It includes that part of the Reading suburb of Tilehurst that lies outside the Reading Borough boundary, together with the northern part of the adjoining suburb of Calcot, and a small rural area west of the two suburbs.

The parish is bordered by the Borough of Reading, and the West Berkshire civil parishes of Holybrook, Theale, Sulham, and Purley on Thames.

It lies entirely within the Reading West and Mid Berkshire parliamentary constituency.

[3] The ratio of employed to unemployed residents is approximately 10:1.

[3] In addition to this are the 24% of residents who are neither employed nor unemployed but "economically inactive".