Berkshire
Berkshire is a county in the South East region of England, located immediately to the west of London. Whilst its proximity to the capital and its own centres of commerce ensure a large and affluent population, Berkshire still possesses much rural scenery, including long stretches of the River Thames.Photo: Seabhcan, Public domain.
Popular Destinations
Reading
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Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England.
Slough
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Slough is a town in Berkshire, England, in the Thames Valley 20 miles west of central London and 19 miles north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways.
Maidenhead
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Maidenhead is a large riverside town in the county of Berkshire in the South East of England.
Destinations
Wokingham
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Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, 37 miles west of London, 7 miles southeast of Reading, 8 miles north of Camberley and 4 miles west of Bracknell.
Windsor and Eton
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Windsor and Eton are twin towns, in Berkshire, in the South East of England, separated by the River Thames and joined by Windsor Bridge.
Bracknell
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Bracknell is a town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the borough of Bracknell Forest.
Sandhurst
Sandhurst is a village in Berkshire. Probably best known as the home of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.Ascot
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Ascot is a village in the English county of Berkshire, most famous as the location of Ascot Racecourse, home of the prestigious Royal Ascot race meeting.
Newbury and Thatcham
Newbury and Thatcham are adjoining towns in the county of Berkshire, in the South East of England.Hungerford
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Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, 8 miles west of Newbury, 9 miles east of Marlborough, 27 miles north-east of Salisbury and 60 miles west of London.
Twyford
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Twyford is in Berkshire. Twyford is largely a commuter settlement for workers travelling to Reading, Maidenhead, Wokingham and, further afield, London.
Cookham
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Cookham is a small village in the county of Berkshire in the South East of England.
Goring and Streatley
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Goring and Streatley are twin villages in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the boundary of Berkshire and Oxfordshire respectively, in England.
Berkshire
- Type: Region with 816,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial but non-administrative county of England
- Neighbors: Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Wiltshire
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude of centre
51.5° or 51° 30' northLongitude of centre
-1.25° or 1° 15' westPopulation
816,000Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)GeoNames ID
2655856Wikidata ID
Q23220Berkshire Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Berkshire
- Arabic: Berkshire
- Arabic: باركشير
- Aragonese: Berkshire
- Armenian: Բերկշիր
- Armenian: Բերքշիր
- Asturian: Berkshire
- Azerbaijani: Berkşir
- Balinese: Berkshire
- Basque: Berkshire
- Belarusian: Беркшыр
- Belarusian: Бэркшыр
- Belarusian: графства Бэркшыр
- Breton: Berkshire
- Bulgarian: Бъркшър
- Catalan: Berkshire
- Cebuano: Berkshire
- Chinese: Berkshire
- Chinese: 伯克郡
- Chinese: 柏莎郡
- Cornish: Berkshire
- Croatian: Berkshire (grofovija)
- Croatian: Berkshire
- Czech: Berkshire
- Danish: Berkshire
- Dutch: Berkshire
- English: Berks
- English: Ceremonial County Berkshire
- English: Royal County of Berkshire
- Esperanto: Berkshire
- Estonian: Berkshire
- Finnish: Berkshire
- French: Berkshire
- Galician: Berkshire
- Georgian: ბერკშირი
- German: Berkshire
- Greek: Μπέρκσαϊρ
- Hakka Chinese: Berkshire
- Hausa: Berkshire
- Hebrew: ברקשייר
- Hindi: बर्कशायर
- Hungarian: Berkshire
- Icelandic: Berkshire
- Iloko: Berkshire
- Indonesian: Berkshire
- Irish: Berkshire
- Italian: Berkshire
- Japanese: バークシャー
- Japanese: バークス
- Japanese: ロイヤル・カウンティ・オブ・バークシャー
- Korean: 버크셔주
- Kurdish: Berkshire
- Ladin: Berkshire
- Lao: Berkshire
- Latin: Berceria
- Latvian: Bārkšīra
- Latvian: Bērkšīra
- Lithuanian: Berkšyras
- Luxembourgish: Berkshire
- Macedonian: Баркшир
- Macedonian: Беркшир
- Malay: Berkshire
- Manx: Berkshire
- Maori: Berkshire
- Marathi: बर्कशायर
- Min Nan Chinese: Berkshire
- Mirandese: Berkshire
- Narom: Barqueschire
- Nepali: बर्कसायर
- Northern Frisian: Berkshire
- Norwegian: Berkshire
- Norwegian Bokmål: Berkshire
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Berkshire
- Occitan (post 1500): Berkshire
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Bearrucscīr
- Ossetian: Беркшир
- Persian: بارکشر
- Persian: برکشایر
- Persian: برکشر
- Polish: Berkshire
- Portuguese: Berkshire
- Romanian: Berkshire
- Russian: Беркшир
- Scots: Berkshire
- Serbian: Беркшир
- Serbo-Croatian: Berkshire
- Slovak: Berkshire
- Slovenian: Berkshire, Anglija
- Spanish: Berkshire
- Swedish: Berkshire
- Tajik: Беркшир
- Tatar: Беркшир
- Thai: บาร์กเชอร์
- Turkish: Berkshire
- Turkish: Törensel Berkshire Kontluğu
- Uighur: Bérkshir
- Ukrainian: Беркшир
- Urdu: بارکشائر
- Urdu: برکشائر
- Uzbek: Berkshire
- Vietnamese: Berkshire
- Volapük: Berkshire
- Waray (Philippines): Berkshire
- Welsh: Berkshire
- Western Frisian: Berkshire
- Western Panjabi: برکشائر
- Wu Chinese: 伯克郡
- Yiddish: באַרקשיר
- Yiddish: בארקשיר
- Yue Chinese: 柏莎郡
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