{{Short description|Neighbourhood and electoral ward of Reading, Berkshire, England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2018}} {{infobox UK place | official_name = Katesgrove | local_name = | static_image_name = Southampton Street, Reading - geograph.org.uk - 713076.jpg | static_image_width = | static_image_caption = Southampton Street and St Giles' Church | static_image_alt = | area_total_km2 = 1.521 | area_footnotes = <ref name=wp2024pop/> | population = 12,857 | population_ref = <ref name=wp2024pop/> | os_grid_reference = SU715726 | coordinates = {{coord|51.444|-0.968|display=inline,title}} | unitary_england = Reading | lieutenancy_england = Berkshire | region = South East England | country = England | post_town = Reading | postcode_area = RG | postcode_district = RG1 and RG2 | dial_code = 0118 | constituency_westminster = Reading Central | website = }} '''Katesgrove''' is an inner-town neighbourhood and electoral ward situated immediately to the south of the town centre of Reading, Berkshire, England. The named area and ward are largely, but not entirely, coterminous.
== Definition == === Traditional === The traditional definition of the neighbourhood of Katesgrove is bounded on the north by the Inner Distribution Road, on the east by Sidmouth Street, Kendrick Road and Northumberland Avenue, on the south by Long Barn Lane and Rose Kiln Lane and on the west by the River Kennet.<ref name="katra">{{cite web |url=http://www.katesgrove.org/ |title=Katesgrove Community Association |publisher=Katesgrove Community Association |access-date=25 June 2014 |archive-date=13 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213101833/http://www.katesgrove.org/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
=== Electoral ward === The Katesgrove electoral ward of the Borough of Reading corresponds closely to the neighbourhood. In addition to the traditional definition of Katesgrove (as given above), the ward includes a strip of land between the A33 and the River Kennet, including the flats on the site of the Reading Central goods depot and the commercial buildings to the south, that would more normally be regarded as part of the districts of Coley and Coley Park. The ward is bordered by Abbey, Redlands, Church, Whitley and Coley wards and forms part of the Reading Central parliamentary constituency.<ref name="RBC wards">{{cite web |title=Wards |url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/meetings/wards/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509152107/http://www.reading.gov.uk/meetings/wards/ |archivedate=9 May 2012 |accessdate=5 May 2012 |publisher=Reading Borough Council}}</ref><ref name="osem">{{cite map|title=Election Maps|publisher=Ordnance Survey|url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/?x=471740&y=172178&z=8&bnd1=UTW&bnd2=&labels=on|accessdate=15 June 2022}}</ref>
== Profile == {{As of|2024}}, Katesgrove ward had an area of {{convert|1.521|km2}} and there were 12,857 people living there. Of these, 16% were under 15 and 5.8% were 65 and over; 56.4% classified themselves as White, 26.4% as Asian, and 7.9% as Black, Caribbean or African; 51.4% were born outside the UK.<ref name=wp2024pop>{{cite web |url=https://citypopulation.de/en/uk/southeastengland/wards/reading/E05013871__katesgrove/ |title=Katesgrove (Ward, United Kingdom) |work=City Population |access-date=29 May 2026}}</ref><ref name=rcsh>{{cite news |url=https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23477643.reading-councillor-expelled-labour-party/ |title=Reading councillor expelled from the Labour Party |first=James |last=Aldridge |date=25 April 2023 |work=Reading Chronicle |access-date=16 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230426000100/https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/23477643.reading-councillor-expelled-labour-party/ |archive-date=26 April 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=wp2024cap>{{cite web 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The population lived in 4,641 households, of which 48.1% were in a flat, maisonette or apartment, and 51.7% were in a house or bungalow. Of the households, 11.5% were owned outright by the residents, 21.2% were owned subject to a mortgage, loan or shared ownership, 53.0% were privately rented and 14.2% were socially rented.<ref name=wp2024cap/>
Of the population aged over 16, 66.6% were in employment, 4.9% were unemployed, and 28.5% were economically inactive. Of those in employment, 46.5% were in managerial, professional or technical occupations. A total of 43.2% of the population were educated to university degree level.<ref name=wp2024cap/>
The ward includes Katesgrove, New Christ Church and the Palmer Academy primary schools, and Kendrick Grammar School. The parish churches of St Giles and Christ Church are both in the ward. It also includes Longbarn Lane Recreation Ground and Waterloo Meadows public open spaces.<ref name=osem/><ref name=oslr159>{{cite map |title=Map of Reading, Wokingham & Pangbourne |publisher=Ordnance Survey |isbn=9780319243527 |year=2015 |scale=1:25000}}</ref>
== Representation == Katesgrove elects three councillors to the unitary Reading Borough Council, with each elected in separate years for a four-year term.<ref name=RBCKatesgrove>{{cite web|title=Reading Councillors|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/meetings/councillors/?w=17|publisher=Reading Borough Council|accessdate=22 December 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Traditionally an area of strength for the Labour Party, one of Katesgrove's councillors was Labour's David Sutton, who was leader of the council for thirteen years before his defeat by a Liberal Democrat, Warren Swaine, in 2008.<ref name=RPSutton>{{cite news|title=Leader Out After 20 Years – By a Whisker|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2027435_leader_out_after_20_years__by_a_whisker|accessdate=22 December 2011|newspaper=Reading Post|date=6 May 2008}}</ref> The 2000s witnessed a surge in votes for the Liberal Democrats, resulting in 2007 with the election of Gareth Epps, who, in the 2010 general election, contested the Reading East constituency and achieved second place in that election - culminating in 2010 with all Katesgrove councillors being Liberal Democrats.<ref name=2007election>{{cite news|title=Reading Election Snaps (2007)|url=http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/2010391_reading_election_snaps|accessdate=22 December 2011|newspaper=Reading Post|date=4 May 2007}}</ref><ref name=RBC2010>{{cite web|title=Katesgrove 2010: Final Result|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2010/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=39|publisher=Reading Borough Council|accessdate=22 December 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415041030/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2010/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=39|archivedate=15 April 2012}}</ref> However, the 2011 council election saw Labour candidate Matt Rodda, who is now MP for Reading Central, elected, and over the following years Labour regained the remaining seats.<ref name=RBC2011>{{cite web|title=Katesgrove 2011: Final Result|url=http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=56|publisher=Reading Borough Council|accessdate=22 December 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322011013/http://www.reading.gov.uk/electionsdata/2011/local/staticwardboard.asp?ward=56|archivedate=22 March 2012}}</ref>
In the 2022 election, at which all councillors faced re-election because of boundary changes, a swing from the Labour Party to the Green Party led to the latter gaining two of the three seats. {{As of|2026}}, the councillors are Doug Cresswell, Louise Keane and Kaisa Nikulina, all of the Green Party.<ref>{{cite web |title = Your Councillors | url = https://democracy.reading.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | accessdate = 2024-11-08 |publisher = Reading Borough Council | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20241108133028/https://democracy.reading.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 | archivedate = 2024-11-08 | url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-7-may-2026/ |title=Local election results 7 May 2026 |publisher=Reading Borough Council |access-date=2026-05-08 |archive-date=2026-05-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260508093456/https://www.reading.gov.uk/the-council-and-democracy/elections-and-voting/election-results/local-election-results-7-may-2026/}}</ref>
==Notable people== * Fred Potts VC, holder of the Victoria Cross.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pottsvctrust.org/|title=Potts VC|website=www.pottsvctrust.org}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Katesgrove}} * [https://www.ons.gov.uk/explore-local-statistics/areas/E05013871-katesgrove Katesgrove Ward in the 2021 census] from the Office for National Statistics * [http://www.katesgrove.org/ Katesgrove Community Association] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140213101833/http://www.katesgrove.org/ |date=13 February 2014 }}
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