Redlands (Reading ward)
electoral ward in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Redlands is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It takes its name from Redlands Road, which runs north to south through the ward.
Location
Redlands ward lies in the neighbourhoods of East Reading and, to a lesser extent, Whitley, in the south-east of the Borough of Reading. The ward includes about a third of the University of Reading's Whiteknight Campus, as well as the whole of its London Road Campus and several off-campus student halls of residence.
From the north in clockwise order it is bounded by the Kings Road, Cemetery Junction and Eastern Avenue, the boundary then crosses Whiteknights Campus to Shinfield Road. It then follows Shinfield Road, Christchurch Green and Northcourt Avenue, before cutting behind houses in Whitley to Northumberland Avenue. It then follows Northumberland Avenue, Vicarage Road, Christchurch Road, Kendrick Road, Crown Place, Sidmouth Street and Queens Road back to Kings Road.
The ward shares borders with Thames, Park, Church, Katesgrove and Abbey wards of the Borough of Reading, and with the civil parish of Earley in the Borough of Wokingham. It is mostly within the parliamentary constituency of Reading Central, but a smaller part in the south-east of the ward is in Earley and Woodley.
Profile
Demographics
Redlands ward is heavily influenced by the large number of University of Reading students who live in it.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Redlands (Reading ward)” as electoral ward in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as electoral ward in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7306024. Authority coordinates are 51.447, -0.954. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Redlands (Reading ward)”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Redlands (Reading ward) primary sources, Redlands (Reading ward) archive and Redlands research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Redlands (Reading ward)”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Redlands (Reading ward)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.