Reading, United Kingdom
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Reading Borough of Reading |
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| County town, Borough and Unitary authority | ||
From top left: Reading's historic Market Place with Town Hall and St Laurence's Church, the Maiwand Lion, the Town Centre skyline from the Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading Abbey, The Oracle shopping centre and River Kennet
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| Motto(s): A Deo et Regina With God and Queen |
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 Borough of Reading shown within Berkshire |
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| Coordinates: 51°27′15″N 0°58′23″W / 51.45417°N 0.97306°WCoordinates: 51°27′15″N 0°58′23″W / 51.45417°N 0.97306°W | ||
| Sovereign state |
 United Kingdom
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| Constituent country |
 England
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| Region | South East England | |
| Ceremonial county |
 Berkshire
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| Historic county | Berkshire (south of River Thames) Oxfordshire (north of River Thames) |
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| Admin HQ | Reading | |
| Settled | 871 or earlier | |
| Town status | 1086 or earlier | |
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| • Type | Unitary authority | |
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Reading Borough Council West Berkshire Council (Western suburbs) Wokingham Borough Council (Eastern suburbs) |
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| • Mayor | Cllr Mohammed Ayub | |
| • Deputy Mayor | Cllr Rose Williams | |
| • Leader | Cllr Jo Lovelock | |
| • MP for Reading East | Matt Rodda | |
| • MP for Reading West | Alok Sharma | |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) | |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | ||
| • Borough | 162,700 | |
| • Density | 4,026/km2 (10,430/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 318,014 (23rd in the UK) | |
| • Town | 232,662 | |
| • Ethnicity | 74.8% White (65.3% White British) 9.1% South Asian 6.7 % Black 3.9% Mixed 4.5% Chinese and Other Asian 0.9% Other |
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| Demonym(s) | Redingensian, Readingite | |
| Time zone | GMT (UTC+0) | |
| • Summer (DST) | BST (UTC+1) | |
| Postal Code | RG1–RG8, RG10, RG30, RG31 | |
| Area code(s) | 0118 | |
| Grid Ref. | SU713733 | |
| ONS code | 00MC (ONS) E06000038 (GSS) |
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| ISO 3166-2 | GB-RDG | |
| NUTS 3 | UKJ11 | |
| Website | reading.gov.uk | |
Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ (
listen) RED-ing) is a large, historically important minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is the county town.
It is located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway. Reading is 70 miles (110 km) east of Bristol, 24 miles (39 km) south of Oxford, 37 miles (60 km) west of London, 14 miles (23 km) north of Basingstoke, 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Maidenhead and 15 miles (24 km) east of Newbury as the crow flies.
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