Emmbrook is a suburb of the town of

Wokingham Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, west of London, southeast of Reading, north of Camberley and west of Bracknell. History Wokingham means 'Wocca's people's home'. Wocca was apparently a Saxon chieftain who may als ...

in the county of

Berkshire Berkshire ( ; in the 17th century sometimes spelt phonetically as Barkeshire; abbreviated Berks.) is a historic county in South East England. One of the home counties, Berkshire was recognised by Queen Elizabeth II as the Royal County of Berk ...

, England. The suburb takes its name from the

Emm Brook The Emm Brook, sometimes known as the Embrook or Emmbrook, is a small river in the English county of Berkshire. It is a tributary of the River Loddon which it meets at the village of Hurst. The Wokingham suburb of Emmbrook is named after the r ...

, a small river that is a tributary of the

River Loddon The River Loddon is a tributary of the River Thames in southern England. It rises at Basingstoke in Hampshire and flows northwards for to meet the Thames at Wargrave in Berkshire. Together, the Loddon and its tributaries drain an area of . T ...

. There are three schools in Emmbrook: Emmbrook Junior School, Emmbrook Infant School and

The Emmbrook School The Emmbrook School is a co-educational secondary school located in Emmbrook, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, for students between 11 and 18 years of age. There are around 1,378 students at the school, with nearly 200 in the Sixth Form. The Scho ...

(11-18yrs (

Wand A wand is a thin, light-weight rod that is held with one hand, and is traditionally made of wood, but may also be made of other materials, such as metal or plastic. Long versions of wands are often styled in forms of staves or sceptres, which c ...

)). The latter is one of four main secondary schools serving Wokingham and one of two schools in Wokingham with a specialism in Maths and Computing along with St Crispin's. Other local amenities in Emmbrook include three pubs The Dog and Duck, The Rifle Volunteer and The Emmbrook Inn (formerly The Thatched Cottage), shops, a village hall and a social centre.

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