Earley

Earley
Town and civil parish
St Peter's Church
Earley Location within Berkshire
Population	32,036 (2001) 30,868 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SU7571
Civil parish	Earley
Unitary authority	Wokingham
Ceremonial county	Berkshire
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	READING
Postcode district	RG6
Dialling code	0118
Police	Thames Valley
Fire	Royal Berkshire
Ambulance	South Central
UK Parliament	Earley and Woodley
List of places UK England Berkshire 51°25′59″N 0°55′59″W / 51.433°N 0.933°W / 51.433; -0.933

Earley (/ˈɜːrli/ ^ⓘ UR-lee) is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. Along with the neighbouring town of Woodley, the Office for National Statistics places Earley within the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area; for the purposes of local government it falls within the Borough of Wokingham, outside the area of Reading Borough Council. Its name is sometimes spelt Erleigh or Erlegh and consists of a number of smaller areas, including Maiden Erlegh and Lower Earley, and lies some 3 miles (5 km) south and east of the centre of Reading, and some 4 miles (6 km) northwest of Wokingham. It had a population of 32,036 at the 2011 Census.

In 2014, the RG6 postcode area (which is nearly coterminous with the area of the civil parish) was rated one of the most desirable postcode areas to live in England.^[2] The main campus of the University of Reading, Whiteknights Park, lies partly in Earley and partly in the borough of Reading.