Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a large town and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Berkshire, England. It was an important centre in the medieval period, as the site of Reading Abbey, a monastery with strong royal connections. The town was seriously affected by the English Civil War, with a major siege and loss of trade, and played a pivotal role in the Revolution of 1688, with that revolution's only significant military action fought on the streets of the town. The 19th century saw the coming of the Great Western Railway and the development of the town's brewing, baking and seed growing businesses.
Population: 244,070
Latitude: 51° 27' 22.50" N
Longitude: 0° 58' 16.07" E
Walbury Hill is the highest hill in the traditional county of Berkshire in the UK at 297 metres (974 ft) above sea level. It is also the highest natural point in the South East of England, West Berkshire being a constituent part of the South East of…
Virginia Water Lake lies on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park, in the borough of Runnymede in Surrey and the civil parishes of Old Windsor and Sunningdale and Ascot in Berkshire, in England. It is a man-made lake taking its name from a natural…
Swinley Forest is a large expanse of Crown Estate woodland mainly within the civil parishes of Windlesham in Surrey and Winkfield and Crowthorne in Berkshire, England.
Peasemore is a village and civil parish in the English ceremonial and history county of Berkshire in the West Berkshire unitary authority area, west of the A34 road and north of the town of Newbury.
The Military Knights of Windsor are retired military officers who receive a pension and accommodation at Windsor Castle, and who provide support for the Order of the Garter and for the services of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. They are comman…
The Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (MAST) experiment was a nuclear fusion experiment in operation at Culham, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom from December 1999 to September 2013. It followed the highly successful Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak (START) …
The Marlow Branch Line is a 7.25-mile (11.67 km) single track railway line between Maidenhead, Berkshire, Bourne End and Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England. Passenger services are operated by First Great Western using Class 165 diesel trains.
The Maiwand Lion is a sculpture and war memorial in the Forbury Gardens, a public park in the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire.
Heston Aerodrome was a 1930s airfield located to the west of London, UK, operational between 1929 and 1947. It was situated on the border of the Heston and Cranford areas of Hounslow, Middlesex.
The Denham Roundabout is where Western Avenue, the A40, flows into the M40 motorway.
Built as a rectory in about 1870, the spacious Victorian Crocker End House in Nettlebed in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England was bought by the Duke and Duchess of Kent in December 1989. They moved into the house in February of the following yea…
Chertsey Abbey, dedicated to St Peter, was a Benedictine monastery located at Chertsey in the English county of Surrey.
Wargrave /ˈwɔr.ɡreɪv/ is a village and civil parish in Berkshire, England. The village is primarily on the River Thames but also along the confluence of the River Loddon. The village is larger than the county average, having a railway station on its…
Staines railway station is in Staines-upon-Thames, Surrey, England.
Shirburn Castle is at the village of Shirburn, 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Thame, Oxfordshire.
Royal Air Force Daws Hill or more simply RAF Daws Hill (Now listed Grade II by English Heritage) was a Royal Air Force station on the outskirts of High Wycombe, in Buckinghamshire, England.
Mapledurham House is an Elizabethan stately home located in the civil parish of Mapledurham in the English county of Oxfordshire.
Kintbury Rangers F.C. are a football club based in Kintbury, West Berkshire. They are currently members of the North Berks League.