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Reading Berkshire - Location | | Reading Berkshire - Location: Encyclopedia II - Reading Berkshire - Location | | | The centre of Reading is situated close to the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, reflecting the town's history as a river port. Just before the confluence, the Kennet cuts through a narrow and relatively steep sided gap in the hills forming the southern flank of the Thames flood plain. The absence of a flood plain on the Kennet in this defile enabled the development of wharves off the notoriously fickle unimproved Thames navigation.
Reading is located some 40 miles (64 km) due west of central London, and 25 miles (40 km) south east of Oxford.See also: Reading Berkshire, Reading Berkshire - Location, Reading Berkshire - History, Reading Berkshire - Government, Reading Berkshire - Institutions, Reading Berkshire - Transport, Reading Berkshire - Retail, Reading Berkshire - Sport, Reading Berkshire - Literature, Reading Berkshire - Media, Reading Berkshire - Notable people, Reading Berkshire - Utilities and infrastructure, Reading Berkshire - Water, Reading Berkshire - Electricity, Reading Berkshire - Gas, Reading Berkshire - Telephone, Reading Berkshire - Television, Reading Berkshire - Internet | | | Reading Berkshire, Reading Berkshire - Electricity, Reading Berkshire - Gas, Reading Berkshire - Government, Reading Berkshire - History, Reading Berkshire - Institutions, Reading Berkshire - Internet, Reading Berkshire - Literature, Reading Berkshire - Location, Reading Berkshire - Media, Reading Berkshire - Notable people, Reading Berkshire - Retail, Reading Berkshire - Sport, Reading Berkshire - Telephone, Reading Berkshire - Television, Reading Berkshire - Transport, Reading Berkshire - Utilities and infrastructure, Reading Berkshire - Water | | |
| | | Reading Berkshire: Encyclopedia II - Reading Berkshire - Location
Reading Berkshire - Location
The centre of Reading is situated close to the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, reflecting the town's history as a river port. Just before the confluence, the Kennet cuts through a narrow and relatively steep sided gap in the hills forming the southern flank of the Thames flood plain. The absence of a flood plain on the Kennet in this defile enabled the development of wharves off the notoriously fickle unimproved Thames navigation.
Reading is located some 40 miles (64 km) due west of central London, and 25 miles (40 km) south east of Oxford.
Position: grid reference SU714733
Reading suburbs: Calcot, Caversham, Coley, Coley Park, Earley, Emmer Green, Fords Farm, Katesgrove, Purley-On-Thames, Southcote, Tilehurst, Whitley, Whitley Wood, Woodley
Nearby towns and cities: London, Oxford, Newbury, Wokingham, Bracknell, Henley-on-Thames
Nearby villages: Pangbourne, Shinfield, Sonning, Sonning Common, Theale, Three Mile Cross, Twyford, Winnersh
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