Unitary authority · England

West Berkshire

West Berkshire is a unitary authority. It is a single-tier authority, so it runs both local and larger services.

What this council is responsible for

West Berkshire
Unitary authority · E06000037
  • Planning applications
  • Bin and recycling collection
  • Council tax and business rates collection
  • Housing and homelessness
  • Licensing
  • Environmental health
  • Parks and leisure
  • Local elections
  • Schools and education
  • Adult social care
  • Children’s services
  • Roads and highways
  • Waste disposal
  • Libraries
  • Trading standards
  • Public health
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Type
Unitary authority
Single tier
Official code
E06000037
ONS GSS code
Nation
England
Local planning authority
Yes. Decides planning applications in its area.

Other bodies covering this area

Royal Berkshire
Fire and rescue authority
  • Fire and rescue
35
Postcode sectors
23
Wards
2
Constituencies

10 of these postcode sectors are shared with a neighbouring council. Postcode sectors are a Royal Mail construct and do not follow council boundaries.

Boundary

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Ultra-generalised boundary (500 m) from the ONS Open Geography Portal, Open Government Licence v3. Indicative at this scale; not for legal or planning use. See it among its neighbours on the UK map →

Towns in this area

Parliamentary constituencies

Wards

23 wards recorded in this council area.

Aldermaston · Basildon · Bucklebury · Burghfield & Mortimer · Chieveley & Cold Ash · Downlands · Hungerford & Kintbury · Lambourn · Newbury Central · Newbury Clay Hill · Newbury Greenham · Newbury Speen · Newbury Wash Common · Pangbourne · Ridgeway · Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst · Thatcham Colthrop & Crookham · Thatcham North East · Thatcham West · Theale · Tilehurst & Purley · Tilehurst Birch Copse · Tilehurst South & Holybrook

Postcode sectors

RG14 1 · RG14 2 · RG14 3 · RG14 5 · RG14 6 · RG14 7 · RG14 9 · RG17 0 · RG17 1 · RG17 7 · RG17 8 · RG17 9 · RG18 0 · RG18 3 · RG18 4 · RG18 9 · RG19 3 · RG19 4 · RG19 6 · RG19 8 · RG20 0 · RG20 6 · RG20 7 · RG20 8 · RG31 4 · RG31 6 · RG31 7 · RG7 3 · RG7 4 · RG7 5 · RG7 6 · RG7 8 · RG8 6 · RG8 8 · RG8 9

Sources: ONS Open Geography Portal (boundaries and names, retrieved 2026-09-05, Open Government Licence v3); National Statistics Postcode Lookup May 2026; Wikidata (official website, CC0). Official code E06000037.