Berkshire
Berkshire is a county in southeast England. It is west of London. Its county town is Reading. In the past, a town named Abingdon was the county town, but this town is not in Berkshire any more.
| Berkshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial and Non-metropolitan county (no county council) |
| Region | South East England |
| Area - Total |
Ranked 40th 1,262 km2 (487 sq mi) |
| ONS code | |
| NUTS 3 | UKJ11 |
| Demography | |
| Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 26th 812,200 643/km2 (1,670/sq mi) |
| Ethnicity | 88.7% White 6.8% S.Asian 2.0% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
| No county council | |
| Members of Parliament | |
| Districts | |
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Berkshire is also known as the Royal County of Berkshire.
Cities, towns and villages
- Bracknell
- Datchet
- Caversham
- Hungerford
- Maidenhead
- Newbury
- Reading
- Slough
- Windsor, home of Windsor Castle, and which gives its name to the House of Windsor
- Wokingham
The towns below are not part of Berkshire now, but were in the past.
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- Berkshire UK locator map 2010.svg
Berkshire UK locator map 2010
- Berkshire - British Isles.svg
Berkshire location map
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Berkshire numbered districts
- Windsor Castle at Sunset - Nov 2006.jpg
Windsor Castle, viewed from the Long Walk
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Virginia Water Lake on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park
- Oxonium Buckinghamia Berceria Atals.jpg
Hand-drawn map of Oxford, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire by Christopher Saxton from 1576.
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The Oracle Corporation campus
- Aerial View of Slough Trading Estate.JPG
Slough Trading Estate plays a major part in making Slough a business centre in South East England
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The grandstand at Ascot Racecourse