Thames Valley Park (also known as TVP) is a high-tech

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adjacent to the

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on the eastern outskirts of Earley in

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, England. Companies based at the park include BBC Radio Berkshire, Steria, SGI, Regus, Websense,

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and Vistra. There is also a day-care nursery and a David Lloyd club on-site. The business park also features a nature reserve with several lakes which provide access to the nearby Thames Path. The site had formerly been Earley Power Station, which had been operational from the early 1940s until the early 1970s.

Transport links

Thames Valley Park is at the northern terminus of the A3290 (formerly part of the A329(M)), which connects to the M4 and the A4. A free bus service links TVP to

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, which has good connections for London and

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. A railway station to serve the park was proposed in 1998 to the Reading Borough Local Plan,http://ww2.reading.gov.uk/documents/servingyou/planning/borough_plan/bp_appendix8.pdf but this was never built.

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* Business parks of England Economy of Reading, Berkshire High-technology business districts in the United Kingdom Information technology company headquarters in the United Kingdom Sonning Parks and open spaces on the River Thames Parks and open spaces in Reading, Berkshire Wokingham Year of establishment missing {{Berkshire-geo-stub