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
Toun & Burgh
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 / 51.45417; -0.97306
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	RG
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]