adjacent Ruralcrafts Garden Centre. Transport Winnersh is situated on the main road between Reading and Wokingham, while Winnersh railway station and Winnersh Triangle railway station are on the Waterloo to Reading line. There is also a regular bus service that runs through the centre of the village between Reading and Bracknell via Wokingham. Amenities The Reading Showcase Cinema multiplex is just inside the Western edge of Winnersh. It is built on a flood plain of the River Loddon], but the building is raised to a sufficient level as to be unaffected. Opposite this is the Winnersh Garden Centre, now part of the Wyevale chain. Winnersh has only one pub, The Pheasant, situated at Winnersh crossroads, it also has a hotel annex which serves a number of businesses on Winnersh Triangle industrial estate. Winnersh Meadows is a 10-hectare country park on the southern side of the A329(M). It contains an orchard, a wildflower meadow and various wetland habitats for Great Crested Newts. The Emm Brook and the Loddon rivers run through Winnersh. Education The area is served by three primary schools: Winnersh Primary School, Wheatfield Primary School and Bearwood Primary School. There is one secondary school, The Forest School, an all-boys' school dating from 1957. in addition there are three nursery/pre-school establishments; The Greenwood Pre-school, Hapitots Day Nursery and Pre-school and Toad Hall Nursery. Population The 2001 census recorded 7,939 people living in 2,953 households in the parish. Of these homes, 2,444 were Owner Occupied, 290 were Social Rented homes, 195 were Privately Rented and 24 homes were Rent Free. Below are some other facts the census data revealed about Winnersh: 7,431 people live in an unshared house or bungalow, 238 people live in flats or maisonettes, 182 live in caravans or other temporary structures. The 2001 census also recorded the following ethnic breakdown: White 94.19%, Asian 3.22%, Mixed 1.04%, Black 0.58%, Chinese 0.37% and other 0.58% The religious breakdown in 2001 was as follows: 5,716 Christian, 32 Buddhist, 77 Hindu, 17 Jewish, 84 Muslim, 99 Sikh, 38 other religion, 1,397 no religion, 479 religion not stated. There were 5,842 people of employable age (between 16 and 74) in Winnersh, of whom 4,339 were in employment. Of people who were not working 588 people were retired, 371 people were looking after their families, 200 people were full-time students, 120 people were sick or disabled and only 103 people were unemployed. 'Spoonyville'