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Reading
Borough of Reading | |
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 From top left: the Town Hall and St Laurence's Church, the Maiwand Lion, the Town Centre skyline from the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading Abbey and The Oracle | |
| Motto(s): A Deo et Regina With God and Queen | |
 Reading shown within Berkshire | |
| Coordinates: 51°27′15″N 0°58′23″W / 51.45417°N 0.97306°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Historic county | Berkshire (south of River Thames) Oxfordshire (north of River Thames) |
| Admin HQ | Reading |
| Settled | 871 or earlier |
| Town Status | 1086 or earlier |
| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authorities |
| • Governing bodies | Reading Borough Council West Berkshire Council (suburbs) Wokingham Borough Council (suburbs) |
| • Mayor | Cllr Tony Jones[1] |
| • Deputy Mayor | Cllr Sarah Hacker |
| • Leader | Cllr Jason Brock [2] |
| • Deputy Leader | Cllr Liz Terry[2] |
| Elevation | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Population (2005 est.) | |
| • Town & Borough | 162,700 (Ranked 115th) |
| • Density | 10,430/sq mi (4,026/km2) |
| • Urban | 318,014 (Ranked 20th in England and Wales) |
| • Ethnicity | 74.8% White (65.3% White British) 9.1% South Asian 6.7 % Black 3.9% Mixed Race 4.5% Chinese and Other Asian 0.9% Other |
| Demonym(s) | Readingensian Readingite |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postal Code | |
| Area code | 0118 |
| Grid Ref. | SU713733 |
| ONS code | 00MC (ONS) E06000038 (GSS) |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-RDG |
| NUTS 3 | UKJ11 |
| Website | reading.gov.uk |
Reading (pronounced: "Redding") is a large town in Berkshire in England.[3] It is the largest settlement in Berkshire. It is home to about 230,000 people. Reading is found in South East England, between London and Bristol. The River Thames goes through the town. Reading replaced Abingdon as the county town of Berkshire in 1867.
- ↑ "Councillors and Committees | Reading Borough Council". Archived from the original on 2015-05-09. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2023-06-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "The borough of Reading: The borough | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-07.