 Southcote ( / ˈsaʊθkət / ) is a suburb of Reading in the English county of Berkshire . Located to the south @-@ west of Reading town centre , Southcote has a population of about 8 @,@ 500 ( as of 2011 ) . The settlement lies primarily between the London @-@ to @-@ Bath road and the River Kennet . The area was first developed in the 1930s and 1940s, and the majority of the houses in the area were built between 1945 and 1960. sierpniu 1959 .
Southcote is a part of the South Reading electoral