Coley is an inner-town district near the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.

The district has no formal boundaries, but the historically the name referred to the area roughly bounded by Castle Street, Castle Hill and the Bath Road to the north, Berkeley Avenue to the south and west, and the River Kennet and Bridge Street to the east.

[2][3] The Berkshire Record Office is located in Coley Avenue near to the junction with Bath Road.

This was obtained piecemeal by small local developers who built tiny, densely packed cottages on the site for the growing population of Reading.

[5] [6] [7] [8] Phoebe Cusden, a notable socialist, peace campaigner and Mayor of Reading, lived all her life in Coley.