Caversham Park Village is a suburb of
Reading
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in
Berkshire
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, England.
It is entirely residential and associated with
Emmer Green, which has the closest amenities — much of it is marked as Emmer Green. Both are upland areas of the former enlarged form of
Caversham, now suburbs of Reading. Whilst the area has no formal boundaries, it generally refers to the residential area constructed on part of the former grounds of
Caversham Park
Caversham Park is a Victorian-era stately home with parkland in the suburb of Caversham on the outskirts of Reading, England. Historically located in Oxfordshire, it became part of Berkshire with boundary changes in 1977. Caversham Park was h ...
, to the eastern side of Caversham and adjoining the border with
Oxfordshire
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.
[Ordnance Survey (2006). ''OS Explorer Map 159 - Reading''. .]
The village was largely developed between the mid 1960s and early 1970s, with the construction of 1500 new houses and the supporting road infrastructure.
Unlike most of the rest of Caversham, which became part of Reading in 1911, Caversham Park Village remained in Oxfordshire until 1977, when the boundaries were redrawn to include it in Reading and it was
transferred to Berkshire.
Caversham Park Village is shared with Emmer Green in forming the
'Peppard' electoral ward of the borough of Reading named after
Rotherfield Peppard, also known as Peppard which is the village adjoining the north of the rest of
Emmer Green.
Performing Arts
Caversham is home to community drama group Caversham Park Theatre, also known as The Milestone Players
References
Suburbs of Reading, Berkshire
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