 It is primarily a residential area, although it is also home to the Berkshire Independent Hospital and has previously been the site of government offices.Coley Park is an area of south-west Reading, bounded to the north by the Berkeley Avenue and the older district of Coley, to the south and east by the Holy Brook and the water meadows of the Kennet Valley, and to the west by the Reading to Basingstoke railway line, the now disused Coley branch line and the suburb of Southcote.Besides the water meadows, there are two public open spaces within the suburb, Courage Park and Coley Park Recreation Ground.