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Southcote, Berkshire

Southcote
A photograph of an urban park with houses and flats in the distance. The park large, and mostly grass. A football goal is in the centre of the park, and a pub sign is in the foreground.
Coronation Square in the centre of Southcote
Southcote is located in Berkshire
Southcote
Southcote
Southcote shown within Berkshire
Population 8,548 (2011 census)
OS grid reference SU686719
• London 38 miles (61 km) East
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town READING
Postcode district RG30
Dialling code 0118
Police Thames Valley
Fire Royal Berkshire
Ambulance South Central
EU Parliament South East England
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Berkshire
51°26′31″N 1°00′41″W / 51.4419°N 1.0114°W / 51.4419; -1.0114Coordinates: 51°26′31″N 1°00′41″W / 51.4419°N 1.0114°W / 51.4419; -1.0114

Southcote (Listeni/ˈsaʊθkət/) is a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. Located to the south-west of Reading town centre, Southcote has a population of about 8,500 (as of 2011). The settlement lies primarily between the London-to-Bath road and the River Kennet.

The area was sparsely populated until after the Second World War, though excavations have revealed evidence of Paleolithic and Iron Age activity in Southcote, as well as Roman and Saxon habitation. By the time William the Conqueror undertook the Domesday Survey in 1086, Southcote was sufficiently established to warrant a Lord of the Manor, who at that time was William de Braose. From the 16th century onwards, Southcote Manor was owned by the Blagrave family, who sold the manor house in the 1920s. The area was subsequently developed into housing: much of the land changed from agricultural to residential. A large proportion of the land in Southcote not used for housing is classified as flood-meadow, providing flood plains between urbanisation and the River Kennet.


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