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# Berkshire

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Berkshire
Geography
Status | Ceremonial and Non-metropolitan county (no county council)
Region | South East England
Area - Total | Ranked 40th 1,262 km²
ONS code |
NUTS 3 | UKJ11
Demographics
Population - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 26th 812,200 643 / km²
Ethnicity | 88.7% White 6.8% S.Asian 2.0% Afro-Carib.
Politics
No county council

Members of Parliament

- Adam Afriyie
- Richard Benyon
- Andrew Mackay
- Fiona Mactaggart
- Theresa May
- John Redwood
- Martin Salter
- Rob Wilson

Districts

1. West Berkshire (Unitary)
2. Reading (Unitary)
3. Wokingham (Unitary)
4. Bracknell Forest (Unitary)
5. Windsor and Maidenhead (Unitary)
6. Slough (Unitary)

Berkshire is a county in the south of England (part of the UK). It is to the west of London. Its county 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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