Reading

Summary

Reading is a county town^[1]. Reading draws 7,109 Wikipedia views per month (county_town category, ranking #4 of 22).^[2]

Key Facts

• Reading is located in Reading^[3].
• Reading is located in West Berkshire^[4].
• Reading is located in Wokingham^[5].
• Reading is in the country of United Kingdom^[6].
• Reading is on the body of water River Thames^[7].
• Reading's instance of is recorded as county town^[8].
• Reading's instance of is recorded as town^[9].
• Reading's official language is recorded as English^[10].
• Reading's twinned administrative body is recorded as Clonmel^[11].
• Reading's twinned administrative body is recorded as Düsseldorf^[12].
• Reading's twinned administrative body is recorded as San Francisco Libre^[13].
• Reading's postal code is recorded as RG^[14].
• Reading's Commons category is recorded as Reading, Berkshire^[15].
• Reading's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[16].
• Reading's local dialing code is recorded as 0118^[17].
• 871 marks the founding of Reading^[18].
• Reading's OS grid reference is recorded as SU714732^[19].
• Reading's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.454166666667, 'lon': -0.97305555555556}^[20].
• Reading's significant event is recorded as Siege of Reading^[21].
• Reading's official website is recorded as https://www.reading.gov.uk/^[22].
• Reading's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Reading, Berkshire^[23].
• Reading's Commons gallery is recorded as Reading, Berkshire^[24].
• Reading has a population of {'amount': '+162666'}^[25].
• Reading's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Reading's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[27].

Body

Founding

871 marks the founding of Reading^[18].

Identity

Reading's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Reading'}^[28].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Reading include Reading railway station^[29], a railway station^[30], in United Kingdom^[31] and Reading^[32], a city of Pennsylvania^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1748^[35].

Why It Matters

Reading draws 7,109 Wikipedia views per month (county_town category, ranking #4 of 22).^[2] Reading has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Reading is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Reading include Reading railway station^[29], a railway station^[30], in United Kingdom^[31] and Reading^[32], a city of Pennsylvania^[33], in United States^[34], founded in 1748^[35].