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Earley
Town in Berkshire, England

Earley

Earley is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England.

Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of Reading Borough Council. Its name is sometimes spelt Erleigh or Erlegh and consists of a number of smaller areas, including Maiden Erlegh and Lower Earley, and lies some 3 miles (5 km) south and east of the centre of Reading, and some 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Wokingham. It had a population of 32,036 at the 2011 Census.

How locals move

Getting around Earley the local way

  • Get aroundThe local authority has published a cycle map, which shows off-road and low-traffic routes around the town.

From Wikivoyage: Reading (England), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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