A report on Berkshire and M4 motorway

Windsor Castle, viewed from the Long Walk
M4 bridge over the River Neath (left)
original A48(M) bridge (right)
Virginia Water Lake on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park
Animated map showing build progress at five-years (or greater) intervals.
Note: When the Second Severn Crossing was opened in 1996, the M4 was re-routed and the section of motorway between Junctions 21 to 23 became the M48.
Historic map of Berkshire
Construction of electronic indicator signs for the variable speed limit scheme at junction 27 and a new concrete reservation (2010)
The Oracle Corporation campus
Brynglas Tunnels – western portals
Slough Trading Estate plays a major part in making Slough an important business centre in South East England
M4 bus lane near Norwood Green
The grandstand at Ascot Racecourse
M4 junction with the M25 near Heathrow Airport
The Select Car Leasing Stadium in Reading
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King Edward III of England
Catherine, HRH The Duchess of Cambridge
Ricky Gervais

No part of the county is more than 8.5 mi from the M4 motorway.

- Berkshire

Junction 8/9 near Maidenhead, Berkshire, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire is the only one in the UK with dual numbers.

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Windsor Castle, viewed from the Long Walk

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Maidenhead High Street

Maidenhead

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Maidenhead High Street
Map of Maidenhead from 1945
Classic Victorian architecture—All Saints' Church, Boyne Hill
Maidenhead clock tower outside the railway station
Maidenhead Town Hall
Maidenhead Library
Maidenhead Railway Bridge built by Brunel
Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway by Turner (1844) depicts an early locomotive of the Great Western Railway crossing the River Thames on Brunel's recently completed Maidenhead Railway Bridge.
The entrance to York Road, the oldest continuously used senior football ground in the world
William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough was an all round sportsman, politician and public servant who performed many good works for the town.

Maidenhead is a market town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in the county of Berkshire, England, on the southwestern bank of the River Thames.

The town lies adjacent to junction 8/9 on the M4 motorway and is accessed via the A404(M) and A308(M).

Reading, Berkshire

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The earliest map of Reading, published in 1611 by John Speed
View of Reading from Caversham by Joseph Farington in 1793
Reading Town Hall
Current boundaries of the Borough of Reading
The gateway as restored in 2018
River Kennet during the 2007 floods at the riverside level of The Oracle
Borough of Reading population growth rate from 1801 to 2011
Reading International Business Park. This crescent of offices beside the A33 are home to Verizon, a telecommunications company. They were formerly the European headquarters of WorldCom before its demise
The front of the store on Broad Street
The central lake makes a virtue of the necessity of flood alleviation measures
Green Park wind turbine viewed from Lime Square
Aerial view of Reading Festival 2007
The Abbey Gateway, where Jane Austen went to school
The Maiwand Lion in Forbury Gardens
The Royal Berkshire Hospital original frontage, built in 1839 with bath stone
The former hospitium
The River Thames from Caversham Bridge looking eastwards
Aerial view of Reading station in August 2014
A Great Western Railway with a service to London
Reading station platforms showing new footbridge
Part of the University of Reading's main Whiteknights Campus
Entrance to the Museum
The rear garden, with the original East Thorpe House in the centre
St Mary's Church tower, chequered with flint and ashlar
The interior of the ruined chapter house
The Madejski Stadium, home of Reading Football Club
The Madejski Stadium as viewed from the stadium's north stand.
The Voco Reading Hotel, pictured when still known as the Millennium Madejski
The Reading Half Marathon 2004 climbing Russell Street in West Reading

Reading is a town and borough in Berkshire, South-East England.

Located in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the rivers Thames and Kennet, the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway serve the town.

Part of the facade of Camp Hopson of Newbury, dating from 1663 with classical brick pilasters, in 2014.

Newbury, Berkshire

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Part of the facade of Camp Hopson of Newbury, dating from 1663 with classical brick pilasters, in 2014.
Donnington Castle
The pedestrianised Northbrook Street
Greenham Common in the late 80s
Newbury Town Hall, completed in 1881
View of Newbury and surroundings from Donnington Castle
Part of the Vodafone Headquarters
The Kennet and Avon Canal runs through the middle of Newbury
The Newbury Bypass near Donnington
The bridge next to the Lock Stock and Barrel pub
Cheap Street
Main Street in Newbury, view from the Bridge
Intersection between Northcroft Street, Northbrook Street and Bridge Street
The Berkshire Stand and The Grandstand at Newbury Racecourse
Newbury R.F.C. home ground
The Corn Exchange
St Nicolas' Church
Richard Adams
Francis Baily

Newbury is a market town in the county of Berkshire, England, and is home to the administrative headquarters of West Berkshire Council.

This road has been superseded as a long-distance route by the M4 motorway which runs almost parallel and can be accessed 3 mi to the north at the Chieveley interchange at Junction 13.

Slough Town Hall

Slough

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Slough Town Hall
Slough Trading Estate played a major part in making Slough an important business centre in South East England.
Elliman's Embrocation
Old Town Hall: Council's headquarters 1937-2011, now a school.

Slough is a large town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England (within the historic county of Buckinghamshire of which part of the town spills over to), 20 mi west of central London (Charing Cross) and 19 mi north-east of Reading.

It is in the Thames Valley and within the London metropolitan area at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways.

Arms as displayed on the entrance of the town hall

Wokingham

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Arms as displayed on the entrance of the town hall
Wokingham All Saints Church
St Paul's Church
Wokingham Baptist Church
Agates Meadow

Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire, England, a constituent part of the Reading/Wokingham Urban Area.

The A329(M) motorway, accessible from the east of town, connects Wokingham to Reading and the rest of the motorway network at junction 10 of the M4.

Reading International Business Park. This crescent of offices beside the A33 are home to Verizon, a telecommunications company. They were formerly the European headquarters of WorldCom before its demise

M4 corridor

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Reading International Business Park. This crescent of offices beside the A33 are home to Verizon, a telecommunications company. They were formerly the European headquarters of WorldCom before its demise
The Second Severn Crossing carries the M4 motorway between England and Wales
The Digital Technium at Swansea University

The M4 corridor is an area in the United Kingdom adjacent to the M4 motorway, which runs from London to South Wales.

The eastern end of the English M4 corridor is home to a large number of technology companies, particularly in Berkshire, Swindon and the Thames Valley.

Holy Trinity Church, Bracknell

Bracknell

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Holy Trinity Church, Bracknell
Easthampstead Park Conference Centre
South Hill Park lies in Bracknell and houses an arts centre
Ranelagh Church of England School
Fujitsu's European HQ, which is near the town centre

Bracknell is a large town and civil parish in Berkshire, England, the westernmost area within the Greater London Urban Area and the administrative centre of the Borough of Bracknell Forest.

The town has good road links and is situated at the end of the A329(M) motorway, midway between Junction 3 of the M3 and Junction 10 of the M4 motorways.

Map of Bucks (1904)

Buckinghamshire

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Map of Bucks (1904)
The River Thames at Medmenham
Suburban housing, Chesham
Bucks County Council's County Hall
Wendover Dean
Neolithic Barrow, Whiteleaf Hill
Offices, Milton Keynes
Ercol furniture factory, Princes Risborough
Stowe Landscape Garden
The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, Great Missenden
The M40 in the Chilterns
Local bus, Amersham
Little Kimble railway station, a typical rural village halt on the Aylesbury–Princes Risborough line
Milton Keynes Central railway station provides intercity and commuter services on the West Coast Main Line
The Gateway Building, Buckinghamshire New University, High Wycombe.
John Milton's cottage, Chalfont
Cliveden
Buckingham church seen from across the Ouse

Buckinghamshire, abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-east and Hertfordshire to the east.

M4 motorway: passes through the very south of the county with only J7 in Bucks.

Henley Bridge over the River Thames

Henley-on-Thames

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Henley Bridge over the River Thames
Henley Bridge, engraved in 1812 from a drawing by J. P. Neale, and published in The Beauties of England and Wales
Chantry House, next to the church
Henley-on-Thames from the playground near the railway station
A race during the Henley Royal Regatta
The actor David Tomlinson, seen here in the 1964 film Mary Poppins, was born and raised in the town.

Henley-on-Thames is a town and civil parish on the River Thames in Oxfordshire, England, 9 mi northeast of Reading, 7 mi west of Maidenhead, 23 mi southeast of Oxford and 37 mi west of London (by road), near the tripoint of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.

The M4 motorway (junction 8/9) and the M40 motorway (junction 4) are both about (7 miles) away.

Saints Peter and Paul parish church

Wantage

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Historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England.

Historic market town and civil parish in Oxfordshire, England.

Saints Peter and Paul parish church
Former head office of Wantage Urban District Council in Portway
Stagecoach Gold bus in Wantage Market Place on former route X30 (now S9)
The former head office of the Wantage Tramway Company in Mill Street
Front of King Alfred's Academy Centre Site
The Old Town Hall, Wantage, completed in 1878
Statue of Alfred the Great, by Prince Victor of Hohenlohe-Langenburg

Although within the boundaries of the historic county of Berkshire, it has been administered as part of the Vale of White Horse district of Oxfordshire since 1974.

Wantage is at the crossing of the B4507 valley road, the A417 road between Streatley and Cirencester and the A338 road between Hungerford (and junction 14 of the M4 motorway) and Oxford.