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 and civil parish 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
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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 center
51.5° or 51° 30' northLongitude of center
-1.25° or 1° 15' westPopulation
816,000Elevation
423 feet (129 metres)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
- 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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