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.
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Maidenhead
Maidenhead is a large riverside town in the county of Berkshire in the South East of England.
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Hungerford
Hungerford is a historic market town and civil parish, in Berkshire, England.
Newbury and Thatcham
Newbury and Thatcham are adjoining towns in the county of Berkshire, in the South East of England.
Berkshire
- Region with 816,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 423 feet (129 metres)
- Description: ceremonial and non-metropolitan but non-administrative county of England
- Also known as“Berks”“Ceremonial County Berkshire”“Royal County of Berkshire”
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Latitude of center
51.5° or 51° 30′ north
Longitude of center
-1.25° or 1° 15′ west
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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: “伯克郡”
- 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”
- Ido: “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”
- Jèrriais: “Barqueschire”
- 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”
- 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”
- Sindhi: “برڪشائر”
- 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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