Holybrook
Parish in West Berkshire, England
| Coordinates: | 51.441, -1.043 |
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| OS grid ref: | SU 66 71 |
| Dialling code: | 0118 (Reading) |
Holybrook is a civil parish on the western edge of Reading in West Berkshire, largely suburban in character and centred on the suburbs of Calcot and Beansheaf Farm. It lies on the low-lying floodplain of the River Kennet and takes its name from the historic millstream, the Holy Brook; the A4 and close access to the M4 make it a convenient commuter belt location with easy links into the town and beyond.
Locally the area mixes post‑war and later housing, small shopping parades, light industrial estates and community green spaces, with a parish council active in organising events and local planning. Its character is shaped by an agricultural and milling past - evident in place names and occasional older buildings - while today the population is broadly residential and diverse, many residents working in Reading or commuting further afield.
Postcode districts covering Holybrook
Most populated places nearby
- Reading 2.6 miles
- Slough 19.5 miles
- Oxford 23.3 miles
- High Wycombe 18.1 miles
- Basingstoke 12.5 miles
- Woking 21.9 miles
- Bracknell 12.6 miles
- Guildford 24.5 miles
- Maidenhead 14.6 miles
- Aldershot 18.2 miles
- Farnborough 15.7 miles
- Staines-upon-Thames 23.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tilehurst South & Holybrook Ward 0.2 miles
- Tilehurst Birch Copse Ward 0.8 miles
- Tilehurst Parish 1.2 miles
- Southcote Ward 1.4 miles
- Theale Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Norcot Ward 1.5 miles
- Burghfield Built-up area 1.6 miles
- Sulham Parish 1.9 miles
- Kentwood Ward 1.9 miles
- Battle Ward 2.2 miles
- Grazeley Green Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Tilehurst & Purley Ward 2.4 miles
Example postcodes in Holybrook
RG31 7QE, RG31 7ZP, RG31 7AR, RG31 7EU, RG31 7ZJ, RG31 7YT, RG31 7RY, RG31 7AH, RG31 7ET … See all
Transport links
- London Heathrow Airport 25.3 miles
- Southampton Airport 36.5 miles
- Theale Railway Station 1.5 miles
- Tilehurst Railway Station 2.2 miles
Hotels near Holybrook Ad
- Voco Reading 4 2.8 miles
- The Market House 3.3 miles
- Roselawn Hotel 2.3 miles
- Hilton Reading Hotel 4 2.9 miles
- Pentahotel Reading 4 2.9 miles
- Malmaison Reading 4 3.3 miles
- Holiday Inn Reading South M4 Jct11 4 3.4 miles
- The Roseate Reading 5 3.4 miles
- The Mill House 3 5.2 miles
- Best Western Reading Calcot Hotel 3 0.3 miles
Schools in Holybrook
- Kennet Valley Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Sulhampstead House Estate 2 miles
- Madejski Stadium Stadium 2.9 miles
- University of Reading University 4.2 miles
- Mortimer Lodge Estate 5.1 miles
- Mortimer House Estate 5.1 miles
- Aldermaston Court Estate 6.1 miles
- Crowsley Park Estate 6.6 miles
- The Vyne Historic site 9.5 miles
- Swyncombe House Estate 11.2 miles
- Medmenham Abbey Historic site 11.5 miles
- Newbury Racecourse Recreation 11.5 miles
- Milestones Museum 12.4 miles