Green Park Village
Green Park Village is a housing development that constitutes the residential component of the Green Park development in Reading, Berkshire, adjacent to Green Park business park and a new railway station, [Reading Green Park, Reading|Green Park railway station|Reading Green Park]. When complete, it will have more than 1,300 new homes, including both apartments and "New-England" style houses, forming a new suburb of Reading. The housing surrounds South Lake, with a noticeably higher density on the west side as compared to the earlier eastern side.
Facilities in the village include a school – Green Park Village Primary Academy, a lakeside café, a coffee shop, a residents' club and a Tesco Express supermarket adjacent to the station.
Green Park Village lies entirely within the borough of Reading, in Whitley ward. It is a part of Earley and Woodley parliamentary constituency.
History
The plan for the development put forward in 2010 included 737 homes, a railway station to serve the village and surrounding areas, and a primary school. Subsequent plans have almost doubled the number of homes to be built.The development was opened to potential purchasers from April 2016, the primary school opened in September 2020, and the railway station in May 2023.