Which Towns Are In Berkshire?

Most of the population of Berkshire is based in the urban areas to the east and centre of the county.

These urban towns are:

Slough
Reading
Maidenhead
Windsor
Wokinghm
Sandhurst
Crowthorne
Bracknell
Twyford

These are the largest towns of Berkshire. West Berkshire is much more rural and less densely populated. It has fewer towns, and these are:

Newbury
Thatcham
Hungerford
Lambourn

Since 1831, the population has increased massively. This could be connected with sweeping boundary changes. There were 146,234 people in Berkshire in 1831, and this had risen to 252,571 by 1901. 122,807 were male, 129,764 were female.

The population of Berkshire has developed as follows:

1831 - 146,234 people
1841 - 161,759 people
1851 - 170,065 people
1861 - 176,356 people
1871 - 196,475 people
1881 - 218,363 people
1891 - 238,709 people
1901 - 252,571 people

Berkshire has a total population of 803,657 people, according to 2003 estimates.

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