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Thames Valley

Reading is the county town of the Royal County of Berkshire - now the only county in Britain allowed to called itself 'Royal'. The city is only 40 miles west of London in the heart of the beautiful Thames Valley, with the Chiltern Hills to the north and the Hampshire Downs to the south.

Set in the middle of England's 'Silicon Valley', but close to delightful countryside, it is a thriving centre of commerce and light industry.

* Local information supplied by Taylor Root