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Green Park Village is the residential component of Green Park, situated to the north of the business park and to the east of the railway station. Development started in 2016 and the initial phases are now complete and occupied. When fully complete the village is expected to contain more than 1,300
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Most of the facilities for Green Park are located in two areas, one in the north-west close to the railway station and residential village, and the other around Lime Square in the south-east of the business park. Whilst the two facilities are primarily aimed at residents and workers respectively,
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opened in 2023 and lies to the west of the residential village and the north-west of the business park, being linked to both by largely off-road walking routes. It also serves the Madejski Stadium, which is about 20 minutes distant over a walking route that passes through the business park. The
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serve the station, with two trains per hour in both directions on weekdays and Saturdays, and one train per hour on Sundays.
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The business park was the first component of Green Park to be developed, and it opened in 1999. It is currently owned by
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follows a traffic-free routing through the centre of the business park, on its way from Reading to
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Reading Green Park station (left), with apartment blocks that form part of Green Park Village
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and covers 195 acres (79 ha) and comprises 19 office buildings arranged around the
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The lakes of Green Park make a virtue of the necessity of flood alleviation measures
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The facilities immediately adjacent to the station include a residents club and a
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to the west. From a local government perspective it is largely located within the
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new homes, including both apartments and "New-England" style houses surrounding
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both are available to both groups and are about 20 minutes walk apart.
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By road, Green Park is accessed from two junctions off the
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Green Park is located in Berkshire
Berkshire
OS grid reference
SU698701
Unitary authority
Reading
Ceremonial county
Berkshire
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Police
Thames Valley
Fire
Royal Berkshire
Ambulance
South Central
UK Parliament
Reading West
UK
England
Berkshire
51°25′28″N 0°59′29″W / 51.42444°N 0.99139°W / 51.42444; -0.99139
Reading
English
Berkshire
Madejski Stadium

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