Kentwood (Reading ward)
electoral ward in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Kentwood is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It takes its name from Kentwood Hill, a road which bisects the ward.
Location
The ward consists of the northern part of the suburb of Tilehurst, in the west of Reading and south of the River Thames. The ward rises from river level, in the north at some 40 metres (130 ft) AMSL, to the Victoria crossroads, in the south at about 90 metres (300 ft) AMSL.
To the north, the ward boundary follows the Berkshire bank of the Thames from near the former Roebuck Hotel to a point about 500 metres (1,600 ft) east of Scours Lane. It then heads south joining Wigmore Lane and following Norcot Road to the Victoria crossroads. From here it follows Armour Road and Pierce's Hill to Lower Elmstone Drive. Here it meets the borough boundary, which it follows, largely running behind houses, back to the Roebuck.
The ward is bordered by Caversham Heights and Battle wards to the north-east, by Norcot ward to the east, and Tilehurst ward to the south. To the west the ward is bordered by the civil parishes of Tilehurst and Purley on Thames in the district of West Berkshire, and to the north by the civil parish of Mapledurham in the district of South Oxfordshire. It lies entirely within the constituency of Reading West and Mid Berkshire.
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