Battle is an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.
It is situated to the west of the town centre, south of the River Thames, and is bordered by Kentwood, Caversham Heights, Thames, Abbey, Coley, Southcote and Norcot wards.
[1] The ward takes its name indirectly from the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest of England.
[1][3] The area is ethnically diverse and has significant Afro-Caribbean and South Asian populations.
The ward councillors are currently Wendy Griffith and Amjad Tarar, who are members of the Labour party, and Sarah Hacker, a former Mayor of Reading and member of the Labour Party who now sits as an independent.