Berkshire - Simple English Wikipedia

# 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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Categories: Counties in England | Berkshire

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