Berkshire
Berkshire | |||
Location Map ( geo) | |||
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Primary Destinations | |||
Bracknell • Maidenhead • Newbury • Reading | |||
Other Important Destinations | |||
Abingdon • Hungerford • Wallingford • Windsor • Wokingham | |||
Current Highway Authorities | |||
Bracknell Forest • Oxfordshire • Reading • West Berkshire • Windsor and Maidenhead • Wokingham | |||
Borders | |||
Buckinghamshire • Gloucestershire • Hampshire • Oxfordshire • Surrey • Wiltshire | |||
National Highways Roads | |||
M4 • A34 • A404(M) • A404 | |||
Berkshire is a traditional county in southern England. In 1974, a large part of the county became administered by Oxfordshire Council, whilst the former Berkshire county council was abolished in 1998 and so the county is now administered by a number of separate authorities. The traditional county town is Abingdon, although the post-1888 county councils sat in Reading.
Geography & Economy
The county is boot-shaped, with the winding River Thames as its northern boundary, whilst the southern boundary is far straighter. Much of the west of the county is hilly, including the Berkshire Downs, whilst the east is flat and built-up. Berkshire has a strong association with horses, given that it contains Ascot, Newbury and Lambourn. The M4 corridor runs through the county, with the eastern section being particularly well-known for technology companies. The royal residence of Windsor Castle has given rise to the title of the Royal County of Berkshire and also serves as a major tourist attraction.
Roads
Berkshire is well-served by its road network, and also by the M3 and M25 which run just outside the county. There are fewer roads in the west, due to the hilly nature of the area. Interestingly, the roads across Windsor Great Park were not deemed to be public roads in 1922 and so were not classified, leading for example to a gap in the A332; the park was classified later in the 1920s.
Non-trunk roads are maintained by Oxfordshire County Council in the north and the Unitary Authority of West Berkshire in the west. The built-up eastern section of the county is shared between Reading, Wokingham, Windsor and Maidenhead and Bracknell Forest. National Highways maintains the M4 across the county and the A34 which runs north-south in the west, as well as the A404(M)/A404, which links the M4 and M40 in the east. Construction of the A34 Newbury Bypass in the 1990s was controversial and saw extensive protests by environmentalists and others opposed to its construction.
Route | From | To | Length | |
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M4 | Chiswick, Middlesex | Pont Abraham, Carmarthenshire | 191.9 miles | View |
M31 | Reading | Wisley | 22 miles | View |
A4(M) | Huntercombe | Maidenhead Thicket | 6 miles | View |
A308(M) | Stud Green | Maidenhead | 0.6 miles | View |
A329(M) | Winnersh | Bracknell | 4 miles | View |
A404(M) | Holyport | Burchett's Green | 2.3 miles | View |
A423(M) | Maidenhead Thicket | M4 Jct 8/9 near Holyport | 2.4 miles | View |
A4 | London | Avonmouth | 129.8 miles | View |
A30 | Hounslow | Land's End | 284 miles | View |
A32 | Alton | Gosport | 29.1 miles | View |
A33 | Reading | Redbridge, Southampton | 52 miles | View |
A34 | Winchester | Salford | 200 miles | View |
A42 | Reading | Birmingham | 90 miles | View |
A308 | Knightsbridge | Bisham | 35.8 miles | View |
A321 | Henley on Thames | Blackwater | 17.8 miles | View |
A322 | Guildford | Bracknell | 16.4 miles | View |
A327 | Farnborough | Reading | 18.9 miles | View |
A328 | Englefield Green | Old Windsor | 2.0 miles | View |
A329 | Wentworth | Thame | 49.9 miles | View |
A330 | Maidenhead | Sunningdale | 11.8 miles | View |
A331 | Windsor | Ditton Park | 3.4 miles | View |
A332 | Bagshot | Slough | 12.5 miles | View |
A338 | Bournemouth | Bessels Leigh | 90.4 miles | View |
A339 | Newbury | Alton | 34.7 miles | View |
A340 | Basingstoke | Pangbourne | 18.9 miles | View |
A343 | Lopcombe Corner | Newbury | 26.7 miles | View |
A404 | Marylebone, London | Maidenhead | 43.5 miles | View |
A415 | Witney | Berinsfield | 20.5 miles | View |
A417 | Streatley | Hope under Dinmore | 97.5 miles | View |
A420 | Headington, Oxford | Bristol | 79.5 miles | View |
A423 | Heyford Hill, Oxford | Ryton on Dunsmore | 22.8 miles | View |
A3017 | Windsor town centre | Windsor Great Park | 0.7 miles | View |
A3018 | Crowthorne | Finchampstead | 1.3 miles | View |
A3031 | Reading Town Centre | Three Mile Cross | 2.0 miles | View |
A3032 | Hare Hatch | Charvil | 2.5 miles | View |
A3034 | High Street | Maidenhead Station | 0.2 miles | View |
A3045 | Reading | Bracknell | View | |
A3063 | Old Windsor | Datchet | 1.4 miles | View |
A3064 | King Street | High Street | 0.2 miles | View |
A3065 | Hare Hatch | Sonning | 2.6 miles | View |
A3095 | Sandhurst | Hawthorn Hill | 10.6 miles | View |
A3290 | Winnersh | Reading | 3.5 miles | View |
A4008 | Hurley | Temple | 0.8 miles | View |
A4014 | Marlborough Street | Gloucester Street | 0.1 miles | View |
A4094 | Maidenhead | Loudwater | 6.9 miles | View |
A4095 | Bicester | Faringdon | 32.8 miles | View |
A4130 | Burchetts Green | Rowstock | 29.6 miles | View |
A4141 | South Hinksey | Eynsham | 7.5 miles | View |
A4144 | Peartree | Redbridge | 4.9 miles | View |
A4155 | Southcote, Reading | Bourne End | 20.7 miles | View |
A4183 | Abingdon | Sunningwell | 2.2 miles | View |
A4185 | Chilton | Rowstock | 3.6 miles | View |
B383 | Chobham | Cranbourne | 8.1 miles | View |
B470 | Cowley | Windsor | 8.0 miles | View |
B471 | Pangbourne | Woodcote | 4.2 miles | View |
B477 | Hare Hatch | Wargrave | 1.1 miles | View |
B478 | Charvil | Hatch | 1.9 miles | View |
B3016 | Colt Hill | The Throat | 10.8 miles | View |
B3017 | Winkfield Row | Bracknell Forest | 2.6 miles | View |
B3018 | Bracknell | Twyford | 7.5 miles | View |
B3019 | Englemere (W) | Ascot | 1.0 mile | View |
B3019 | Finchampstead Road | Wokingham Station | 0.4 miles | View |
B3020 | Windlesham | Sunninghill | 2.3 miles | View |
B3021 | Old Windsor | Datchet | 3.0 miles | View |
B3022 | Newell Green | Slough (S) | 9.4 miles | View |
B3023 | Castle Hill | Bridge Road | 1 mile | View |
B3024 | Windsor | Twyford | 10.9 miles | View |
B3025 | Dedworth Road, Windsor | Maidenhead Road, Windsor | 0.42 miles | View |
B3028 | Bray Wick | Maidenhead | 1.8 miles | View |
B3029 | Bracknell | Hawthorn Hill | 3.3 miles | View |
B3029 | Wokingham | Henley | 9.7 miles | View |
B3030 | Whistley Green | Arborfield Green | 5.9 miles | View |
B3031 | Whitley Wood | Christchurch Road, Reading | 2.0 miles | View |
B3031 | Christchurch Road | Caversham Road | 1.8 miles | View |
B3032 | King's Road | Bath Road | 2.0 miles | View |
B3034 | Woodside | Bill Hill, Wokingham | 8.4 miles | View |
B3051 | Overton | Heath End | 10.8 miles | View |
B3052 | Newtown Road | Greenham Road | 0.3 miles | View |
B3173 | St Leonard's Road | Goslar Way | 0.61 miles | View |
B3270 | Three Mile Cross Interchange | Winnersh | 4.0 miles | View |
B3345 | Reading | Lower Caversham | 1.27 miles | View |
B3348 | Eversley | Crowthorne Wood | 5.7 miles | View |
B3349 | Wokingham | Alton | 27.5 miles | View |
B3350 | Shinfield Road, Reading (S) | Shepherd's Hill, Woodley | 2.5 miles | View |
B3350 | Shinfield | Spencers Wood | 1.7 miles | View |
B3383 | Oakley Green | Bullock's Hatch | 0.29 miles | View |
B3408 | Bracknell | Amen Corner | 2.2 miles | View |
B3421 | Benham Hill | Newbury Town Centre | 1.3 miles | View |
B3430 | Martin's Heron | Finchampstead | 7.3 miles | View |
B4000 | Highworth | Speen | 24.6 miles | View |
B4001 | Petwick | Chilton Foliat | 14.8 miles | View |
B4007 | Harcourt Hill | Harwell | 11.7 miles | View |
B4007 | Broad Street | Caversham Road | 0.4 miles | View |
B4009 | Newbury | Tring(W) | 46.5 miles | View |
B4016 | Blewbury | Drayton | 9.8 miles | View |
B4017 | Farmoor | Steventon | 11.7 miles | View |
B4018 | Bath Street | Abingdon Station | 0.1 miles | View |
B4019 | Faringdon | Broad Blunsdon | 6.2 miles | View |
B4044 | Eynsham | Botley | 4.2 miles | View |
B4192 | Hungerford | Swindon | 12.8 miles | View |
B4446 | Bath Road | Charvil Lane | 0.9 miles | View |
B4447 | Maidenhead | Cookham | 3.3 miles | View |
B4493 | Chilton | Didcot | 4.7 miles | View |
B4494 | Newbury | Wantage | 13.9 miles | View |
B4495 | Summertown | New Hinksey | 7.1 miles | View |
B4507 | Wantage | Ashbury | 9.2 miles | View |
B4508 | Kingston Bagpuize(W) | Sevenhampton(E) | 11.4 miles | View |
B4640 | Burghclere | Newtown | 2.1 miles | View |
B4650 | Cirencester | Faringdon | 18.3 miles | View |
T9 | London | Bristol | View | |
T13 | Winchester | Preston | View | |
T38 | Basingstoke | Newbury | View | |
T42 | West of Maidenhead | Oxford | View |
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Bridges, Tunnels, and other Crossings