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Thames Valley

The Thames Valley Region is a loose term for the English counties and towns roughly following the course of the River Thames as it flows from Oxfordshire in the west to London in the east. It includes parts of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, North Hampshire, Surrey and west London. It does not include the source of the Thames at Thames Head in Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, central or east London or the outflowing of the Thames into the Thames Estuary.

Located at 51.5, -1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Regions of England, Valleys of England, Tributaries of the River Thames, M4 corridor, Geography of the River Thames

BBC Radio Berkshire

BBC Radio Berkshire is the BBC Local Radio service for the English county of Berkshire, as well as parts of North Hampshire, including Basingstoke. Radio Berkshire broadcasts on 94.6, 95.4, 104.1 and 104.4 (Broad St Mall, Reading) FM from its studios at Caversham Park near Reading. The 104.1 FM signal is the strongest of the four by far. The station is also available on DAB and through live streaming on the internet, also on demand for seven days after broadcast through the BBC iPlayer.

Located at 51.4807, -0.957494 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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BBC Local Radio, Organisations based in Reading, Berkshire, Culture in Reading, Berkshire, Radio stations in Berkshire, Radio stations established in 1992

Greys Court

Greys Court is a Tudor country house and associated gardens, located at grid reference SU725834, at the southern end of the Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the English county of Oxfordshire. It is owned by the National Trust and is open to the public. The name derives from an old connection to the Grey family, descendants of the Norman knight Anchetil de Greye.

Located at 51.5448, -0.95591 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Castles in Oxfordshire, Elizabethan architecture, Gardens in Oxfordshire, Grade I listed buildings in Oxfordshire, Grade I listed castles, Grade I listed houses, Country houses in Oxfordshire, National Trust properties in Oxfordshire, South Oxfordshire, Historic house museums in Oxfordshire, Henley-on-Thames, Mazes

Reading Abbey R.F.C

Reading Abbey R.F. C is an English Rugby Union club. Although the club is named for, and historically connected with, the Berkshire town of Reading, it is now between Reading and Peppard and just over the boundary into the county of Oxfordshire. Reading Abbey was born in the early 1950s as a youth side meeting the playing demand of boys who went to non-rugby playing schools.

Located at 51.4928, -0.962136 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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English rugby union teams, Sport in Reading, Berkshire, Sport in Oxfordshire

Bix and Assendon

Bix and Assendon is a civil parish in the Chiltern Hills just north of Henley-on-Thames in South Oxfordshire, England. The parish includes the villages of Bix, Lower Assendon and Middle Assendon. The 2001 census recorded a parish population of 531.

Located at 51.56, -0.94 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Villages in Oxfordshire, Civil parishes in Oxfordshire

1947 Thames flood

The 1947 Thames flood was worst overall 20th century flood of the River Thames, affecting much of the Thames Valley as well as elsewhere in England during the middle of March 1947 after a severe winter. The floods were caused by 117 mm (4.6 inches) of precipitation (including snow); the peak flow was 61.7 billion litres of water per day and the damage cost a total of £12 million to repair http://www. environment-agency. gov. uk/news/1721484. War damage to some of the locks made matters worse.

Located at 51.5, -1 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Natural disasters in England, 1947 natural disasters, 1947 in England, Floods in the United Kingdom, History of the River Thames, 1947 floods

Crowsley Park

Crowsley Park is a 160-acre country estate in South Oxfordshire, central-southern England, owned by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

Located at 51.5131, -0.952222 (Lat. / Lng.), about 1 miles away.
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Parks and open spaces in Oxfordshire, Country houses in Oxfordshire, Grade II listed buildings in Oxfordshire, BBC offices, studios and buildings, Forests and woodlands of Oxfordshire

Emmer Green (Hanover) Chalk Mine

The Emmer Green (Hanover) Chalk Mine is an extensive abandoned subterranean chalk mine at Emmer Green, north of Reading in Berkshire, located just north of the junction of Peppard Road & Kiln Lane . The mine is so named because the land is now owned by the Hanover Housing Association who have a development adjacent at Wordsworth Court. The mine is one of a number of known mines in the Emmer Green and Reading area where chalk mining was once an important industry.

Located at 51.4867, -0.9605 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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History of Reading, Berkshire, History of Oxfordshire, Underground mines in England, Chalk mines in England