When I was growing up in Wales, my local corner shop was called Eva’s after the homely purveyor of goods and gossip who lived on the premises with her doddery black mongrel, Paddy.
One of the more surprising views of Katesgrove is from the western side of the Kennet on Berkeley Avenue.
Improvements have been made to pedestrian access at the crossroads at the north end of Elgar Road. Famous for being the meeting place of a road (Elgar), a lane (Katesgrove), an avenue (Berkeley) and a street (Pell), it had become a bit of a bottleneck.
Katesgrove’s one and only grit bin is on the junction of Alpine Street and Elgar Road.
The sun sets on the Katesgrove children’s centre
Reading Borough Council has proposed to replace the town’s 13 children’s centres with four ‘children and family centre hubs’. Under the proposal, Katesgrove children’s centre would be replaced by the Sun Street Youth and Community Centre at Cemetery Junction.
125 Elgar Road
Reading
RG2 0DH
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Katesgrove Community Association, Thames Water and Reading Borough Council are working together on a Katesgrove clean up tomorrow afternoon Thursday, 25 August 2016.
The Central Goods Yard north of the Berkeley Road bridge, features in Reading Museum’s latest exhibition On Track.
Changes to waiting restrictions on Elgar Road South, proposed in January have now been implemented.
Charndon Close where a residents’ parking scheme has been requested
Papers going to the traffic management sub-committee on Wednesday 15 June say that the council does not have the resources at this time to process any more residents’ parking (RP) schemes.
Katesgrove’s first local election hustings for many years was held at RISC on Saturday 30 April. Topics discussed included local traffic and parking, cross-party co-operation, voluntary contributions to council work, litter and the provision of green spaces, but the biggest issue was the cost, economics and politics of housing.
Katesgrove Community Association’s annual May Fair takes place on Monday 2 May 2016 from noon to 4pm.
111 Elgar Road
Reading RG2 0DH
The Katesgrove neighbourhood policing team (NHPT) have posted letters in Waldeck Street about people speeding along the road. This seems to have reduced the problem for now.
111 Elgar Road
Reading RG2 0DH
Glass Recycling Containers on Elgar Road
The glass recycling containers that were located at Waterloo Meadows, next to the Children’s Centre, have been moved.
Reading Borough Council monitors weather forecasts from mid November to the end of March and salts all A and B class roads in the district if ice is predicted.
Kennet Towpath, just under Pell Street Bridge, February 2014
Between a quarter and a half of Katesgrove, as well as parts of Redlands and the Whiteknights university campus, are susceptible to groundwater flooding according to Reading Borough Council (RBC) statistics. The UK Environment Agency (EA) has identified areas at risk near the Kennet such as Waterloo Meadows, Elgar Road, Katesgrove Lane, Mill Lane and Queens Road .
