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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.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; GPX (all coordinates) ... Market towns in Berkshire (4 P) B. Bracknell (4 C, 35 P) E.
A map of Berkshire, showing the districts: (1) West Berkshire; (2) Reading; (3) Wokingham; (4) Bracknell Forest; (5) Windsor and Maidenhead; and (6) Slough. A civil parish is a country subdivision, forming the lowest unit of local government in England.
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 ...
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 17:56, 26 September 2010: 1,425 × 741 (1.51 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Map of Berkshire, UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched
The county has an area of 1,263 km 2 (488 sq mi) and a population of 911,403. The population is concentrated in the east, the area closest to Greater London, which includes the county's largest towns: Reading (174,224), Slough (164,793), Bracknell (113,205), and Maidenhead (70,374). The west is rural, and its largest town is Newbury (33,841).
Berkshire received the title "Royal County" in 1957 due to the presence of Windsor Castle. The area has historical ties to royalty dating back to the Norman Conquest, when William the Conqueror established Windsor as a royal residence. [10] On 1 April 1974, Berkshire's boundaries changed under the Local Government Act 1972.
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