Towns
There are no cities within the county of Berkshire, though there are a number of towns. Reading has been the county town since 1867 (succeeding Abingdon), and is larger (by population and area) than a number of official cities – and, as such, is a contender for the largest town in England.
- Ascot
- Bracknell
- Crowthorne
- Earley
- Eton
- Hungerford
- Maidenhead
- Newbury
- Reading
- Sandhurst
- Slough
- Thatcham
- Windsor
- Wokingham
- Woodley
Read more about this topic: List Of Places In Berkshire
Famous quotes containing the word towns:
“The scenery of mountain towns is commonly too much crowded. A town which is built on a plain of some extent, with an open horizon, and surrounded by hills at a distance, affords the best walks and views.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
—Julius J. Epstein (1909–1952)
“Kindness is a virtue neither modern nor urban. One almost unlearns it in a city. Towns have their own beatitude; they are not unfriendly; they offer a vast and solacing anonymity or an equally vast and solacing gregariousness. But one needs a neighbor on whom to practice compassion.”
—Phyllis McGinley (1905–1978)