View source for Reading (England)

'''Reading''' (pronounced ''redding'') is a town in the [[Thames]] valley in south-east [[England]], 40 miles west of [[London]], and is the county town of the Royal County of [[Berkshire]]. It has a population of circa 160,000. Its industries were until recently based on brewing, the growing of [http://www.suttons.co.uk/?ito=2117&itc=12152&itkw=suttons%20seeds&gclid=CPPByqKbxqwCFcQf4QodKhZSqw flowers](bulbs) and the manufacture of biscuits. The local prison was the subject of the poem ''The Ballad of Reading Gaol'' by [[Oscar Wilde]], who was imprisoned here after his conviction for homosexual offences.

The University of Reading was created in 1926.

==See also==
* [[reading (academic subject)]]

[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]