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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.
Also referred to as the Berkshire Highlands, Berkshire Hills, Berkshire Mountains, and Berkshire Plateau, the region enjoys a vibrant tourism industry based on music, arts, and recreation. Geologically, the mountains are a subrange of the Appalachian Mountains. The Berkshires were named among the 12 Last Great Places by The Nature Conservancy. [2]
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML; ... Pages in category "Towns in Berkshire" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of ...
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.
Berkshire portal This category lists articles relating to rivers that flow through or along the borders of the English county of Berkshire . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivers of Berkshire .
This is a list of settlements in Berkshire by population based on the results of the 2011 census. The next United Kingdom census will take place in 2021 . In 2011, there were 19 built-up area subdivisions with 5,000 or more inhabitants in Berkshire , shown in the table below.
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