Berkshire
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| Berkshire | |
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| Geography | |
| Status | Ceremonial and Non-metropolitan county (no county council) |
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| 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 | |
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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 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


