Earley
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![View down Shepherd's Hill (A4) towards Reading](/Images/godic/202501/10/Shepherd's_Hill,_Earley_-_geograph.org.uk_-_5659564609.jpg")
![Earley railway station](/Images/godic/202501/10/Earley_Railway_Station4609.jpg")
Earley is a town and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. 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. The name is sometimes spelt Erleigh or Erlegh.