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Katesgrove is an area of Reading (a Council Ward) immediately to the south of the Town Centre. It is bounded on the north by the IDR, on the east by Sidmouth Street, London Road, Kendrick Road and Northumberland Avenue, on the south by Long Barn Lane and Rose Kiln Lane and on the West by the River Kennet. To see the area, look at the map.

There are a number of organisations active in the area. Click here for a list of these organisations and their objectives..

The south-western quarter of Katesgrove is commercial and light industrial, but the rest is mainly residential.

Whitley Street is the main shopping centre with smaller rows of shops on Basingstoke Road opposite the junction with Elgar Road. A few individual shops serve different neighbourhoods.

The ward is served by Christ Church on Christchurch Road, St. Giles's Church at the bottom of Southampton Street and the Hindu Temple at the Whitley Pump roundabout and by Kendrick, Katesgrove, George Palmer and the Avenue schools. Other halls available are the Waterloo Meadows Play Centre, the Christchurch Centre on Milman Road and the Rising Sun centre on Silver Street. The MAPP Centre on Mount Pleasant is also now running.

The South Street Arts Centre is on the corner of East Street and South Street

The Women's Information Centre and Reading Council for Racial Equality also have their offices at the junction of Crown Street and Silver Street


At present there are 10 pubs in Katesgrove:
  • Claddach Ring
    		• Corner Pell Street and Elgar RoadCladdach Ring
  • Great_Expectations
    		• London StreetGreat Expectations
  • Hook and Tackle
    		• Parthia CloseHook and Tackle
  • Hop Leaf
    		• Southampton StreetHop Leaf
  • Pheasant
    		• Corner Mount Pleasant and Southampton StreetPheasant
  • Red Cow
    		• Corner Crown Street and Southampton StreetRed Cow
  • Red Lion
    		• Southampton StreetRed Lion
  • Turks
    		• London RoadTurks
  • Wellington Arms
    		• Whitley StreetWellington Arms
  • Woodley Arms
    		• Waldeck StreetWoodley Arms


    If you wish to eat out there are Italian and Indian restaurants, and there are many Fish-and-Chip, and take-away Chinese and Indian shops.


    Organisations Organisations
    Contacts Contacts
    Map Map of Katesgrove
    History of Katesgrove (Industrial) Industrial History of Katesgrove

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