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At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 318,014
• Coordinates: 51.4562° N, 0.9711° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 59 km (37 mi), straight line

Getting there

• London Heathrow Airport (LHR): 35 km (22 mi), straight line
• Southampton Airport (SOU): 62 km (39 mi), straight line
• London Luton Airport (LTN): 62 km (39 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Earley: 3.7 km (2.3 mi)
• Sonning: 4.5 km (2.8 mi)
• Lower Earley: 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
• Tilehurst: 5.0 km (3.1 mi)
• Shinfield: 5.9 km (3.7 mi)