Horncastle, Berkshire

Horncastle, Berkshire

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name = Horncastle
unitary_england = Reading
lieutenancy_england = Berkshire
region = South East England
constituency_westminster = Reading West
os_grid_reference = SU678721
latitude = 51.443782
longitude = -1.02361

Horncastle is an area of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It is situated on the A4 Bath Road to the west of central Reading, at a point where the Reading suburbs of Southcote, Calcot and Tilehurst all meet.Ordnance Survey (2006). "OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading". ISBN 0-319-23730-3.]

Today largely surrounded on all sides but the north-west by areas of 20th century housing, Horncastle was once an isolated hamlet in the rural area to the west of Reading. It was situated at the point at which a lane, known to this day as "New Lane Hill", left the Bath Road and climbed the hill to Tilehurst.Ordnance Survey (2006). "OS Explorer Map 159 – Reading". ISBN 0-319-23730-3.] cite book | title = Cassini Historical Map – Reading & Windsor – 1816-1830 | publisher = Cassini Publishing Ltd | year = 2006 | isbn = 1847360513]

The old hamlet of Horncastle lies just within the borough of Reading. The name is sometimes used to include the eastern section of Calcot, which lies south-west of the old hamlet and outside the borough boundary in West Berkshire.

Calcot Park, formerly a large country house and estate and now a golf course, is to the north west.

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