The Old Brewery in Theale Theale is a large village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. The village has many of the attributes of a small town, with a high street lined with shops, pubs and restaurants. The name Theale is pronounced to rhyme with peel. Image File history File links The High Street, Theale, Berkshire, England. ...
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A civil parish (usually just parish) in England is a subnational entity forming the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto)1 Government Constitutional monarchy - Monarch Queen Elizabeth II...
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Location
Theale is located at grid reference SU644713, 8 km (5 miles) west of the centre of the large town of Reading, and is separated from the suburbs of that town by the M4 motorway. The town is located on the old Bath Road, which crosses the motorway here at junction 12 (Reading West). Theale railway station is near the centre of the village and is served by local services from Reading to Newbury and Great Bedwyn. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ...
Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ...
The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. ...
The A4 at Hotwells in Bristol The A4 crosses Picadilly Circus in central London The A4 is a major road in England, also known as the Great West Road. ...
Theale railway station is a railway station in the village of Theale in the county of Berkshire in England. ...
Reading is a town, unitary authority (the Borough of Reading) and urban area in the English county of Berkshire. ...
Newbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. ...
Great Bedwyn is a village and civil parish in the east of the English county of Wiltshire. ...
Development Theale owes much of its past and present prosperity to its good road communications links. In the pre-railway era, the village was an important staging post on the old Bath Road, as witnessed by the number of old pubs to be found on its High Street, and the former brewery that served them. One local legend claims that Theale got its name, "The Ale" from when it was the first staging post out of London along the Bath Road. Another claims that the village once held the record for having the most Public Houses in the smallest area - and indeed at one time the village was home to at least nine (The Bull (formerly The Wheel of Fortune), The Falcon, The Angel (now gone, once on the site of the old United Reform Church chapel, now itself replaced by flats), The Crown, The Red Lion, The Lamb, The Volunteer, The Railway Arms (now gone, once opposite the station car park) and The Thatcher's Arms). Most likely neither story is true. The name possibly derives from an original meaning of "crossing over water". This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...
Today the proximity of Reading and the motorway junction has attracted a number of distribution companies and offices; to the east of the village centre, Arlington Business Park is a large modern office campus which is home to the headquarters of Wolseley, which is one of the largest building equipment distributors in the world. It is also the home of the glorious Functional Team. The same advantages have brought significant amounts of new housing to the village. Wolseley plc is a British company based in Droitwich formerly known for the manufacture of Wolseley motor cars. ...
The motorway has had another influence on Theale, in that the land it sterilises provides an effective and obvious psychological boundary between the village and the suburbs of Reading.
Government Theale is a civil parish with an elected parish council. The civil parish formerly stretched further to the east, but in 2000 that part that was to the east of the M4 motorway was split off to become Holybrook parish. Theale parish falls within the area of the unitary authority of West Berkshire and both the parish council and the unitary authority are responsible for different aspects of local government. Historically, Theale was part of the parish of Tilehurst. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The M4 motorway is a motorway in Great Britain linking London with Wales. ...
Holybrook is a civil parish on the outskirts of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. ...
A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ...
West Berkshire is a local government district in Berkshire, South East England, governed by a unitary authority (West Berkshire Council). ...
A parish is a type of administrative subdivision. ...
Tilehurst was originally a village, but is now a large suburb some three miles to the west of Reading in the English county of Berkshire. ...
Theale falls within the Reading West parliamentary constituency. Reading West is a parliamentary constituency in the English county of Berkshire. ...
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Sport Theale's main sporting successes come from local side Theale Tigers who run, among others, football and basketball teams for boys and girls aged 5 to 18. The Theale teams are generally very successful in their relative age groups, and have thereby become renowned throughout the area, particularly their football sides.
Food & Drink Theale has a wealth of restaurants, pubs and sandwhich bars. These are all very friendly and welcoming. The one which is most popular with the local business folk is 'La Baggette'. This is a French style sandwhich bar which serves all types of sandwhiches and wrapps (custome made), both cold and toasted.
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