Reading, Berkshire

Reading ( ) is a lairge toun an unitary authority aurie in Ingland. It is locatit in the Thames Valley at the confluence o the River Thames an River Kennet, an on baith the Great Western Main Line railwey an the M4 motorway, some  wast o Lunnon.

The Borough of Reading haes a population o 145,700 (2008 estimate) an the toun formit the lairgest pairt o the Reading/Wokingham Urban Aurie which haed a population o 369,804 (2001 census). The toun is currently representit in the UK parliament bi twa members, an haes been continuously representit thare syne 1295. For ceremonial purposes the toun is in the coonty o Berkshire an haes servit as its coonty toun syne 1867, previously sharin this status wi Abingdon.

Town twinnin
Reading is twinned wi:
Düsseldorf, Germany (syne 1947, offeecially syne 1988)
Clonmel, Ireland (syne 1994)
San Francisco Libre, Nicaragua (syne 1994)
Speightstown, Barbados (syne 2003)

Reading is a sister ceety o an aw:
Beruwala, Sri Lanka (syne 2004)
Reading, Pennsylvania

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Category:Touns in Berkshire
Category:Populatit places established in the 8t century
Category:Places in Berkshire leetit in the Domesday Book
Category:Local govrenment in Berkshire
Category:Local govrenment destricts o Sooth East Ingland
Category:Unitary authorities o Ingland
Category:Local authorities adjoinin the River Thames
Category:Kennet an Avon Canal