The Development of Telecoms - Reading
The Reading area lies in the heart of the County of Berkshire, but includes portions of Oxfordshire to the north, Buckinghamshire to the east and Hampshire to the south.
It embraces some of the most beautiful scenery of the Thames Valley, the picturesque villages of the Chiltern Hills and the rolling Berkshire Downs with their prehistoric associations. The Thames flows through the area, bordered by the picturesque towns and villages of Goring, Streatley, Sonning, Pangbourne, Marlow, Maidenhead, Eton and Windsor.
Reading, the largest town in the area, has a worldwide reputation for its biscuits, beer and seeds. It is also the seat of one of the newer universities. Next in importance commercially is Slough, a thriving community with varied business interests. The nearby film studios at Iver provide a fluctuating traffic load at the local exchange.
On the sporting side, the area is noted for the racecourses at Ascot and Newbury and for the numerous horse breeding and training stables on the Berkshire Downs. Henley-on-Thames, home of the famous Regatta, attracts oarsmen from all over the world.
