Holybrook

Holybrook
Civil parish
Holybrook is located in Berkshire
Holybrook
Holybrook
Location within Berkshire
Area1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population6,919 (2011 census)[1]
• Density3,566/km2 (9,240/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSU6671
Civil parish
  • Holybrook
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townReading
Postcode districtRG31
PoliceThames Valley
FireRoyal Berkshire
AmbulanceSouth Central
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°26′20″N 1°02′17″W / 51.439°N 1.038°W / 51.439; -1.038

Holybrook is a civil parish, forming a contiguous part of Reading in West Berkshire and is a mixture of urban, suburban land with watercourses and flood meadows in Berkshire, England. The parish takes its name from the Holy Brook, a watercourse which forms its southern boundary and which is a corollary of the River Kennet. Its main settlements are part of Calcot those commonly known as Beansheaf Farm and Fords Farm, Holybrook and occasionally considered part of Calcot or Southcote which overlaps with this area.

  1. ^ "Key Statistics: Dwellings; Quick Statistics: Population Density; Physical Environment: Land Use Survey 2005". Archived from the original on 11 February 2003. Retrieved 7 December 2014.