norcot ward is the far eastern sector of the reading borough portion of tilehurst. as a commonly used suburban area, norcot centres on norcot road and the upper oxford road on norcot hill. it is electorally partly in norcot ward and partly in kentwood to its west. all these areas form a mixture of suburban and urban parts of west reading. the original hamlet was near the junction of norcot road and romany lane and was largely made up of norcot farm in the north-east of old tilehurst parish. the name means 'north cottage' and has a southern neighbour southcote, below tilehurst church and manor.