale C3 22 Tinsley Close B6 22 Wokingham Road C1 22 Bader Way, The G1 23 Courts Road D1 22 Harlton Close D6 22 Mawbray Close E3 23 Crawford Close C3 22 Rushall Close A6 22 Squirrels Way D4 22 Tinwell Close G4 23 Woodbine Close E4 23 Barbel Close C2 26 Harrington Close E3 23 Mays Close C5 26 Rushey Way G4 23 St Clements Close D4 22 Tiptree Close B5 22 Woodlands Avenue C4 26 Barholm Close F5 23 Crescent,The D2 22 Hartsbourne Road B3 22 Mays Lane D1 22 Culford Close F4 23 Rustington Close C5 22 St Martins Close D4 22 Toseland Way F3 23 Woodmere Close C3 22 Barkby E3 23 Harwich Close F5 23 McNair Close B4 22 Culver Lane C3 26 Ryhill Way B5 22 Stanton Close D1 22 Treeton Close A5 22 Woodsend Close A6 22 Barkwith Close F3 23 Hawkedon Way F4 23 Meadow Road F2 23 Station Road D1 22 Trout Close C2 26 Worrall Way B6 22 Cutbush Close C5 22 Saffron Close E2 23 Barn Croft Drive F5 23 Heacham Close B6 22 Measham Way D4 22 Steeple Walk B5 22 Trusthope Close F3 23 Wyatt Crescent E5 23 Cutbush Lane C5 22 Sage Close B4 22 Barrington Close C4 26 Heatherhill Close E2 23 Meldreth Way E5 23 Stilton Close F3 23 Tumeric Close B4 22 Wychwood Close B3 22 Salcombe Drive D1 22 Basil Close B4 22 Danehill C5 22 Henley Wood Road E2 23 Melling Close F3 23 Stockbury Close C4 22 Turnbridge Close C5 22 Wychwood Crescent B3 22 Saleby Close F3 23 Bassett Close D6 22 Delamere Road C3 26 High Tree Drive D4 26 Merrifield Close E5 23 Stonea Close D6 22 Saltersgate Close F4 23 Uffcott Close B6 22 Yoreham Close E5 23 Bay Close B4 22 Delph, The F4 23 Highfields C4 22 Mildenhall Close F4 23 Stowmarket Close F4 23 Sawtry Close F3 23 Warbler Drive D4 22 Beaconsfield Way B4 22 Dene Close C3 22 Hillside Road E2 23 Mill Lane F2 23 Strand Way D5 22 Sellafield Way E3 23 Waring Close D5 22 Beauchief Close B5 22 Dennose Close C4 22 Hilltop Road D3 26 Mill Lane G4 23 Sturbridge Close D4 22 Selsey Way C5 22 Warnsham Close C5 22 Beech Lane C3 22 Doddington Close E5 23 Hilmanton Close B5 22 Milton Road C3 26 Sutcliffe Avenue E2 23 Settrington Close G4 23 Watersfield Close C5 22 Beech Lane D4 22 Dove Close A5 22 Hindhead Road B3 22 Mint Close B4 22 Sutton Court C4 26 Sevenoaks Road D2 22 Welwick Close F4 23 Beeston Way B5 22 Driftway Close E5 23 Holsworthy Close F3 23 Moor Copse Close D2 22 Suttons Park Avenue B2 26 Sharpethorpe Close C5 22 Westcroft CloseC322 Beighton Close B5 22 Dunaways Close E2 23 Hollym Close F4 23 Moorhen Drive D4 22 Swanmore Close F5 23 Dunholme Close F3 23 Shepherd’s Avenue D2 26 Westminster Way D4 22 Berstead Close C5 22 Hornbeam Drive E5 23 Nash Close B3 22 Swepstone Close E4 23 Durand Road C4 22 Shepherd’s Hill D2 26 Wheelton Close F2 23 Betchworth Avenue C2 22 Huntingdon Close F3 23 Newmarket Close F4 23 Shepherd’s House Lane B2 26 Tamarind Way B4 22 Whitegates Lane C3 26 Binbrook Close F3 23 Easby Way F4 23 Hutton Close B4 22 Newquay Drive C5 22 Blackley Close F2 23 Easington Drive G4 23 Ilfracombe Way F3 23 Northam Close G3 23 Blackthorn Close C4 26 Eastcourt Avenue C4 26 Instow Road D3 22 Northbourne Close C4 22 Let us arrange for your Bosham Close C5 22 Ebborn Square D5 22 Irvine Way D5 22 Notton Way B6 22 The perfect dog/s to stay with one of Bottisham Close D6 22 Edenham Close F5 23 Jay Close D4 22 Nuthatch Drive D1 22 our local, carefully selected, Bourn Close D5 22 Egremont Drive E3 23 alternative to Joel Close B3 22 Nutmeg Close B4 22 very special families – Bradmore Way C5 22 Elderberry Way E5 23 Odell Close C5 22 P kennels because at Barking Mad Bramley Close C3 22 Elford Close D4 22 Kelton Close G4 23 W we believe your dog Oldfield Close C4 26 Brean Walk C3 22 Elm Lane B4 22 Kennedy Gardens C2 22 deserves a holiday too! 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PAGE 24 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 25 A B NatureC Reserve D Earley Map Water Meadow 1& Street Guide Country Park Visit the Maiden Lane Centre located just off Kilnsea Drive where you can park for free.

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PAGE 26 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 27 • Pet Fayre is a small independent pet shop • The highly rated Rajmoni Restaurant and in Maiden Lane Centre. We specialise in takeaway moved to new contemporary complete dog, cat and small animal foods. premises next door in 2013. Now the largest Our prices are competitive and we hold an indian restaurant in Reading, it seats up to extensive range of accessories for most pets. 100 people in a comfortable and relaxed We can place special orders if an item is not atmosphere, perfect for large parties and in stock. weddings. First established in 2001, by We also sell Veterinary strength Flea, Tick Jashim Uddin, a successful restauranteur, and Worm treatments. Jashim and his team are committed to Our staff have extensive knowledge of pet providing quality authentic cuisine care and nutrition. combined with a courteous service at an Services we offer include Microchipping, Claw affordable price. The comprehensive menu Clipping and Small Animal Boarding. features traditional favourites such as A Post Office Local counter has now been Chicken Tikka Masala, as well as typical incorporated in the shop. Cash withdrawals, "Naga" speciality dishes and house specials currency, top ups, stamps, mail and financial including ostrich. The 'eat as much as you services are available. like' Sunday buffet with over fifty dishes Opening hours are Monday to Saturday 08:30 served individually, offers excellent value. to 17:30 (closed Sundays and Bank Holidays) Rajmoni were inclusions in the Best Food For more information please call us on 01189 Guide Award 2009 and noted as one of 266512 or email John Madesjski's favourite restaurants in [email protected] Reading. Tel: 0118 926 6882.

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PAGE 28 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 29 the local history book “Earley Days “ which growth started; the area, including around A BRIEF HISTORY OF EARLEY was produced by the local History Group Silverdale Road to Lakeside, being of this era. Prehistoric Earley The Middle Ages with help from the Town Council. This first After his death in 1931, the luxurious book is available on loan from local libraries. contents of the Mansion were sold at auction. It is very likely that humans from the Domesday records two manors, Erlegh St Two further books have been published, Palaeolithic period – the Old Stone Age – up Bartholomew and Erlegh St Nicholas. The de The Mansion itself became Maiden Erlegh namely ‘Earley Memories’ and ‘Suttons Seeds’, School for Boys which flourished until 1942. In to 400,000 years BC were foraging in Earley Erlegh family held the manors c.1160 – 1362. available to purchase from the Town Council for edible vegetation and grubs and hunting John de Erlegh, 1292, was known as the White 1945 the building was sold on to the Church Offices, local bookshops and the Lower Earley Army, which used it as a Training College until wild cattle, deer and elephant. Traces of flimsy Knight – thus the manor of St Nicholas was library. shelters made from brushwood have been renamed. The other Manor also had a name 1952. ICI then bought the Manor and used it found in North Earley on the site of the old change to Erlegh Court. The Manor of Maiden as a Conference Centre and offices until 1954, Power Station at the Thames Valley Business Erlegh, Erley Maydens, is attested from 1502 About Solly Joel when Cooper Estates Limited purchased the site. Hungarian refugees were housed there, Park. Tools from this era have been found and that it was formed out of Earley Solomon Barnato Joel purchased the Maiden following the Soviet invasion of their country within the Town. These early residents would Whiteknights in the 14th Century. Erlegh Estate in 1903. His generosity and lavish in 1956. They were its last residents – the have depended on the surrounding woodland lifestyle has been written into the folklore of The estate passed through several owners bulldozers starting their destruction in March for hunting and gathering of edible plants such Earley. Even the current spelling of Maiden over the Centuries eventually being acquired 1960. as nuts, berries and roots. It is thought that by Viscount Sidmouth who died in 1844. The Erlegh is attributed to him. He is also believed the clearing of woodland for agriculture and Manor remained in the Sidmouth family until by some to have had the Lake created, Maiden Erlegh Park the keeping of domesticated animals started in the 1930’s after which the estate was sold for although, again, maps of the 1700’s show it to In response to the demands of local residents, around 4000 BC, the Neolithic or New Stone building development. be already in existence. However, the large Cooper Estates agreed to sell Maiden Erlegh Age, with the arrival of people from the Erlegh St Nicholas, Whiteknights, was island within the Lake can probably be Lake and the surrounding woodland to Earley Continent. Small areas of wildwood would bought by Henry de Aldryngton in around attributed to him. He invested heavily in the Parish Council in return for being allowed to have been cleared using stone tools. There is 1361. After his death it passed down the family Estate commissioning a wonderful marble build on another greenfield site. As it was archaeological evidence for continued human line to the Beke family until the death of swimming pool complete with fresco. The realised the purchase would lead to an presence during the Bronze Age and Iron Age Henry Beke in 1580. By marriage to Beke’s grounds were well laid out, complete with a increase in the rates, the Council held a public on the site of the Thames Valley Business Park daughter Hugh Speke gained the estate. In magnificent rose garden and terracing. The meeting and a referendum. With the backing in North Earley. 1606 the Spekes sold the manor of Estate boasted an aviary, polo ground, cricket of the people of Earley, the Council purchased Erlegh Whiteknights for £7,500 to field and tennis courts. He also established a the site for £8,500 in 1965. More recently Old The Romans and Francis Englefield. His nephew, also famous race horse stud at New Farm, which Lane Wood, at the rear of Sellafield Way, was Beyond known by the same name became was re-named Home Stud Farm, and was acquired from the then Wokingham District situated near what is now Marefield, off Council, giving the Park a total area of some The Romans invading the owner in the beginning of the 17th Century. The Englefields were Rushey Way. 24 acres. The woodlands within the Park are England in AD 43, came of great historical and ecological to a land with fully devout Roman Catholics and thus A map held by the Town Council clearly faced persecution and heavy taxes. shows that the Mansion stood between importance, with Oak wood developed agriculture and dating from at Roman artefacts have been The estate remained in the family until Silverdale Road and Crawford Close. To get to found at a number of sites in the late 1700’s, when they were forced to the Mansion you would have travelled from Earley. A Saxon settlement has sell due to the ongoing prejudice of their Wokingham Road along Maiden Erlegh Drive, been discovered in Reading at the confluence neighbours. most of which still exists today, complete with sections of Victorian fencing and the Lodge. of the Kennet and the Thames dating from The Marquis of Blandford, who became the Maiden Erlegh Park. about 600 AD. Duke of Marlborough, had the parkland When millionaire Solomon Joel During the Reign of Edward the Confessor extensively landscaped during his ownership died on 22nd May 1931, the final the Manors at Earley were held by the Crown. between 1798 and 1819. However, he ran up chapter in the large estate of The Great Survey of AD 1086 reveals that massive debts and his possessions were seized Maiden Erlegh was near to only about 20 per cent of Berkshire was and sold including many of the landscape completion. His death and the wooded, and by 1200 much of the modern features. The impressive Manor House was subsequent dividing up of the landscape was already recognisable. The demolished in 1840-41. The Whiteknights 750-acre estate marked the Norman Conquest had the positive effect of Estate of today is the home of the University start of the building of the town increasing woodland cover to provide hunting of Reading which took over the site in 1947. we know today. However, it was forests with Windsor Forest extending to the Much of the material contained in this brief not until the Manor was Loddon. history derives from, and is contained within demolished in 1960 that the real

PAGE 30 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 31 least the 16th Century and containing some boundaries were adjusted between Shinfield 18 indicator species associated with old and Woodley. woodlands. Charcoal and pollen deposits from The railway came to the Parish in 1863 when sediment indicate that the Lake area was once the London and South Western Railway wet woodland, almost certainly created by opened Earley Station. The Great Western building a dam, flooding the valley bottom. This Railway had passed to the north of the village practice was commonplace from the Middle near Shepherds Hill, part of the infamous Ages to the 18th Century to create fish Sonning Cutting which claimed many workers’ ponds, to provide ice and a landscape feature. lives.

From Hamlet to Town Maiden Erlegh Estate and Manor The population of Earley stands today at just Maiden Erlegh was formed out of the Manor over 33,000 in contrast to the Herlei of 1086 of Erlegh St Nicholas, as a gift of land by John where the Great Survey records a population de Erlegh to Robert de Erlegh in 1362. Later it of 21 people, although it is thought likely a was transferred to a Charles Hide of truer figure would be around 100. The Abingdon. In 1673 the estate was sold to population remained fairly constant during this Valentine Crome, and it then passed through period up until the time of the Black Death in several hands and at the end of the 18th 1348, which it is estimated would have Century it belonged to William Matthew Birt Erlegh Court. reduced the population by more than half. who was Governor General of the Leeward The tax records for the 17th Century reveal Islands. only some 17 persons paying tax and thus the One particularly interesting feature of the the impending Lower Earley development. In 1818 the property passed to the Rt. Hon population seems to have remained low. In first Council meeting in 1976 was that the The Radstock Lane Community Centre was Edward Golding, MP for Downton, Wiltshire. 1841 the population stood at 471 and this had newly elected Councillor, Adrian Paddick, opened in 1983 and included a small suite of The Manor was purchased by John Hargreaves grown by 1931 to 847 and to over 5,000 by attending his first meeting and in the absence offices which became the Council’s in 1878, Master of the South Berks Hunt, who 1948. The increased size of population in the of anyone else willing to accept the post, was administrative home until its final move to founded a course where hunt and yeomanry 19th Century led to the Church of England thrust into the role of Chairman of Council. Radstock House, on the opposite side of the races, similar to the modern hunter chases making Earley a Parish in its own right, rather He was to continue in this role for some road, in 1987. 1986 saw the building of the were run. The course extended over an area than being part of the old Parish of Sonning. years, and by the time of his death in 1997, Maiden Place Community Centre. Initially it now covered by Hillside Road, Sutcliffe Avenue Earley St Peter’s Church was consecrated in had become the elder statesman of the Town included a small room plus in 1987 it was and Mill Lane. The grandstand stood on an 1844. The boundaries of Earley have changed Council, highly respected by his colleagues and decided to add a main hall, bar and upstairs area which is to the back of the houses in considerably over the years as the population by the local residents for his wisdom and room. The improvements were completed Hillside Road, opposite Loddon Junior School. has increased. In the 1890’s the Corporation calming effect on proceedings. around 1989. Solly Joel continued to allow racing until the of Reading expanded its boundary to include First World War, when the Maiden Erlegh At the time of its formation the Town The two Community Centres proved to be the area between Cemetery Junction and Racecourse was demolished, the grandstand Council looked after an area with some much needed facilities. With over 6,000 Church Road, whilst in the 1920’s the being re-erected at Newbury racecourse. 12,000 inhabitants. At this stage, the houses being built on the Lower Earley development of Lower Earley had yet to development and a population expansion from Local Government in Earley commence. Early meetings of the newly c.11,000 in 1974 to some 28,500 in 1990 and Although Earley has been a civil parish formed Earley Town Council were held in St an estimate in excess of 32,500 in 2002, the since the middle of the last century, perhaps Peter’s Church Hall on Church Road. In 1978, new facilities were essential additions to the the really significant date in local government the Town Council struck a deal with Maiden Town’s infrastructure. There was also terms has been quite recent, when in 1974, Erlegh School, and began to hold meetings in significant activity by the Town Council during there was extensive reorganisation of local the staff dining room and set up an office in a this period to try to improve facilities at government in Britain. Primarily, principal converted storeroom. The Council took on Maiden Erlegh Reserve. authorities were affected and the previous its first full time Town Clerk in January 1979 At the same time, the structure of the Wokingham Rural District Council became when Mr Leslie Norton became Clerk to the Council was gradually changing to meet the Wokingham District Council, renamed Council. new demands. In the days of the Parish Wokingham Borough Council in 2007. Also in Despite its comparatively small size, the Council and immediately after 1974, the Town 1974, the Town Council as we know it today Town Council responded positively to the Council had members who were not was formed. The Three Tuns. challenges with which it was being faced with politically labelled. Gradually their numbers

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Age Concern Out of hours emergencies: (Berkshire County Office) 0118 959 4242 Details of Voicebank No. obtainable from the Berkshire Women’s Aid 0118 950 4003 recorded message on 0118 986 8995 British Telecom – General Enquiries (Freephone) Wokingham Borough Council 0800 800 150 Out of Hours Emergency Number (Highways, Citizens Advice Bureau 0844 499 4126 Maintenance, Housing etc.) 0800 212111 CRUSE (bereavement help) 01344 411919 Community Care Services (Childrens’ Services) Daisy’s Dream 0118 908 8002 (bereaved service for young people) 0118 934 2604 Community Care Services (Adults’ Services) The Wilderness. Earley Bus 0118 975 7320 0118 974 6287 Earley Charity 0118 975 5663 Community Care Services (out of hours only) had dwindled and by the mid-1980s, all elected with all additional facilities now provided by Earley Day Centre 0118 966 1010 01344 786543 representatives were members of the main the Council and to meet the increasing Job Centre (Reading) 0845 604 3719 political parties. demands of central Government. Job Centre Plus 0845 606 0234 Wokingham Borough Council 0118 974 6000 Mays Lane Burial Ground 0118 986 8995 Mobile Information Centre The 1998 Local Government re- In 2006 the Council resolved that, Neighbourhood Watch 0118 918 1644 • Office 0118 921 0555 organisation significantly affected Earley in that henceforth, its Chairman would have the title SSAFA Forces Help 0118 969 6343 • Vehicle 0796 6460 851 the first tier authority, Berkshire County of Town Mayor, adding status to its civic WBC Central Placement & Fostering Service Council, became defunct as a new system of presence and representative profile in the 0118 974 6104 Unitary Authorities, based on the areas of the community. Police old district councils, was put into place. The • Emergency 999 Health • Non emergency 101 changes themselves had little impact on the A list of Chairmen and Mayors of Earley NHS South Rivergate House 01635 275500 Post Office Town Council’s work, but local government in Town Council to date is set out below: this area has only two tiers instead of three as Royal Berkshire Hospital 0118 322 5111 • District Centre, Chalfont Way 0118 986 0529 previously. CHAIRMEN Berkshire Disability Information Network • Maiden Place 0345 722 3344 01344 755528 • Maiden Erlegh, Silverdale Road 0118 966 3859 As the responsibilities of the Town Council 1974 – 1976 R R Boulton; 1976 – 1981 NHS Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust Post Office Helpline 0845 722 3344 increased, so the respective roles of A C Paddick; 1981 – 1983 A W Spratling; 0118 950 3094 Rail Enquiries (National) 08457 484 950 1983 – 1987 J Busby; 1987 – 1988 councillors and their staff similarly changed. Thames Valley Primary Care Agency Readibus 0118 931 0000 Mr Leslie Norton had steered the Town A W Spratling; 1988 – 1989 Mrs V J Santon; (Registering for a Doctor or Medical Card) Reading Buses 0118 959 4000 Council through the difficult period during the 1989 – 1990 D J Fruin; 1990 – 1991 0118 918 3333 Recycling 0118 974 6000 development of Lower Earley. By the time of P Devonald; 1991 – 1992 A W Spratling; NHS 111 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages his retirement in 1991, the Town Council 1992 – 1994 Mrs F M Rolls; 1994 – 1996 Red Cross • Wokingham Office 0118 974 6000 recognised the need for improved (general enquiries) 084 441 22750 • Reading Office, Marriages 0118 901 5120 Mrs E Spratling; 1996 – 1998 M Richman; administrative systems to consolidate its (medical loan) 084 441 22750 • Births, Deaths 0118 901 5124 earlier achievements. 1998 - 1999 Mrs E Spratling; 1999 – 2001 A St John Ambulance 0118 933 5500 D Long; 2001 – 2003 Mrs I Dowdall; Leslie Norton was succeeded as Town Services 2003 – 2004 Mrs J. Shockley; 2004 – 2006 D Gas Escapes – Transco (Freephone) 0800 111 999 Clerk by Mr Richard Raymond who moved Witness Service Reading D Chopping. Southern Electric PLC 08457 444 555 here from his previous post with a large Magistrates Court 0118 951 3158 Borough Council in Essex. He retired in 2003, MAYORS Thames Water • General 0800 009 3964 to be replaced by Mr Philip Truppin, who had 2006 Councillor D D Chopping; 2006-2008 served as Clerk to two Local Councils in Local Government • Water Leaks 0845 316 980 Councillor N Jorgensen; 2008 Councillor AT Samaritans 0845 790 9090 Hertfordshire previously. Earley Town Council 0118 986 8995 Bradley; 2009 Councillor J Armstrong; 2010 Council Offices, Radstock Lane, Earley Showcase Cinema 0871 220 1000 The Town Council is re-elected every four Councillor P. Willis; 2011 Councillor T Office Hours 9.00am-1.00pm & Travel Shop (Buses) 0118 959 4000 years and has an efficient administrative Chambers, 2012 Councillor Mrs P Jorgensen, 2.00pm-4.30pm 0118 986 8995 structure in place with the capability to deal 2013-2015 Councillor Mrs L Chambers. (answerphone out of hours)

PAGE 34 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 35 Liberty of Earley House The Head Partnership The Manager, Strand Way, Earley RG6 4EA Solicitors, 9 Chalfont Court, Lower Earley, Contacts 0118 975 1905 Reading RG6 5SY 0118 975 6622 Berkshire Carers Service Suite 11, Beacon Tree Court, Gillette Way, Reading, Libraries RG2 0BS 0800 988 5462 Maiden Erlegh Library Maiden Erlegh Drive, Earley RG6 7HP Dentists Chemists Conservation 0118 966 6630 Earley Family Dental Practice Lower Earley Library Day Lewis Pharmacy Berkshire Conservation Volunteers 268 Wokingham Rd, Earley RG6 1JS 0118 926 1655 Maiden Lane Shopping Centre, Kilnsea Drive Neil Frankman Chalfont Close, Chalfont Way, Lower Earley Lower Earley 0118 9351848 PO Box 165, Reading RG6 4LD 0118 975 1528 Evergreen Centre RG6 5HZ 0118 931 2150 448 Wokingham Road, Earley RG6 7HX Boots Pharmacy Earley Environmental Group 0118 966 9991 Museums 4 Chalfont Way, Lower Earley 0118 931 1750 Membership Secretary, Liz Wild 0118 935 2453 Gipsy Lane Dental Practice Museum of Berkshire Aviation Boots Pharmacy Park Ranger Service Earley Town Council Dr J I Desai, 5a Gipsy Lane, Earley, Mohawk Way, Woodley 0118 944 8089 5 The Parade, Silverdale Road, Earley 0118 986 8995 Reading RG6 7HF 0118 966 3944 Museum of English Rural Life 0118 926 2146 Wokingham Borough Council Countryside The Gallery Dental Centre of Excellence * Closed for refurbishment until Spring 2016, Service, Children Kilnsea Drive, Shop and other facilities still open) Redlands Dinton Pastures Country Park, Lower Earley RG6 3HD 0118 935 1505 Road 0118 378 8660 Wokingham Family Information Services Davis Street, Hurst RG10 0TH 0118 934 2016 0118 908 8466 The Beech Lane Dental Practice Education Child Minders Drop In Dr Patel Over 50’s/Friendship Groups Centre Point, Chalfont Court, Children’s Services 0118 974 6105/6107 35 Beech Lane, Earley RG6 5PT 0118 987 2755 Chalfont Club Lower Earley Schools – Infants/ Juniors The Haven Dental Practice Trinity Church Hall, Chalfont Close 0118 987 3755 Tuesday mornings 9.30 am – 11.30 am. Aldryngton Primary Miss A Carter Earley Day Centre Silverdale Road, Earley 0118 926 5843 Station Road, Earley RG6 7DY 0118 966 4919 1 Kenton Road, Earley, Reading RG6 2LH Churches Earley St Peter’s C.E. Primary School Doctors 0118 966 1010 Earley St Peter’s (Church of England) Church Road, Earley 0118 926 1657 Brookside Group Practice St Nicolas Over 50’s Club Parish Office 0118 966 8575 Hawkedon Primary Brookside Close & Chalfont Close, St Nicolas Church Hall, Sutcliffe Avenue, Earley Lower Earley 0118 966 9333 0118 966 9080 Brookside Church 0118 966 4474 Hawkedon Way, Lower Earley 0118 966 7444 Dr R K Chadha Lower Earley Baptist Church Hillside Primary Parent & Toddler Groups Wilderness Road Surgery 0118 935 3698 Rushey Way, Lower Earley 0118 975 5771 1 Wilderness Road, Earley RG6 7RU Earley Community Centre Under 3’s The Loddon Primary School Our Lady of Peace (Roman Catholic) 0118 926 1613 Earley Community Centre, Radstock Lane, Earley 0118 966 3711 Silverdale Road, Earley 0118 926 1449 0118 966 6557 Elm Lane Surgery 0118 986 3683 Park United Reformed Church Radstock Primary School Kilnsea Toddlers Parkside Family Practice 0118 926 5003 Radstock Lane, Earley 0118 986 9050 Maiden Place Community Centre, Green Road Surgery, 226 Wokingham Road, Whiteknights Primary Maiden Place, off Kilnsea Drive, Salvation Army Church 0118 931 0760 Reading RG6 7HF 0118 926 0026 Fairlawn Green, Shinfield Rise, Reading Lower Earley 07754 847967 St Nicolas Church (C of E) 0118 966 9080 0118 987 2588 Opticians Trinity Church (Church of England, Schools – Secondary Specsavers Playgroups/Pre School Nursery Units Methodist & United Reformed) 0118 931 3124 Unit A, Whiteknights Retail Centre, 203-205 Maiden Erlegh Comprehensive Abbeymore Nursery (3months – 5 years) Shinfield Road, RG2 8HA 0118 975 0360 Silverdale Road, Earley 0118 926 2467 Wokingham Road, Reading 0118 926 0000 Stephen Abery & Partners Community Bulmershe School Earleybird Pre-School 46 Gipsy Lane, Earley, Reading RG6 7HF Indian Community Association Chequers Way, Woodley 0118 935 3353 Hawkedon School 0118 935 1975 Hawkedon Way 0798 644 0308 Veera Gupta Adult 2 Norris Road, Reading RG6 1NJ 0118 961 7713 Job Hunting Earley Pre-School Woodley Hill House Wokingham Job Support Centre Our Lady of Peace Community Centre Berkshire County Blind Society Bracknell & Wokingham College Midleton House, 5 Erleigh Road 0118 977 0517 338 Wokingham Road, Earley RG6 2DA Eastcourt Avenue, Earley 0118 984 7600 Ruth Choi 0793 060 2379 Reading RG1 5LR 0118 987 2803 Legal/Solicitors Health Kilnsea Pre-School Earley CResCent Community Association, Berkshire Central & West Community Arthritis Social Group Earley/Woodley Maiden Place Community Centre CResCent, Warbler Drive, Lower Earley, Reading Legal Service Partnership 0118 977 6172 Maiden Place, off Kilnsea Drive, Lower Earley 0118 921 0555 Legal Services Commission Earley and Woodley Stroke Club 0775 484 7967 Carers UK 0808 808 7777 Dukesbridge House, 23 Dukes Street, Reading K. Hutchings, 3 Gorse Drive, Woodley, RG5 4QX RG1 45A 0118 955 8600 Little Ducklings Day Nursery 0118 969 5598 Campbell Road, Woodley 0118 927 2822

PAGE 36 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 EARLEY TOWN GUIDE 2015-2016 PAGE 37 Maiden Erlegh Pre-School Transport WISE CARPENTRY Silverdale Centre, Silverdale Road, Earleybus 0118 975 7320 Earley RG6 7HS 07867 565811 Earley CResCent Resource Centre, Warbler & BUILDING MAINTENANCE MEMORIALS Radstock School Nursery Unit Drive, Lower Earley RG6 4HB 0118 921 0555 1st FIX & 2nd FIX CARPENTRY, KITCHENS, by John McCardle ROOFING, HOME MAINTENANCE, DAMP Radstock Primary School Earley Volunteer Driver Bureau PROOFING SERVICES, ALL ASPECTS OF of Silverdale Road Radstock Lane, Earley 0118 986 9050 Centrpoint, Lower Earley TOP QUALITY WORK IN GRANITE BUILDING WORK Ryhill Pre-School (Voluntary Car Scheme) 0118 986 6980 MARBLE, STONE AND SLATE Hillside School, Rushey Way, Lower Earley Fully Insured, City & Guilds Qualified Readibus Guaranteed Workmanship Renovations and additional Inscriptions 0118 975 1888 Craddock Road, Reading RG2 0JT 0118 931 0000 Free Quotes All Work Guaranteed. Est. 1977 The University of Reading Pre-School Wokingham Town Mobility 0118 977 0332 Call James: (mornings term-time) 07983 354 223 Home: 01189 730043 Mob: 07778 157434 R.U.E.S.C. 2 Earley Gate, Whiteknights, Reading Veterinary Surgeons 0118 975 7763 [email protected] www.jr-mccardle.co.uk 0118 378 7914 Abbey Veterinary Group Wendy House Pre-School 6 Elm Lane, Earley 0118 987 1693 Earley Community Centre, Radstock Lane, Earley 62 London Road, Reading 0118 987 1693 0789 003 5523 57 Colemansmoor Lane Woodley 0118 987 1693 Recreation and Leisure Activities Voluntary/Community Groups Bulmershe Leisure Centre Home-Start Wokingham Borough Woodlands Avenue, Woodley 0118 926 8733 (Working with Under 5’s) We’ve been serving the Earley and Lower Earley Earley and District Flower Club Shinfield Grange, Cutbush Lane Shinfield Reading RG2 9AF 0118 988 8025 area since 2007. Providing reliable service with St Nicolas Church Hall, Sutcliffe Avenue, Earley, sparkling results. RG6 7JN Contact:- Joan Strong 0118 9425269 Wokingham Volunteer Centre For your free, competitive quote, contact Louie Earley Folk Dance Group The Ritz Plaza, 10 Denton Road, Wokingham on 07988084963/[email protected]. Mollie Rabbitts 0118 966 3896 RG40 2DX 0118 977 0749 We also clear and clean gutters and fascias. Also cover other areas in Reading. East Reading Horticultural Society www.burtonswindowcleaning.co.uk Kay Bridges 0118 961 6332 Watersports Loddon Valley Leisure Centre Wokingham Waterside Centre Thames Valley Park Drive 0118 926 8280 Continuity, peace of mind, Rushey Way, Lower Earley 0118 931 2066 competitive rates, fully trained staff Maiden Erlegh Bowling Club A professional, highly reputable and Beech Lane, Earley 0118 986 0759 friendly home help service that goes the Young People extra mile. All ages and needs are fully Reading Film Theatre (Earley) 1996 Air Training Corps Squadron catered for. Our friendly staff are honest, Palmer Building, Whiteknights, www: 1996.org.uk 07881 913927 reliable, fully insured and DBS checked. Manufacturers of fine Reading RG6 6AH 0118 378 7151 Youth Group, Park United Reformed Church www.readingfilmtheatre.co.uk Pilates 0118 926 5003 silver, 9/18ct gold palladium & platinum, diamond & Reading Outdoor Group Sen Tani Renmei Judo Club 0118 975 5630 Membership Secretary 0118 961 6506 gem set jewellery. Girl Guiding Table Tennis Club and Impact Coaching – Bulmershe Division and Earley District Matching engagement & wedding Our Lady of Peace www.girlguidingroyalberkshire.org.uk 0118 931 1142 rings, gifts for brides, grooms, Loddon District Scout Council bridesmaids and best man. Woodford Park Leisure Centre www.loddondistrict.org.uk Haddon Drive, Woodley 0118 921 6969 Watch brands include: Wokingham Youth Service Shute End, Dreyfuss & Co, Rotary, Seiko, Residents Associations Wokingham 0118 974 6267 Accurist, Citizen Eco-Drive, Sekonda Maiden Erlegh Residents Association Youth Centres Secretary Brian Hackett 0118 986 1115 www.flair-homehelp.co.uk Seksy, Guess e-mail: [email protected] Earley Centre Point Youth and Community Centre Tailor made services and Bering Association of Central Earley Residents Chalfont Close, Lower Earley RG65HZ 0118 926 6889 or 0795 857 2214 0118 968 8995 • Shopping • Support Work 0118 944 8844 Email [email protected] • Housework • Laundry Silverdale Centre • Outings • Sitting Service 55 Crockhamwell Road, Maiden Erlegh School Campus, Silverdale Road, • Companionship Woodley Precinct Earley RG6 7NG 0118 966 9529 Social Services • Check Calls [email protected] Wokingham Social Services 0118 974 6000 • One-off Cleans Call Debbie on 0790 448 8790 www.woodley-goldsmiths.co.uk

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Accountants Carpentry PAGE PAGE Lone & Co ...... 42 Beechwood Carpentry & Construction Services Drain & Pipe Cleaning Hotels ...... 39 Autocare Services Drain & Able Cleaning ...... 12 Holiday Inn Reading ...... 5 Wise Carpentry & Building Maintenance Spratley’s of Mortimer ...... 43 ...... 39 Drycleaning Kitchens Maiden Erleigh Drycleaning Centre ...... 21 Buildbase ...... 6 Building Maintenance Carpets Beechwood Carpentry & Construction Services Ashby Carpets & Flooring ...... 20 Elderly Jewellers ...... 39 Woodley Age Concern ...... 5 Woodley Goldsmiths ...... 39 Wise Carpentry & Building Maintenance . . .39 Chiropractors Goddard Chiropractic ...... 27 Estate Agents Libraries Bathrooms Martin & Pole ...... 21 & Map Wokingham Libraries ...... 8 Buildbase ...... 6 Conferences K W Stokes ...... 42 Woodley Town Council ...... 3 Fencing Locksmiths Andrew Goodwin Fencing ...... 25 Window Doctors ...... 8 P W Plumbing & Heating ...... 25 Dancing Cafés Allied Schools of Dance ...... 12 Fitness Martial Arts Fit4Anything ...... 14 Nemesis Martial Arts Club ...... 19 Rustic Café ...... 27 Dentists Pilates-Train-Me ...... 27 Reading TaeKwonDo Academy ...... 19 Care Homes Beech Lane Dental Care ...... 2 Nemesis Martial Arts Club ...... 19 Austen House Care Home ...... 4 Earley Dental Practice ...... 4 Monumental Masons Reading TaeKwonDo Academy ...... 19 Memorials by John McCardle ...... 39 Flooring Nurseries Ashby Carpets & Flooring ...... 20 Little Ducklings Day Nursery ...... 7 Fostering Personal Training Wokingham Family Placement ...... 3 Fit4Anything ...... 14 Funeral Services Pest Control Richard Lloyd Funeral Services ...... 40 Complete Pest Solutions ...... 14 Glazing Pet Care Somerville Glass & Windows ...... 8 Barking Mad ...... 25 Window Doctors ...... 8 Pet Fayre ...... 28 Guttering Pilates Oakley Roofing Services ...... 8 Pilates-Train-Me ...... 27 Hairdressers Post Office Finn Hair ...... 21 Pet Fayre ...... 28 Heating & Plumbing Pre-School K W Stokes ...... 42 Kilnsea Pre-School ...... 12 P W Plumbing & Heating ...... 25 Little Owl Pre-School ...... 12 Home Care Services Pubs Flair Home Help ...... 39 Three Tuns ...... 12

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Restaurants Vehicle Sales Rajmoni ...... 29 Spratley’s of Mortimer ...... 43 Rustic Café ...... 27 Venues Roofing Services Holiday Inn Reading ...... 5 Oakley Roofing Services ...... 8 Three Tuns ...... 12 Wise Carpentry & Building Maintenance . . .39 Woodley Town Council ...... 3

Safety Volunteers Wokingham Road Safety ...... 9 Earley Volunteer Driver Bureau ...... 6

Takeaway Window Cleaning Rajmoni ...... 29 Burton’s Window cleaning ...... 39

Taxi Service Windows Loddon Cars ...... 19 Alpha Windows ...... 44 City Windows Berkshire ...... 5 Tiles Somerville Glass & Windows ...... 8 Caversham Tiles ...... 6 Window Doctors ...... 8

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