Woosehill
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Woosehill is a suburb of Wokingham
in the English
county of Berkshire
Woosehill - spelled incorrectly as Woose Hill on Ordnance Survey
maps - is the north-western region of Wokingham, adjoining Embrook. The Emm Brook
forms its eastern boundary and the Bearwood Road its western boundary, past the wooded area around Round Hill. Built primarily in the 1980s, it contains a wide range of family homes and bungalows. Amenities include a Morrisons
supermarket, hair dressers, Chinese takeaway and doctors surgery.
There is also a school, Hawthorns Primary. There is a recently opened 24 hour Veterinary Clinic located next door to Morrisons in the building of the old surgery. The surgery has now moved to Fernlea Drive, adjacent to the Morrisons car park. There is also a community centre near the Chinese takeaway (behind the Vets).
In Chesnut Avenue, off Northway, there is the Woosehill Community Church.
The Woosehill estate was first proposed in the 1960's. Building began in the mid-1970's, replacing Westward Ho farm.
Wokingham
Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It spans an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403...
in the English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
county of Berkshire
Berkshire
Berkshire is a historic county in the South of England. It is also often referred to as the Royal County of Berkshire because of the presence of the royal residence of Windsor Castle in the county; this usage, which dates to the 19th century at least, was recognised by the Queen in 1957, and...
Woosehill - spelled incorrectly as Woose Hill on Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey , an executive agency and non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom, is the national mapping agency for Great Britain, producing maps of Great Britain , and one of the world's largest producers of maps.The name reflects its creation together with...
maps - is the north-western region of Wokingham, adjoining Embrook. The Emm Brook
Emm Brook
The Emm Brook, sometimes known as the Embrook or Emmbrook, is a small river in the English county of Berkshire. It is a tributary of the River Loddon which it meets at the village of Hurst.The Wokingham suburb of Emmbrook is named after the river....
forms its eastern boundary and the Bearwood Road its western boundary, past the wooded area around Round Hill. Built primarily in the 1980s, it contains a wide range of family homes and bungalows. Amenities include a Morrisons
Morrisons
Wm Morrison Supermarkets plc is the fourth largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, headquartered in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. The company is usually referred to and is branded as Morrisons formerly Morrison's, and it is part of the FTSE 100 Index of companies...
supermarket, hair dressers, Chinese takeaway and doctors surgery.
There is also a school, Hawthorns Primary. There is a recently opened 24 hour Veterinary Clinic located next door to Morrisons in the building of the old surgery. The surgery has now moved to Fernlea Drive, adjacent to the Morrisons car park. There is also a community centre near the Chinese takeaway (behind the Vets).
In Chesnut Avenue, off Northway, there is the Woosehill Community Church.
The Woosehill estate was first proposed in the 1960's. Building began in the mid-1970's, replacing Westward Ho farm.