Berkshire: Ceremonial but non-administrative county of England
Berkshire is a county in southeast England.
It is west of London. Its county town is Reading. In the past, a town named Abingdon was the county town, but this town is not in Berkshire any more.
Berkshire | |
|---|---|
 Flag | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | South East England |
| Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Area | [convert: needs a number] |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| • Ranked | of 48 |
| Density | [convert: needs a number] |
| Ethnicity | 88.7% White 6.8% S.Asian 2.0% Afro-Carib. |
Berkshire is also known as the Royal County of Berkshire.
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.
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