Emmbrook is a suburb of the town of Wokingham

Wokingham

Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire in South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It spans an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403...

 in the English

England

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 county of Berkshire

Berkshire

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The suburb takes its name from the Emm Brook

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 river....

, a small river that is a tributary of the River Loddon

River Loddon

The River Loddon is a river in the English counties of Berkshire and Hampshire. It is a tributary of the River Thames, rising within the urban area of Basingstoke and flowing to meet the Thames near the village of Wargrave...

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

The Emmbrook School

The Emmbrook School is a co-educational comprehensive school located in Emmbrook, Wokingham, Berkshire, England, for students between 11 and 18 years of age...

 (11-18yrs (Wand

Wand

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)). 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

Mathematics and Computing College

Mathematics and Computing Colleges were introduced in England in 2002 as part of the Government's Specialist Schools Programme which was designed to raise standards in secondary education. Specialist schools focus specifically on their chosen specialism but must also meet the requirements of the...

 along with St Crispin's

St Crispin's School

St Crispin's School, founded in 1953, is a co-educational comprehensive school in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, catering for pupils between 11 and 18 years of age. There were 1,130 students at the school in 2011, of whom 190 were in the Sixth Form...

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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.