|
You can find here the contact details for the majority of main 'essential' services, along with the local police phone number. Latest Updates: 'Recycling' section added; 'Community Help' section updated. This page probably should contain more - but hopefully it provides a start. It also provides advice for those with parking grievances …
Chemists/Pharmacies:As well as opening on weekdays, the Boots branch on Church Street provides a Sunday service (including a pharmacy): 9am to 6pm Mondays through Saturdays, and from 10am to 4pm on Sundays. There's also: L Rowland & Co (Retail) Ltd Mon - Fri 8.30am - 1.00pm. Mon - Fri 2.00pm - 6.30pm, Sat closed. N.B - Caversham Pharmacy is open for dispensing prescriptions on Sundays between 6pm and 7pm.  Community Help:Caversham Good Neighbours is a voluntary group that works on behalf of the RG4 community. The Neighbours provide advice, visits and help to the sick, lonely and / or housebound. The group also provides transport on essential journeys for the elderly and handicapped. Since it is an entirely voluntary organisation, it depends on the goodwill of the people of Caversham - donations are always appreciated. The Neighbours can be contacted via its secretary, Mrs Christine Baker, at Church House, 59 Church Street, Caversham RG4 8AX, Monday-Friday 9:30 am-11:30 am There is also a pilot Buddies scheme for older people in Peppard Ward, supported by local MP Rob Wilson. Call 0118 967 5797 for more information. Reading Council's Social Services provide a wide range of social services under their remit as a local authority - for normal purposes, their contact number is Tel: 0118 955 3600, although they also offer an out-of-hours emergency community care number - Tel: 01344 786543 Dentists:Caversham Heights Dental Practice Tel: (0118) 947 4848 Prospect Street Dental Practice Tel: (0118) 947 2517 Riverside Dental Practice Tel: 0118 947 1852 Doctors:Balmore Park Surgery Tel: (0118) 947 1455 Priory Avenue Surgery Tel: (0118) 947 6828 Mon-Fri (morning) 8.00am - 12.30pm. Mon - Fri (afternoon) 2.00pm - 6.30pm |
 Caversham Library:Opening Times (revised in June 2008) Monday 09:00 - 17:00 Contact details for the Library - Caversham Library Telephone: 0118 901 5103 Parking Fines:Possibly not a service as such, but if you think you've unfairly received a parking fine in Reading:
Police:Tel: (0118) 953 6000 (non emergency) You should report ALL crimes, however minor or trivial they seem, and whatever you think the chances are of the police catching someone. Policing - the number of policemen/women allocated to an area - is determined by the number of crimes reported for an area. Don't report any crime and you won't get any policing. It's that simple. Thames Valley Police aren't shy about their own PR and produce no less than five publications to tell you how wonderful they are. Any or all of them can be downloaded from the force's website. In amidst the puffery there is some useful stuff though. Not least, enter your postcode in the search box on the site and you will be shown your local officers' contact details. The 'crimestats' sub-site shows the reality of reported crime. It would all be much more meaningful, of course, if their claimed efficacy was related to their ever-increasing cost. Post - Last Post times:The Post box on the corner of Hemdean Road and Church Street (outside the bakers) has a 7pm collection on weekdays. There's also a 2pm collection on Sundays. Recycling:Caversham Globe (Go Local on a Better Environment) has organised a local used battery collection scheme. Globe has put collection containers at V&I Hardware in Milestone Way, Emmer Green, Caversham Cobbler & Key Smith in Bridge Street and in Woodcote Way News in Caversham. Containers will be emptied regularly by Globe volunteers and batteries taken to a recycling centre. Vets:The only vet that we're aware of in Caversham, and the feedback we've heard is that they're very good. Oakley Veterinary Clinic Tel: (0118) 947 9298 |
