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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Reading and Slough.
Reading
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Reading is a large, historic town in Berkshire in the South East of England. It is one of the largest towns without city status in the United Kingdom with just under 235,000 inhabitants.
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.
Wokingham
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Wokingham is a market town and civil parish in Berkshire, England. It is the main administrative centre of the wider Borough of Wokingham. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 38,284 and the wider built-up area had a population of 50,325.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Maidenhead and Bracknell.
Maidenhead
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Maidenhead is a large riverside town in the county of Berkshire in the South East of England. Like many towns, Maidenhead has lost some of its historic charm, and the town centre is a little uninspiring and overdeveloped in some parts.
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.
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. Windsor is an ancient town most famous for its castle, construction of which began in 1075, and which is the largest and oldest occupied castle in the world.
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.
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, and 60 miles west of London.
Newbury and Thatcham
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Newbury and Thatcham are adjoining towns in the county of Berkshire, in the South East of England. Newbury is the principal town in the west of the county, and is a historic market town.
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.
Bray
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Bray or Bray on Thames is a village in Berkshire, England. It is notable for being the home of two of Britain's best restaurants. Bray Studios was also where a number of Hammer Films' horror genre classics were filmed.
Cookham
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Cookham is a historic Thames-side village and civil parish on the north-eastern edge of Berkshire, England, 2.9 miles north-north-east of Maidenhead and opposite the village of Bourne End.
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 and non-metropolitan but non-administrative county of England
- Also known as: “Berks”, “Ceremonial County Berkshire”, and “Royal County of Berkshire”
- Neighbors: Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, and Wiltshire
- Categories: ceremonial county of England and non-metropolitan county
- Location: South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Berkshire” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “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”
- Esperanto: “Berkshire”
- Estonian: “Berkshire”
- Finnish: “Berkshire”
- French: “Berkshire”
- Galician: “Berkshire”
- Georgian: “ბერკშირი”
- Georgian: “ბერქშირი”
- German: “Berkshire”
- Greek: “Μπέρκσαϊρ”
- Hakka Chinese: “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”
- 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 Bokmål: “Berkshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Berkshire”
- Norwegian: “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”
- Venetian: “contea de Berk”
- Vietnamese: “Berkshire”
- Volapük: “Berkshire”
- Waray (Philippines): “Berkshire”
- Welsh: “Berkshire”
- Western Frisian: “Berkshire”
- Western Panjabi: “برکشائر”
- Wu Chinese: “伯克郡”
- Yiddish: “בארקשיר”
- Yiddish: “באַרקשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “柏莎郡”
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