Tilehurst (civil parish)

Little Heath is a suburb of the town of Reading, in the county of Berkshire, England. It is part of the larger suburb of Tilehurst (where according to the grid ref the majority of the 2011 Census population was included), forming the south western flank of that suburb and bordering on open countryside to its west.

107 JACK fm Berkshire was an Independent Local Radio station in the English town of Reading. The station was based at studios in the Madejski Stadium, home of Reading F.C. and London Irish. The station's transmitter is located on the Tilehurst Water Tower.In August 2017 it was rebranded as The Breeze (Reading). The DAB version of the station was then rebranded as SAM FM shortly afterwards.

Tilehurst Water Tower, is a distinctive water tower in Tilehurst, a suburb of the English town of Reading. People from Reading know they are near home when they are coming eastbound along the M4 and they can see the top of the tower. Although in recent years with the growth of trees this has become more difficult. It is a prominent landmark in the vicinity and, located on the Tilehurst ridge line, can be seen from a considerable distance, especially when approaching Reading from the west along the M4 motorway.The tower was erected by Reading Borough Council in 1932, in order to supplement the existing Bath Road Reservoir and supply water to properties at a higher level than the earlier water tower there. Today the tower belongs to Thames Water, and is still in use for its original purpose. It also houses the transmitter for Greatest Hits Radio Berkshire & North Hampshire, a local radio station. In November 2018 the tower was illuminated in poppy red to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. The tower remained illuminated, and visible at night from a wide area, until Remembrance Day on 11 November.

Little Heath School is a voluntary-aided co-educational comprehensive secondary school. The school is located in the Little Heath area of the Reading suburb of Tilehurst, in the English county of Berkshire. Because of its location outside the Reading borough boundary, but in Reading, the school is managed by the West Berkshire Local Education Authority though it serves a catchment area that covers both sides of the borough boundary. The school's pupil capacity is approximately 1,700 students. In February 2018, the school received a 'Good' rating from an Ofsted formal Inspection.The current sixth form center, which was purpose-built in 2015, was opened by Reading West MP Alok Sharma. Part of the campus was rebuilt from 2019-2021, including drama and technology spaces, a gym, and a new canteen. The campus was open for use in April 2021.Little Heath has a house system, installed in 2014. The four houses are named after castles in the United Kingdom: Stirling (Red), Arundel (Green), Conway (Blue), and Warwick (Yellow).Little Heath also has annual sports days where each house competes against the other. The 2017/18-2021/22 winners were Stirling and then Arundel in the 2022/23

Tilehurst is a suburb of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It lies to the west of the centre of Reading, and extends from the River Thames in the north to the A4 road in the south. The suburb is partly within the boundaries of the Borough of Reading and partly in the district of West Berkshire. The part within West Berkshire forms part of the civil parish of Tilehurst, which also includes the northern part of Calcot and a small rural area west of the suburb. The part within the Borough of Reading includes the Reading electoral ward of Tilehurst, together with parts of Kentwood and Norcot wards.

Denefield School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Tilehurst (near Reading) in Berkshire, England.

Calcot, or Calcot Row, is a village in the West Berkshire unitary area of the county of Berkshire, England. Calcot straddles the historic A4 Bath Road and is between the hamlet of Horncastle, and Junction 12 of the M4 motorway. Tilehurst is to the north, and the village of Theale is to the west, across the motorway. Its named neighbourhoods include Beansheaf Farm and Fords Farm south of the centre developed in the early 21st century. It is contiguous with Reading and Theale.

Wilder's Folly (also known as Pincent's Kiln, Nunhide Tower and Flint's Folly) is a folly and dovecote at Nunhide, near the village of Sulham in the English county of Berkshire.

Beansheaf Farm is a suburb of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It lies south of the A4 (Bath Road) and is approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south-west of the centre of Reading.

Blundells Copse is a local nature reserve in the suburb of Tilehurst in the town of Reading, UK. The site is 5.55 hectares (13.7 acres) in size, and comprises a close growing, ancient woodland with a stream. The nature reserve is under the management of the Reading Borough Council and, along with Lousehill Copse and McIlroy Park, is part of West Reading Woodlands.

Tilehurst is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It forms part of the larger Reading suburb of Tilehurst, which also includes parts of the borough's Kentwood and Norcot wards, together with the civil parish of Tilehurst Without that is outside the borough boundary in the district of West Berkshire. The ward is bordered, in clockwise order, by Norcot ward, Tilehurst Without civil parish and Kentwood ward. It lies entirely within the Reading West parliamentary constituency.As of 2016, there were just over 9,000 people living in Tilehurst ward, of whom 21% were aged under 16, 20.4% were aged 65 and over, and 10% were born outside the UK. The population lives in a total of 3,868 dwellings, of which almost 39% are semi-detached houses, around 30% in terraced houses and over 15% in detached houses. Of the population aged between 16 and 74, approximately 67% are in employment and 3.6% are unemployed. Of those in employment, 37% are in managerial, professional or technical occupations, with 16% in professional occupations.As with all Reading wards, the ward elects three councillors to Reading Borough Council. Elections since 2004 are generally held by thirds, with elections in three years out of four, although the 2022 elections were for all councillors due to boundary changes. The ward councillors are currently Meri O'Connell, James Moore and Anne Thompson, all of whom are members of the Liberal Democrat party.

Pincent's Kiln is a 0.2-hectare (0.49-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest situated between Theale and Calcot, on the western edge of the built-up area of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. It is a Geological Conservation Review site.The site is a former Quarry which reveals important geological features It is the only remaining permanent exposure of the Tertiary Reading Beds in the area from which they were first described. The site provides evidence that a shallow sea spread over this area some 60 million years ago. The site contains a number of fossil flora of higher plants, with a number of species of fossil fruits and seeds.The site is private land with no public access, forming the northern and eastern boundaries of the Pincents Kiln Industrial Park, and the western boundary of the headquarters of the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service. It lies within the civil parish of Tilehurst Without, which is in the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire and the ceremonial county of Berkshire.