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Wokingham is a market town, civil parish and unitary authority area in Berkshire, South East England about west of central London. It is about east-southeast of Reading and west of Bracknell. It contains an area of and, according to the 2001 census, has a population of 30,403. It is the seat of the Borough of Wokingham, and forms part of the wider Reading/Wokingham Urban Area.
Before 1844, the north of the parish of Wokingham was part of a detached portion, or exclave, of the county of Wiltshire, the border of which is some to the west. The Counties (Detached Parts) Act of that year resulted in its transfer to the county of Berkshire.
Wokingham was a borough before the 1974 reorganisation of local government, when it merged with Wokingham Rural District to form the new Wokingham District. What had been Wokingham Borough became Wokingham Town, but retained its mayor. The District Council applied for borough status, which was granted and came into force on 9 March 2007. As of this date, the District (which stretches from the Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire borders in the north to the Hampshire border in the southwest) has also been able to elect a mayor.
Wokingham is a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Wokingham is a market town in Berkshire.
Wokingham may also refer to:
- Wokingham and Emmbrook F.C. an English football club
- Wokingham railway station, a railway station
- Wokingham (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Commons
- Wokingham (borough), a borough in Berkshire
- Wokingham Rural District
- Wokingham local elections
- Wokingham Half Marathon, a Half Marathon in Wokingham
Not to be confused with:
- Woking, a town in Surrey