15 Facts About Earley

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

Earley is mentioned in the Domesday Book as "Herlei", with two main manors: Erleigh St Bartholomew, later known as Erleigh Court; and Erleigh St Nicolas, later Erleigh White Knights.

Until 1888, Earley extended westwards from the Three Tuns crossroads down the Wokingham Road and into Reading.

Earley established its own branch of the Women's Institute, Earley WI, in 1938 to enable women in the local area to come together and develop skills, further their education, and improve the local community.

Earley grew rapidly both before and after World War II, and was designated a town in 1974.

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The following buildings in Earley Town are currently listed by English Heritage as being of special architectural or historic interest :.

The extension of the Reading borough boundaries in 1888 had the result that the section of Earley lying to the north of the railway line is connected to the larger part to the south by only a narrow corridor of land.

Lower Earley is often spoken of as a town in its own right, but it is just a development at the southern end of the town.

The name Lower Earley is however very old, having originally been applied to the low-lying land between the old Maiden Erlegh Estate and the River Loddon which runs along the eastern edge of the borough.

Earley is in the parliamentary constituency of Wokingham, except for the Whitegates Town Ward, comprising the part of Earley lying north of the Reading-Waterloo railway line, which is in Reading East.

Earley has two levels of local government: Earley Town Council, created from the former Parish Council in 1974, based at Radstock House in Radstock Lane, and Wokingham Borough Council based at Shute End in Wokingham.

Earley is to the north of the M4 motorway which connects London with Bristol.

Earley is home to the Thames Valley Park which is alongside the Thames to the east of the A329 motorway.

One of the main industries located in Earley was Sutton Seeds, whose headquarters were in London Road, at the northern end of what was once the A329 motorway spur .

Earley has 6 primary schools, Aldryngton, Earley St Peters, Hillside, Radstock, Whiteknights and Hawkedon, and Maiden Erlegh School, a coeducational secondary school.