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Accommodation
Education
Entertainment
Joel Park Residents Association
Emmbrook Place
Local Authority
Political Representation
Sports Facilities
Village Hall
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For those who are looking for property in the area and perhaps coming from a long distance, or seeking accommodation in the Emmbrook area for any reason, the 3-star rated Emmbrook Inn is centrally located.
Emmbrook is fortunate in having three schools within its boundaries. Together, these three schools can offer excellent education facilities for children from Early Years Foundation Stage to the completion of their sixth form studies. Links to each of the school websites appear below.
A new primary school has been built on Queens Road, as part of the Emmbrook Place development, and is to be run by the Keys Academy Trust. This new school, St Cecilia’s CoE Primary School, will offer 210 places. Full opening had been delayed, due to low level of interest, but the school has opened to KS2 students (ages 7-11) in Jan 2023 and expects to open to remaining years in Sep 2023. We are currently seeking to establish when the Community Centre linked to the school will be opening and which organisation it will be run by.
St Cecilia’s CoE Primary School
The Wokingham Music Club, which hosts live music events, is based at the same premises as the Emmbrook Sports and Social Club at the junction of Lowther Road and Emmbrook Road. There is a licensed bar on the premises. Please refer to the club website for details of forthcoming gigs.
Joel Park Residents Association
Joel Park is the area of Wokingham that is our neighbour on our eastern border, the two districts being separated by the Emm Brook river itself. The Emmbrook Residents Association and the Joel Park Residents Association work closely together, along side the representative for Emmbrook Place, on matters of common interest, especially in relation to planning matters.
Emmbrook Place relates to the new housing development between Matthewsgreen Road, Twyford Road and Toutley Depot; including Queens Road and the reconfigured Toutley Road (part of the North Wokingham Distributor Road). Whilst Emmbrook Place does not yet have a formalised Residents Association they do operate a community network coordinated by a resident Joanne Parker.
The local authority that is responsible for the Emmbrook area is Wokingham Borough Council.
There is also a Wokingham Town Council, which has responsibilities relating to the central part of the town.
The local member of parliament is John Redwood, who represents the whole of Wokingham. The councillors representing Emmbrook Ward on Wokingham Borough Council are Imogen Shepherd-DuBey, Morag Malvern and Rachel Bishop-Firth. Their contact details are listed below.
Your Member of Parliament
John Redwood
email: [email protected]
Telephone: 0118 962 9501
Fax: 0118 962 9323
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Your Borough Councillors
Morag Malvern
email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07506 881126
98 Woosehill Lane
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 2TS
Imogen Shepherd-DuBey
email: imogen.shepherd-dubey@
Mobile: 07804 742799
16 Meadow View
Wokingham
RG41 5PD
Rachel Bishop-Firth
email: [email protected]
Telephone: 07866 039541
44 Ormonde Road
Wokingham
RG41 2RB
Your Town Councillors (Emmbrook North Ward)
Maria Gee
email: [email protected]
Mobile: 0759 8307319
C/O Wokingham Town Council
Town Hall
Market Place
Wokingham
RG40 1AS
Peter Hornsby
email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07763 486310
Morag Malvern
email: [email protected]
Mobile: 07506 881126
98 Woosehill Lane
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 2TS
The Emmbrook Sports and Social Club, which is located on the corner of Lowther Road and Emmbrook Road, hosts the Wokingham & Emmbrook football club. The Men’s 1st Team play in Combined Counties Premier North League and the Women’s 1st Team play in the Thames Valley Counties Women’s Football League. The football club also has boys and girls youth sections.
The ESSC is also the home of the Emmbrook & Bearwood cricket club.
The Emmbrook Village Hall, at the junction of Emmbrook Road and Commons Road, is a valuable local amenity that is used for all kinds of activities. Details of the hall’s capacity, hire costs, and whom to contact if you wish to book an event there, will be found by following the link in this paragraph.
An additional community centre has been built alongside the new primary school on Queens Road. We are currently waiting to hear from WBC who will be operating this facility and when it will open.