Berkshire

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Berkshire is a county in the south of England (part of the UK). It is to the west of London. Its main town is named Reading. In the past, a town named Abingdon was the county town, but this town is now not in Berkshire.

Berkshire is also named Royal Berkshire.

[edit] Cities, towns and villages

  • Bracknell
  • Datchet
  • Caversham
  • Hungerford
  • Maidenhead
  • Newbury
  • Reading
  • Slough
  • Windsor, home of Windsor Castle, and which gives its name to the House of Windsor
  • Wokingham

The towns below are not part of Berkshire now, but were in the past.

  • Abingdon
  • Didcot
  • Wallingford
  • Wantage
  • Faringdon


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