Reading built-up area

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Location map | Berkshire | lat = 51.44 | long = -0.90 | width = 300 | float = right | caption = Reading/Wokingham Urban Area within Berkshire }} The '''Reading Built-up Area''' or '''Reading/Wokingham Urban Area''' is a name given by the Office for National Statistics to a conurbation in Berkshire, England, with a population of 318,014.<ref name="BUA">{{cite web | url=http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/articles/747.aspx|title=2011 Census - Built-up areas| publisher=ONS | accessdate=1 July 2013}}</ref> This was a significant decrease from the population according to the 2001 census of 369,804<ref>[http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales/index.html Census 2001 Key Statistics, Urban areas in England and Wales]. Ons.gov.uk (2004-06-17). Retrieved on 2013-07-17.</ref> due to Bracknell no longer being considered part of the built-up area, but forming part of the Greater London Urban Area instead.

400px|thumb|right|Map of Reading's built-up area with local government boundaries Its largest population centre is Reading, and it also includes Arborfield, Woodley, Theale, Crowthorne, Earley and Wokingham.

Part of the urban area, Crowthorne, is just to the north of Sandhurst, part of the Farnborough/Aldershot Urban Area, and its eastern extremity is just west of Bracknell part of the Greater London Urban Area.<ref>{{Cite web | title=UK Government Web Archive | url=http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/census/census-2001-key-statistics/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales/urban-areas-in-england-and-wales-part-5.pdf | access-date=2025-02-17 | website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref>

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