Visit Berkshire Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Berkshire

  

Berkshire Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Berkshire

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Berkshire history

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Berkshire has been the scene of some notable battles throughout its history. Reading became the new county town in 1867, taking over from Abingdon, which remained in the county. On 1 April 1974, Berkshire’s boundaries changed under the Local Government Act 1972. The northern part of the county became part of Oxfordshire, with Faringdon, Wantage and. Wantage becoming the Vale of White Horse district, and Wallingford added to South Oxfordshire district.

Berkshire economy & business

Industry

Bracknell is a base for high-tech industries, with the presence of companies such as Panasonic, Fujitsu (formerly ICL) and Fujitsu-Siemens Computers, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Siemens (originally Nixdorf), Honeywell, Cable & Wireless, Avnet Technology Solutions and Novell. Newbury is home to the world headquarters of the mobile network operator Vodafone, which is the town’s largest employer.

Agricultural produce

Some Berkshire cheeses are Wigmore, Waterloo and Spenwood (named after Spencers Wood) in Riseley. Abingdon Abbey once had dairy-based granges in the south-east of the county.

Berkshire geography / climate

Berkshire divides into two topological (and associated geological) sections: east and west of Reading. North-east Berkshire has the low calciferous (limestone) m-shaped bends of the Thames south of which is a broader, clayey, gravelly former watery plain or belt from Earley to Windsor. West Berkshire hosts varying-width plain of River Kennet rising to high chalk hills by way of and lower clay slopes and rises.

You can visit Berkshire places with Walkfo Berkshire to hear history at Berkshire’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Berkshire has 52 places to visit in our interactive Berkshire map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Berkshire, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Berkshire places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Berkshire & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 52 audio facts unique to Berkshire places in an interactive Berkshire map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Berkshire Places Map
52 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Berkshire historic spots	Berkshire tourist destinations	Berkshire plaques	Berkshire geographic features
Walkfo Berkshire tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Berkshire

  

Best Berkshire places to visit

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Berkshire has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Berkshire’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Berkshire’s information audio spots:

Burghfield Brook Burghfield Brook is a small stream in southern England. It rises in Wokefield Common and joins Foudry Brook, which it joins near Hartley Court Farm, south of the M4 motorway.

Lockram Brook Lockram Brook is a small stream in southern England. It rises near the Berkshire village of Mortimer. It is a tributary of Burghfield Brook.

Berkshire Berkshire is a county of historic origin, a ceremonial county and a non-metropolitan county without a county council. It was recognised by the Queen as the Royal County of Berkshire in 1957 because of the presence of Windsor Castle. No part of the county is more than 8.5 miles (13.7 km) from the M4 motorway.

Visit Berkshire plaques