Holybrook
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Holybrook | |
|---|---|
| Civil parish | |
 Charlville Drive | |
  Holybrook Location within Berkshire | |
| Area | 1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi) |
| Population | 6,919 (2011 census)[1] |
| • Density | 3,566/km2 (9,240/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SU6671 |
| Civil parish |
|
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Reading |
| Postcode district | RG31 |
| Police | Thames Valley |
| Fire | Royal Berkshire |
| Ambulance | South Central |
| UK Parliament | |
Holybrook is a civil parish, forming a contiguous part of Reading in West Berkshire and is a mixture of urban, suburban land with watercourses and flood meadows in Berkshire, England. The parish takes its name from the Holy Brook, a watercourse which forms its southern boundary and which is a corollary of the River Kennet. Its main settlements are part of Calcot those commonly known as Beansheaf Farm and Fords Farm, Holybrook and occasionally considered part of Calcot or Southcote which overlaps with this area.
Historically, since before the Norman Conquest, this was part of the parish of Reading, when its Southcot or Southcote part was a well-dispersed settlement.[2] Holybrook is composed of two suburbs of Reading: Beansheaf Farm and Fords Farm, together with that part of the older suburb of Calcot that lies south of the A4 Bath Road. The church of St Michael in this area was built in 1967, one of only a small minority built to serve a new parish in that decade.[3]
The civil parish dates from 2000 when it was created from the part of Theale east of the M4 motorway.
Demography
| Output area | Homes owned outright | Owned with a loan | Socially rented | Privately rented | Other | km2 roads | km2 water | km2 domestic gardens | Usual residents | km2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Civil parish | 767 | 1370 | 340 | 285 | 13 | 0.236 | 0.024 | 0.626 | 6919 | 1.94 |
