Reading, Berkshire
Reading (
i/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) 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 40 mile (64 km) wast o Lunnon.
Reading | |
|---|---|
 The Oracle, Town Hall an St Laurence's Church, Skyline frae Reading West, Reading Abbey an Reading Festival | |
| Motto(s): A Deo et Regina Wi God an Queen | |
 Reading shown athin Berkshire | |
| Coordinates: 51°27′15″N 0°58′23″W / 51.45417°N 0.97306°W | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Constituent kintra | Ingland |
| Region | Sooth East England |
| Ceremonial county | Berkshire |
| Admin HQ | Reading |
| Settled | 871 or earlier |
| Toun Status | 1086 or earlier |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Unitary authorities |
| • Govrenin bodies | Reading Borough Council, but includin pairts o Wokingham Borough an Wast Berkshire an aw |
| Elevation | 61 m (200 ft) |
| Population (2011 est.[1]) | |
| • Toun & Burgh | ([[Leet o Inglis destricts bi population|Rankit 115t]]) |
| • Urban | 369,804 (Ranked 17t in UK) |
| • Ethnicity[2] | 82.0% White (74.2% White Breetish) 8.4% Sooth Asie 4.3 % Black 2.7% Mixed Race 1.1% Cheenese 1.5% Ither |
| Demonym(s) | Redingensian, Readingite |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postal Code | |
| Area code(s) | 0118 |
| Grid Ref. | SU713733 |
| ONS code | 00MC |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-RDG |
| NUTS 3 | UKJ11 |
| Website | reading.gov.uk |
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.[3]
Town twinnin
eeditReading is twinned wi:
- Düsseldorf, Germany (syne 1947, offeecially syne 1988)[4][5]
- Clonmel, Ireland (syne 1994)[6]
- San Francisco Libre, Nicaragua (syne 1994)[7]
- Speightstown, Barbados (syne 2003)[8]
Reading is a sister ceety o an aw:
References
eedit- Notes
- ↑ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2016". Office for National Statistics. 22 Juin 2017. Retrieved 27 Juin 2017.
- ↑ "Resident Population Estimates by Ethnic Group (Percentages)" (XLS). Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ↑ "Berkshire Quarter Sessions". Jackson's Oxford Journal. 4 Julie 1868.
- ↑ "Twinning with Düsseldorf". Reading Borough Council. Archived frae the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "Twin Towns". Amazing Düsseldorf. Archived frae the original on 17 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
- ↑ "Twinning with Clonmel". Reading Borough Council. Archived frae the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "Twinning with San Francisco Libre". Reading Borough Council. Archived frae the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 5 Apryle 2012.
- ↑ "Twinning with Speightstown". Reading Borough Council. Archived frae the original on 27 Mey 2011. Retrieved 26 Juin 2011."Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 27 Mey 2011. Retrieved 8 Mey 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ↑ a b "Town Twinning". Reading Borough Council. Archived frae the original on 27 Mey 2011. Retrieved 26 Juin 2011.