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Slough. The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (/ ˈbɑːrkʃɪər, - ʃər / ⓘ [ 3 ]BARK-sheer, -shər; abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London to the east, Surrey to the south-east, Hampshire ...
This is a list of places in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England.It does not include places which were formerly in Berkshire. For places which were formerly in Berkshire, see list of places transferred from Berkshire to Oxfordshire in 1974, and for places which were transferred from Berkshire in 1844 and 1889, see list of Berkshire boundary changes.
Welcome to the Berkshire portal. The Royal County of Berkshire, commonly known as simply Berkshire (/ ˈbɑːrkʃɪər, - ʃər / ⓘ BARK-sheer, -shər; abbreviated Berks.), is a ceremonial county in South East England. It is bordered by Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the north-east, Greater London to the east, Surrey to the ...
A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 104 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, most of the county being parished; Reading is completely unparished; Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire and Wokingham are entirely parished. At the 2001 census, there were 483,882 ...
West Berkshire: 34,670 38,762: 6 Abingdon-on-Thames: Vale of White Horse 37,931 In Berkshire until 1974. 7 Didcot: South Oxfordshire 32,183 200 dwellings in the south-east of the town lie in neighbouring East Hagbourne parish. In Berkshire until 1974. 8 Windsor: Windsor and Maidenhead 28,443 31,225: 9 Thatcham: West Berkshire 23,550 26,017: 10 ...
Reading (/ ˈrɛdɪŋ / ⓘ RED-ing) [ 2 ] is a town and borough in Berkshire, England. Most of its built-up area lies within the Borough of Reading, although some outer suburbs are parts of neighbouring local authority areas. Located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Kennet, Reading is 40 miles (64 km) east of ...
Ascot (/ ˈæskət, - ɒt /) is a town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in Berkshire, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Windsor, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Bracknell and 25 miles (40 km) west of London. [1] It is most notable as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the Royal Ascot meeting.
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